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Introduction

The School of Life Sciences is part of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, along with the Schools of Medicine, Health Sciences and Veterinary Medicine and Science. We are based across 3 main sites; on the main University Park Campus in the Life Sciences Building and the BioDiscovery Institute and nearby in the Medical School Building of the University Hospital. We span research and teaching in biological, biomedical and sports and excercise sciences and are dedicated to making meaningful contributions to global health and sustainability in a supportive and professional environment. 

All our taught courses have been updated and redesigned for 2026 to embrace modern integrated teaching focussed on skills-based learning informed by our world-class research. Each course has been designed with our students and key employers to maximise the career potential of our graduates. We also make major teaching contributions to Pharmacy (MPharm), Nutrition and Dietetics (MNutr) and Medicine.

We are proud to be an ambitious and outward looking School with diverse staff and student bodies working together with our national and global partners in education and research to make a positive impact on the world and its peoples.

Professor Clive Roberts

Head of School

 

Professor Susan Anderson

Deputy Head of School

 

Our History

The School of Life Sciences, or SoLS as we are known by, was founded in 2013 and is one of the largest Schools at the 糖心原创. Our history can be traced back to the beginings of what was to become the 糖心原创 in 1880 with the appointment of Professor John Frederick Blake who taught Biology and Geology and was currator of the Colleges Natural Sciences Museum. Life Sciences at Nottingham continued to evolve through many structures that embraced opportunities alongside developments in agrictulture and medicine.

When the iconic Trent Building was opened by King Geroge V in 1928 on the University Park campus donated by Sir Jesse Boot, the Biology Dept. was housed here within the Faculty of Pure Sciences, sharing the ground floor with the Depts. of Pharmacy and Geology. The Biology Dept. comprised of three main teaching laboratories (general, advanced and bateriology/mycology), two research laboratories, a biological museum, a herbarium and a lecture theatre. The general lab was able to host 54 students, each with their own microscope.

King George V and Queen Mary at the Trent Building opening, 1928.

Zoology laboratories in 1948 on the growing University Park campus.

Psychology, Geology and Cell Biology Building, University Park, 1967

Life Sciences Building (pitched roof) in foreground and in the background the Medical School Building during construction (ca. 1973) before the remaining QMC Hospital was completed and officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on July 28, 1977

Life Sciences Building (pitched roof), 1980s with the Trent Building in the background