Student Feature

Jaz Lawes

"For honours I researched echidna behaviour in the desert. My PhD is in marine ecotoxicology investigating marine invertebrate communities and what they teach us about the health of our ecosystems."

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Marie Attard

"I have the most amazing and rewarding experiences during my university studies. I have seen the beautiful glaciers of Antarctica and lived in a remote sea lion colony to study their vocal interactions"

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Hazel Watson

"I came to Sydney so that I could spend time on the beach! But not for swimming or sunbaking - I study the birds of our city’s shorelines and wetlands."

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Tegan Vanderlaan

"Tegan’s project investigates the systematic biology of Carboniferous trilobites (Proetida) and their evolutionary relationships in order to infer paleogeographic and tectonic reconstructions."

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Stefani Daryanto

"My research examines the ecosystem effects of grazing and shrub removal and their interactions, on soil and ecological processes in a shrub-dominant woodland in north-western NSW."

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Celine Steinfeld

"My honours project took me to one of Australia’s most important wetlands, the Macquarie Marshes. I did not expect to be collecting water infrastructure data from a pink and black Playboy helicopter!"

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Hayley Bates

"Having the opportunity to travel to Riversleigh for field work, cracking open rocks and being the first person ever to lay eyes on the beautiful fossils within was an experience I will never forget."

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Welcome

The University of New South Wales has a national and international reputation for quality education and research in many fields of biological, geographical and geological sciences.

The School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences (BEES) incorporates these environmentally relevant disciplines enabling the School to offer a comprehensive education in the traditional, mainstream disciplines of Biology, Geography and Geology. This also allows us to provide our students with opportunities for interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary studies, notably in the Marine and Environmental Sciences.

Our Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree programs are available to qualified students and cater for a wide array of interests and career paths. An additional 4th Year Honours Program is available to all students who have performed well in earlier years, including students from universities other than UNSW.

There is almost no limit to the area of research in Master (MSc) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programs...