RMIT's Bachelor of Science offers you the flexibility and choice to complete a degree tailored to your interests.

This degree will stimulate your critical thinking and problem-solving skills to help you to be competitive across all science-led disciplines.

When you choose the Biological Sciences major in Bachelor of Science at RMIT, you enjoy flexibility with a degree that allows you to pursue a specialisation in biological sciences while gaining practical real-world experience.

The biological sciences are a broad collection of fields that study life in all its forms – microbes, fungi, plants and animals – and at all levels: 

from molecules and metabolism to cells and genes to whole organisms, populations, communities and ecosystems.

Biologists work in laboratories with sophisticated instrumentation and techniques, as well as in the field with the latest digital technologies (and their trusty buckets and shovels).

Biological studies involve keen observation, classical experimentation, and the development of new technologies and applications. 

With their new ideas and modern tools, biologists are driving many innovations in today’s world, ranging from molecular engineering that improves lives to tackling the numerous threats facing the biodiversity of our planet.

This major gives you the breadth of knowledge across all forms and processes of life, practical skills in the lab and field, and a specialisation in your chosen area.

• Academic/Official Transcripts
• Language Proficiency (If Applicable)
• Passport or Visa Documents (If Applicable)
• Official translations of documents in a language other than English
• Graduation/completion certificates

Note: Documents must be certified.

You must have successfully completed an Australian Year 12 or an equivalent senior secondary school qualification with a minimum average of 65%

Equivalent qualifications may also include completion of the RMIT Foundation Studies program or a recognised post-secondary diploma in the relevant discipline with the required grades.

Prerequisites:

Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) units 3 and 4:

a study score of at least 20 in one of Maths: General Mathematics, Maths: Mathematical Methods or Maths: Specialist Mathematics or equivalent studies.

GPA

China:

Gao Kao (National College Entrance Examination, NCEE) - Beijing: 441

Gao San (Senior Middle 3)(Year 12): 75%

India: 

All India Senior School Certificate (AISSC) - 10+2: 65%

Indian School Certificate (ISC): 65%

State Boards of Education (Higher Secondary Certificate, HSC): 70%

Foundation Studies

Foundation Studies is chosen by international students all over the world as their pathway to higher education at RMIT.

Foundation Studies gives you the opportunity to study the subjects that align with your interests and study goals. Choose from streams in:

• Art, Design and Architecture
• Business
• Communication and Social Context
• Engineering and Science
• Health
• Information Technology (IT).