Biology degrees

226 courses at 66 UK universities offer biology for 2027 entry: most ask for between 96 and 128 UCAS points; 49 courses quote A-level grades instead, most often AAB.

Qualifications BSc (Hons) 170, Msci (Hon) 15, MBiol 6, MBiol (Hons) 6
Study full-time 221, part-time 5

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Often studied with

Joint honours courses pairing biology with another subject.

• chemistry 11
• ecology 8
• biomedical sciences 7
• biodiversity conservation 5
• psychology 4
• physics 4
• geography 3
• mathematics 3
• environmental sciences 3
• geology 2

Course codes

What these courses' UCAS codes start with.

• C1 biology 138
• B9 other subjects allied to medicine 6
• C2 botany 5
• C3 zoology 4
• C9 other biological sciences 4
• G1 mathematics 4
• C7 molecular biology and biochemistry 3
• D3 animal science 3

Universities

• University of St Andrews 18
• Swansea University 12
• University of Warwick 12
• UCL (University College London) 7
• University of Hull 7
• Durham University 6
• Keele University 6
• University of Manchester 6
• University of South Wales 6
• Aberystwyth University 5
• Bangor University 5
• Edge Hill University 5
• Imperial College London 5
• University of Birmingham 5
• University of Wolverhampton 5
• Cornwall College 4
• Liverpool John Moores University 4
• Manchester Metropolitan University 4
• University of Bath 4
• University of Essex 4
• University of Huddersfield 4
• University of Stirling 4
• University of Worcester 4
• Anglia Ruskin University 3
• Loughborough University 3
• Open University 3
• Royal Holloway, University of London 3
• University of Aberdeen 3
• University of Brighton 3
• University of East Anglia UEA 3
• University of Leeds 3
• University of Lincoln 3
• University of Sheffield 3
• University of Sussex 3
• Bath Spa University 2
• Newcastle University 2
• Northumbria University, Newcastle 2
• Queen Mary University of London 2
• Sheffield Hallam University 2
• University of Bristol 2
• University of Chester 2
• University of Derby 2
• University of Gloucestershire 2
• University of Greater Manchester 2
• University of Greenwich 2
• University of Kent 2
• University of Liverpool 2
• University of Nottingham 2
• University of Oxford 2
• University of Salford 2
• University of Southampton 2
• University of Suffolk 2
• University of York 2
• Bedford College Group 1
• Birkbeck, University of London 1
• Lancaster University 1
• London Metropolitan University 1
• Oxford Brookes University 1
• Teesside University 1
• The University of Edinburgh 1
• Ulster University 1
• University of Dundee 1
• University of Glasgow 1
• University of Plymouth 1
• University of Portsmouth 1
• University of the West of Scotland 1

Courses