Bachelor of Science

This course is tailored for aspiring scientists eager to address global challenges such as pandemics, climate change, and antibiotic resistance. Choose the UTS Bachelor of Science to become a leader in creating a resilient future for humanity and the planet.

The course offers unparalleled flexibility, with eight majors and a variety of electives allowing you to customise your educational journey. Starting with a foundational 'scientist's toolkit', you'll learn to critically apply scientific solutions to worldwide issues.

What sets this course apart is the blend of theory and hands-on experience. You'll work in top-tier facilities, using industry-grade equipment, and engage in real-world applications through internships, fieldwork, and global exchanges.

You'll gain not only scientific expertise but also vital professional skills such as inquiry, innovation, and communication, equipping you for a dynamic career.

Learning is interactive and practical. Expect to engage in laboratory work, field studies, and professional placements that translate academic concepts into tangible skills, preparing you for the scientific workforce.

What you'll study

Students can choose from eight majors from the Mathematical and Physical Sciences or Life Sciences stream and build specialist skills in their chosen scientific discipline.

Mathematical and Physical Sciences

• Chemistry: UTS Chemistry graduates are recognised within industry for their laboratory skills. This major emphasises the translation of theoretical learning into hands-on lab-based practice. In this major, students explore chemistry in all its forms, from organic and physical to analytical, inorganic and medicinal, and upskill in a secondary discipline with a choice of sub-majors in Mathematics, Physics, Biotechnology, Environmental Science or Medical Science. They emerge with depth of experience and breadth of expertise, ready to make their mark in a range of careers.
• Mathematics: This highly applied major challenges students to translate their mathematical knowledge into real-life applications. Learning in this major spans linear algebra, optimisation, statistics, complex analysis, programming foundations and regression, along with a choice of sub-major in Mathematics (Extension), Physics, Biotechnology, Environmental Science, Medical Science or Chemistry. The content inspires students to get hands-on with real-world challenges in statistics, modelling and industrial optimisation; gain the skills to tackle unstructured datasets; and prepare for a vast range of professional opportunities in post-graduation life.
• Physics: The Physics major is focused on the fundamental phenomena that make up the universe. With an emphasis on materials and fabrication, this major introduces students to the theories that underpin transformational technologies like optical fibre and satellite communications, solar energy, battery technology, green energy and more. Students can tailor their qualification with a choice of three sub-major in Mathematics, Chemistry or Engineering and work on real-world research projects in professional science laboratories, including the world-standard Microstructural Analysis Unit.
• Flexible: This major gives students massive scope to design their own science degree. They can choose subjects from across the Mathematical and Physical Sciences domain, indulging their interests with a broad selection or building deep expertise in a particular discipline area. This major is a great option for students who aren’t quite sure which areas of science to focus on, as well as for those who have a career in mind that requires specific prerequisite knowledge. What’s more, by enrolling in Summer School subjects, students can fast-track their completion and kickstart their science career ahead of schedule.

Life Sciences

• Biotechnology: This highly customisable major combines subjects in medical and environmental biotechnology, preparing students to drive new innovations in human and planetary health. Using their extensive subject choice options, they can build deep expertise in their chosen discipline or build a broad knowledge base that spans the breadth of the biotech field. As well as getting hands-on with emerging technology, students engage with course content that goes beyond scientific and technical skills development with subjects in biobusiness and intellectual property commercialisation.
• Environmental Sciences: This major combines terrestrial, marine and urban biology subjects, equipping students with a broad skill set that prepares them to respond to pressing environmental challenges. Course content combines theoretical learning and lab-based pracs with extensive fieldwork opportunities in locations such as the Blue Mountains, Manly Dam and Royal National Park. Students develop a strong focus on ecosystem preservation, with subjects that emphasise urban resilience, Australian wildlife conservation, environmental protection and management, and molecular biology – an emerging priority area in environmental conservation.
• Medical Science: Students can explore their interests in pathology and medical and health-related sciences with this broad-based major. Pathology subjects are focused on understanding, detecting and treating disease and infection, while medical and health-related content introduces students to the human side of health care. The curriculum spans pharmacology, immunology, haematology and pathophysiology to immunology, microbiology, biochemistry and molecular biology, as well as chemistry and biotech. With an extensive choice of options available, students can design a study plan that reflects their future goals.
• Flexible: This major gives students massive scope to design their dream science degree. They can choose subjects from across the Life Sciences domain, indulging their interests with a broad selection or building deep expertise in a particular discipline area. This major is a great option for students who aren’t quite sure which areas of science to focus on, as well as for those who have a career in mind that requires specific prerequisite knowledge. What’s more, by enrolling in Summer School subjects, students can fast-track their completion and kickstart their science career ahead of schedule.