Biology is a dynamic field of study, where new research is leading to unprecedented advances in our understanding of plants, animals and microorganisms, and their interactions with each other, their environments, and humans.
Biology Undergraduate students outdoors at UBC Okanagan

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS

Get your UBC degree in biology, biochemistry and molecular biology, ecology, evolution, and conservation biology, microbiology, sustainability, or zoology. Go on to graduate studies or one of the many careers possible in the biological sciences.

UNDERGRADUATE

The Department of Biology is dedicated to Inclusive Excellence and welcomes all students. Learn More

Bringing STEM education to the North

UBCO-led Let’s Talk Science educators spend two weeks teaching nearly 1,000 youth around Prince Rupert, BC—a 2,000-kilometre round trip

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UBCO Okanagan Biology Graduate Student looking through a microscope in Lab

GRADUATE PROGRAMS

Our graduate programs offer tier-one research-based degrees to students in a collegial, close-knit setting. Our high-calibre graduate students dedicate themselves to bettering our world through research.

GRADUATE

Global study maps how wild dogs follow patterns, wild cats roam free

UBC Okanagan part of international research that shows stark differences in how canids, felids navigate their environments

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RESEARCH

The effect of global climate change on natural and managed ecosystems, emerging infectious diseases, food security, species extinctions — these are all critical current global problems being tackled by our faculty and students.

RESEARCH

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