School of Life Sciences

Life Sciences Final Year Research Projects 2016-2017

 

Life Sciences Final Year Research Projects 2016-2017

All Life Sciences degree students must do a final year project. 
BSMS students on an intercalated degree will be expected to select a project as described here. 

The research work for your project will be carried out in the Autumn Term (field work may be carried out in the previous summer). You will give a presentation on your project work at the end of the Autumn term and submit your project report at the beginning of the Spring Term.


In general a research project involves testing a hypothesis or analysing a research question. Projects can include:

- Experimental work e.g. field work, data collection, lab-based research
- Analysis of existing data e.g. bioinformatics, data mining, population/behaviour analysis
- Extraction and analysis of data and information from published literature
 
The PDF file below details the project titles and descriptions available to you.
 

Life Sciences Final Year Project Titles 2016 -2017 [PDF 1.66MB]

What to do next?

For guidance when choosing a project please view the following PowerPoint presentation. Afterwards you will need to download and complete the project choice form.

Life Sciences Final Year Project Powerpoint Presentation 2016 - 2017 [PPT 325.00KB]

Life Sciences Final Year Project Form and Information 2016 - 2017 [DOC 45.00KB]

- Read the list of projects available and decide which ones you wish to investigate further
- Check that you meet any requirements for projects you are interested in
- Make appointments to talk to the project supervisors and get their signatures (sandwich students may make contact by email)
- Decide on your six preferred project supervisors and rank them in order of preference

Complete and sign the choice form and submit the document to the Life Sciences School Office (JMS 3B12a) by 4pm on  Thursday 14th April 2016.