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 College of LIFE SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURE

At the UNH College of Life Sciences and Agriculture, we seek to make a difference — from identifying the molecular pathway that leads to a new treatment for disease, to understanding the complex forces that impact our ecosystems and natural landscapes, to finding solutions for a global food system tasked with feeding billions.

Here, you will deepen your understanding of the world and learn to find sustainable responses to the planet’s biggest challenges. Leading edge research and hands-on experiences, combined with practical skill building in the lab and in the field, will create a firm foundation for your future.

When you graduate, you will join thousands of Wildcats who are forging their own paths to success, from here in New Hampshire to every corner of the world. 


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Owen Kanter '20 conducts moose research in New Hampshire.

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Unique, hands-on research projects lead to challenges and achievements that extend far beyond the classroom.

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Discuss goals and design your career plan with help from the professionals at our St. Martin Career Exploration Office.

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UNH Diversity Statement

The University of New Hampshire is committed to building and nurturing an environment of inclusive excellence where all students, faculty and staff can thrive. We also are committed to providing open and inclusive access for all alumni, volunteers, learners, employees and visitors seeking to participate in our programs and activities. We venture to sustain a campus environment that fosters mutual respect and understanding. We believe diversity, equity, accessibility and inclusion are foundational values inextricably linked to achieving our core educational mission and embrace the many characteristics of our community members that make them uniquely themselves. Here, you belong and all are welcome.

UNH Land, Water and Life Acknowledgement

As we all journey on the trail of life, we wish to acknowledge the spiritual and physical connection the Pennacook, Abenaki and Wabanaki Peoples have maintained to N’dakinna (homeland) and the aki (land), nebi (water), olakwika (flora) and awaasak (fauna) that the University of New Hampshire community is honored to steward today. We also acknowledge the hardships they continue to endure after the loss of unceded homelands and champion the university’s responsibility to foster relationships and opportunities that strengthen the well-being of the Indigenous People who carry forward the traditions of their ancestors.

Listen to the acknowledgement read by Denise Pouliot, the Sag8moskwa (Head Female Speaker) of the Cowasuk Band of Pennacook Abenaki People from Alton, New Hampshire and a member of the Indigenous New Hampshire Collaborative Collective (INHCC), which includes her husband Paul Pouliot, several UNH faculty members and students, local grassroots organizers and community members and several members of other New England tribes.

  • UNH alumna Sabah Sabir portrait in medical school white coat
    Accelerated master’s student goes onto medical school
    Sabah Sabir graduated from UNH with a bachelor’s degree in biomedical sciences: medical and veterinary sciences. In her senior year, Sabah began earning credits toward her master’s degree in molecular and cellular biotechnology in UNH’s accelerated master’s program.
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  • UNH student Madison Jeckell poses under Thompson Hall arch at UNH
    On a path to success
    Madison Jeckell is a biomedical science: medical and veterinary sciences major and psychology minor who plans to attend medical school.
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  • UNH student Lilah Read holding a brain in a UNH lab
    Wide range of opportunities are preparing her for medical school
    Lilah Read is a neuroscience and behavior major and nutrition minor who plans to attend medical school.
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  • UNH undergraduate Corinne Fernald outside next to a tree
    Preparing for her future in healthcare
    Corinne Fernald is a biomedical science: medical and veterinary sciences major and nutritional sciences minor. She is currently on the pre-med track and plans to apply to medical school.
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  • UNH student Braden Foulks holding sweet potatoes just harvested at UNH's Woodman Farm
    At work on a variety of agricultural research projects that benefit local and regional farmers
    Braden Foulks ’25 has been working with Professor Becky Sideman and Professor Iago Hale on their respective research.
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Get the Facts

92%
of COLSA alumni are employed
or in graduate school

2023 First Destination Survey

73%
of students participate
in internships and/or research
prior to graduation

2023 First Destination Survey

77%
Average acceptance rate of
current students and recent grads
who applied to veterinary school
— well above the national average

 

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