The curriculum develops critical thinking as well as written and oral communication skills. Students receive personal attention from their advisors. Three distinct degree programs are designed to prepare students for their chosen career in research, biology education, biotech and pharmaceutical industries, or health areas.

The Department of Biological Sciences at the University at Buffalo is committed to conducting innovative research and providing outstanding instruction to students at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Our Department includes both distinguished faculty and upcoming, cutting-edge researchers who teach and conduct research in life sciences in interdisciplinary fields centered in three areas: Biochemistry of Gene Expression, Molecular Evolution and Genomics, and Sensory Transduction and Development.

We have a long tradition of excellence in undergraduate and graduate teaching ? a substantial number of department faculty have won awards for teaching excellence.