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Biological Sciences degrees compared with official data

839 courses at 93 universities, every page shows entry standards, graduate earnings, satisfaction scores and fees.

839
Courses
93
Universities

Top Biological Sciences courses

Ordered by the arithmetic mean of the official measures published for each course, NSS satisfaction, graduate activity and continuation. Official data only; no commercial league-table input. Two of the three measures are published rounded to the nearest 5 percentage points, so courses are grouped into bands against the whole board instead of scored out of 10, and courses whose measures are identical are listed alphabetically.

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MSci (Hons) Immunology
Strathclyde · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 86.4% · in work or study 100% · continued 100%
BSc (Hons) Ecology and Conservation
NTU · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 95.1% · in work or study 95% · continued 95%
BSc (Hons) Biology
University of Aberdeen · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 89.4% · in work or study 95% · continued 100%
MChem (Hons) Chemistry, Biological and Medicinal Chemistry (with a year in industry)
University of York · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 94.4% · in work or study 90% · continued 100%
MBiochem (Hons) Biochemistry
University of St Andrews · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 89.1% · in work or study 100% · continued 95%
BSc (Hons) Immunology
University of Aberdeen · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 88.6% · in work or study 100% · continued 95%
MSci (Hons) Marine Biology (4 years)
Southampton · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 83.4% · in work or study 100% · continued 100%
BSc (Hons) Human Biology
University of Derby · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 88.3% · in work or study 100% · continued 95%
BSc (Hons) Human Biology with Foundation Year
University of Derby · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 87.4% · in work or study 100% · continued 95%
MBiol (Hons) Biology
University of Leeds · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 87.4% · in work or study 95% · continued 100%
MBiol (Hons) Genetics
University of York · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 82.4% · in work or study 100% · continued 100%
BSc (Hons) Biochemistry
University of Sheffield · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 92% · in work or study 90% · continued 100%
BSc (Hons) Biology
University of St Andrews · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 87.1% · in work or study 95% · continued 100%
BSc (Hons) Wildlife Conservation Biology
Gloucestershire · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 91.9% · in work or study 100% · continued 90%
BSc (Hons) Wildlife Conservation Biology with Placement
Gloucestershire · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 91.9% · in work or study 100% · continued 90%
BSc (Hons) Biochemistry
Aberystwyth University · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 91.7% · in work or study 100% · continued 90%
MSci (Hons) Microbiology
Strathclyde · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 86.4% · in work or study 100% · continued 95%
BSc (Hons) Biology
Gloucestershire · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 96.1% · in work or study 90% · continued 95%
BSc (Hons) Biology
LJMU · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 96% · in work or study 90% · continued 95%
BSc (Hons) Biology with Placement
Gloucestershire · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 96.1% · in work or study 90% · continued 95%
BSc (Hons) Biochemistry
RHUL · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 90.9% · in work or study 100% · continued 90%
BSc (Hons) Biochemistry
University of Dundee · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 85% · in work or study 100% · continued 95%
MSci (Hons) Biochemistry with Professional Placement
University of Birmingham · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 84.9% · in work or study 95% · continued 100%
BSc (Hons) Biology
University of Manchester · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 84.6% · in work or study 100% · continued 95%
MSci (Hons) Biological Sciences with Professional Placement
University of Birmingham · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 79.6% · in work or study 100% · continued 100%
BSc (Hons) Microbiology
University of Glasgow · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 88.9% · in work or study 95% · continued 95%
BSc (Hons) Molecular Biology
University of St Andrews · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 89.1% · in work or study 100% · continued 90%
BSc (Hons) Zoology
University of Sheffield · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 89.1% · in work or study 100% · continued 90%
BSc (Hons) Microbiology
University of Aberdeen · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 88.6% · in work or study 100% · continued 90%
MBiol (Hons) Biochemistry
University of Leeds · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 78.7% · in work or study 100% · continued 100%
MSci (Hons) Immunology with Industrial Placement
University of Aberdeen · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 88.6% · in work or study 100% · continued 90%
MSci (Hons) Microbiology with Industrial Placement
University of Aberdeen · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 88.6% · in work or study 100% · continued 90%
BSc (Hons) Biochemistry
Lancaster University · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 93.3% · in work or study 95% · continued 90%
BSc (Hons) Marine & Freshwater Biology
Aberystwyth University · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 88.4% · in work or study 90% · continued 100%
BSc (Hons) Zoology
RHUL · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 93.4% · in work or study 85% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Human Sciences
Oxford University · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 83% · in work or study 95% · continued 100%
BSc (Hons) Biochemistry
University of Kent · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 83% · in work or study 100% · continued 95%
BSc (Hons) Genetics
University of Glasgow · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 92.7% · in work or study 90% · continued 95%
BSc (Hons) Zoology
University of Liverpool · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 86.7% · in work or study 91% · continued 100%
MA (Hons) Biological Sciences
University of Aberdeen · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 87.9% · in work or study 95% · continued 95%
MBiol (Hons) Zoology (4 Years)
University of Liverpool · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 86.7% · in work or study 91% · continued 100%
BSc (Hons) Anatomy
University of Glasgow · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 87.6% · in work or study 100% · continued 90%
BSc (Hons) Biochemistry
SHU · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 92.4% · in work or study 90% · continued 95%
BSc (Hons) Biological Sciences
University of Liverpool · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 83.6% · in work or study 95% · continued 99%
BSc (Hons) Marine Biology
University of Stirling · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 82.4% · in work or study 100% · continued 95%
MBiol (Hons) Biological Sciences (4 Years)
University of Liverpool · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 83.4% · in work or study 95% · continued 99%
BSc (Hons) Chemistry, Biological and Medicinal Chemistry
University of York · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 88.1% · in work or study 89% · continued 100%
BSc (Hons) Genetics
University of Essex · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 90.3% · in work or study 100% · continued 87%

Pick your predicted grades above and each course gets a fit badge: they compare your UCAS points with that course’s admitted-student tariff, same logic as the calculator on every course page. Courses with no published tariff stay unbadged. Not a guarantee; many universities make contextual offers.

What Biological Sciences graduates earn

What Biological Sciences graduates actually earn, from real outcome data — 15 months, 3 years and 5 years after graduating.

Starting (15 months) HESA GO
£23,000 – £29,000
After 3 years LEO
£20,400 – £28,800
After 5 years LEO
£25,075 – £35,400

National figures for Biological Sciences graduates — HESA Graduate Outcomes (15 months) and the Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) dataset (3 & 5 years). These are national, not university-specific; actual pay varies by employer, region, role and experience. Different cohorts, so the bars are not one group over time.

Roles & employers

Where Biological Sciences graduates typically go.

Typical roles

  • Research scientist
  • Biomedical scientist
  • Lab technician
  • Clinical-trials associate
  • Science communicator

Where they work

  • NHS & hospital labs
  • Pharma & biotech
  • Universities & institutes
  • Public-health bodies

Every university offering Biological Sciences

Course counts link to each university’s full profile.

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