Marine Biology (Including Foundation Year) at University of Essex
Marine Biology (Including Foundation Year) (BSc (Hons), C161) at University of Essex: UCAS’s course data does not show an entry requirement for 2027 entry yet. The middle entrant to the course had under 96 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on essex.ac.uk ↗
Entry requirement
Not in UCAS’s data yet
UCAS’s course search data does not include one for 2027 yet, though the university may have published it. Check essex.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subject
The middle entrant had under 96 points.
15 entrants · 2023-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 90%, an Access course 10%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- C161 · C1 biology
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- October 2027
- Entry
- Foundation
- Year
- 2027
- Foundation year
- built in
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
70%
still studying
UK 90%
30%
left higher education
UK 10%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
20 students · started 2022-24
National Student SurveySubject at this uni
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course90%90%
Learning opportunities88%88%
Assessment and feedback89%80%
Academic support96%91%
Organisation and management82%82%
Learning resources88%89%
Student voice84%83%
75 final-year students · 73% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalaryWider subject at this uni
15 months£27k3 years£24k5 years£29.5k
£10k£20k£30k£40k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 15 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onSubject at this uni
60% working15% working and studying15% studying5% unemployed5% other
UK, same subject: 85% in work or study
60%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 60%
80%
say their work is meaningful
UK 77%
55%
use what they learned
UK 50%
- Science, engineering and technology associate professionals20%
- Natural and social science professionals10%
- Sales occupations5%
- Caring personal services5%
- Business and public service associate professionals5%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 20 graduates · 55% responded · 2023-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Colchester, East of England, England
- Postcode
- CO4 3SQ
Subjects
marine biology biological and sport sciences
Campus
- Campus
- Colchester Campus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Ecology and environmental biology at other universities
One course at each of 10 universities. Middle entrant: the UCAS points of the middle student who started, from Discover Uni.
| University | Course | Entry | Middle entrant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangor University | Marine Biology BSc (Hons) | 120 - 144 points | 96–111 |
| Bath Spa University | Wildlife Conservation BSc (Hons) | BBB - BCC | 112–127 |
| University of Aberdeen | Conservation Biology BSc (Hons) | BBC | 160–175 |
| University Centre Bishop Burton | Animal Behaviour and Wildlife Conservation BSc (Hons) | 96 points | — |
| Activate Learning | Wildlife and Conservation FD | 64 points | — |
| Aberystwyth University | Ecology BSc (Hons) | 48 points | 96–111 |
| Barnsley College University Centre | Animal Management FdSc | 48 points | — |
| Anglia Ruskin University | Conservation and Community Engagement BSc (Hons) | — | 96–111 |
| Bournemouth University | Ecology and Wildlife Conservation BSc (Hons) | See entry requirements | 96–111 |
| University Centre Askham Bryan | Certificate of Higher Education Wildlife and Environmental Conservation CertHE | — | — |
| University of Essex | Marine Biology (Including Foundation Year) this course | — | under 96 |
See all 217 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side
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