A Bachelor of Science (BSc) is about understanding and improving the natural world through observation, experimentation, modelling, and calculation.
As a BSc student, you’ll investigate the big issues confronting our planet including climate change, human health and diseases, the global water crisis, food security, environmental protection, and much more. A BSc will expose you to new ideas and technologies, develop your research skills, and help you make a real contribution to the challenges facing our world.
Why study a Bachelor of Science at UC?
- 19 major Science subjects on offer and over 30 subject choices available in total.
- Flexible three-year degree.
- Students benefit from cutting-edge research undertaken by UC staff, visiting international scholars, and the many research centres and institutes based at UC.
- The unique network of field stations from Antarctica to Nigeria offer amazing active learning opportunities.
- Award-winning lecturers have been acknowledged both nationally and internationally for their teaching and research.
- Te Kura Aronukurangi | School of Earth and Environment is leading the world in its studies of earthquakes.
- $216 million investment in state-of-the-art UC Science facilities through the Rutherford Regional Science and Innovation Centre.
- UC is ranked in the top 100 universities in the world for Linguistics; in the top 150 for Geography, and Earth and Marine Sciences; in the top 200 for Environmental Sciences; and in the top 250 for Psychology, and Physics and Astronomy. UC is also ranked 223rd in the world for Natural Sciences (QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2020).
- UC is ranked first in Aotearoa New Zealand for research in Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour (Te Amorangi Mātauranga Matua | Tertiary Education Commission 2018 PBRF assessment).
Contact us
For the full degree requirements, see the Regulations for the Bachelor of Science.
For study planning help, contact the UC Liaison Office | Te Rōpū Takawaenga o UC (new students) or a College of Science | Te Rāngai Pūtaiao Student Advisor (advancing students).
For more information on facilities, resources, and staff, see the College of Science | Te Rāngai Pūtaiao.
For more general information, email [email protected] or freephone 0800 VARSITY (827 748).