与免疫系统有关的疾病（例如过敏症和自身免疫性疾病）的发生率正在增加，并且由于我们没有有效的疫苗，因此难以治疗和预防许多传染病。免疫学是一门发展迅速的科学，可以将新知识应用于癌症和传染性疾病的新的基于免疫的疗法的开发和临床使用，预防移植反应以及过敏和自身免疫性疾病。在这门专业中，您将学习如何对人体免疫系统进行免疫学研究，该系统可以控制感染并提供针对微生物的免疫力，可以应用于生物医学领域的各个领域。
The Bachelor of Science (BSc) course is designed to provide excellent science education across a broad range of science and technology areas of study and equip students with a range of knowledge and skills to enhance their science studies. The degree will provide flexible pathways to employment, research higher degrees and many professional postgraduate programs.<br><br>This major provides students with a detailed understanding of Immunology, the study of our immune system. The major describes how Immunology is studied and applied to a range of areas in the biomedical sciences. The major opens up careers in infectious diseases, diagnostics, molecular biology, biotechnology, vaccinology, biosafety and regulation as well as providing an avenue towards post-graduate research into infectious agents, their genes, underlying mechanisms of infectious disease and diseases associated with the immune system. It provides a basis for further study into medicine and other paramedical disciplines. Students intending to undertake this major should be aware that it requires successful completion of a practical-based subject in which products and reagents derived from animals are used.