Department at a Glance
- Undergraduate Majors: 1736
- Graduate Students: 61
- Postdoctoral Research Associates and Research Fellows: 24
- Staff: 23
- Faculty: 50
- External Grants: 66
- External Grant Annual Income: $9.5 M
- Founded in 1992 by the merger of the botany and zoology departments.
- Governed by bylaws adopted March 20, 2017.
How to Find Us
The Department of Biology has research and teaching laboratories in the Morrill Science Center (sections II, III, IVS and IVN), the Integrated Sciences Building, the LIfe Science Laboratory and Fernald Hall. The main office and academic advising are located on the second floor of Morrill Science Center III on the east side of North Pleasant Street, directly opposite the Campus Pond.
The Visitors Center can provide you with campus maps as well as directions to the University campus. If you are coming to campus via 116, take Massachusetts Avenue past Hagis Mall and turn left on North Pleasant Street. Morrill Science Center will be on your right. If you are coming from Amherst Center on North Pleasant Street, Morrill Science Center will be on your right after the traffic light that intersects with Massachusetts Avenue.
On the campus map, the Morrill Science Center is located at the intersection of quadrants C, D, 3, and 4.