Biochemistry

Investigate life’s core mechanisms. Discover what drives health and disease, and build advanced research skills through an integrated Masters year. Investigate life’s core mechanisms.

Discover what drives health and disease, and build advanced research skills through an integrated Masters year. Studying Biochemistry at Sussex, you’ll explore this question. Taught by leading biochemists and chemists, you’ll: From Year 1, you’ll be in the lab gaining hands-on practical skills, recording, analysing and interpreting data from your experiments.

You’ll learn about current theories in the field, communicating complex topics and working as part of a team. The course is informed by the latest research. It’s flexible so you can tailor your degree to your interests and career aspirations.

You’ll be inspired by modules in areas such as medicinal chemistry, drug discovery, cell signalling and neuroscience. You’ll be supported by a friendly community of scientists in the School of Life Sciences . Our student mentoring programme can also provide you with academic support should you need it.