It was founded in 1978 .
It was has grown from a small department based at Micklegate House to more than a hundred undergraduate students based at King 's Manor and with scientific facilities at the BioArCh centre on the main campus .
It was founded in 1978 and has grown from a small department based at Micklegate House to more than a hundred undergraduate students based at King 's Manor and with scientific facilities at the BioArCh centre on the main campus .