The biology department of Shiraz University was established in 1340 as a part of the Faculty of Medicine and after that it continued its activities as a department of Faculty of Sciences. Currently it has undergraduate courses in General Biology and Molecular Cell Biology and master's courses in Plant Sciences (physiology, systematics, ecology and developmental cell) and Animal Sciences (Physiology, Biosystematics and Cellular-Developmental) as well as Molecular Cell Sciences and Biochemistry. At doctoral programs, it has active courses in Molecular Cell Sciences, Animal Biosystematics and Plant Physiology. This department currently has 20 faculty members active in various disciplines. This department is also equipped with 11 research laboratories, 9 teaching laboratories and 1 central laboratory, which is composed of various units such as cell culture, microscope and molecular services.