Compare 275 Biology Master's Programs in the UK

Grad School Navigator tracks 275 Biology master's programs in the UK across 29 universities. Most programs take about 12 months, while published annual tuition ranges from $12,736 to $72,371. Start with the ranked programs below, then use Explorer to compare the details that matter to your shortlist.

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1
University of Oxford
EPSRC and MRC CDT in Systems Approaches to Biomedical Science
Application deadline
Jan 7
Annual tuition
$30,656
2
University of Cambridge
MPhil in Health, Medicine and Society
Application deadline
Feb 26
Annual tuition
$18,801
Program duration
9 months
3
Imperial College London
Plant Chemical Biology: Multidisciplinary Research for Next Generation Agri-Sciences (MRes 1YFT)
Application deadline
Jun 18
Program duration
12 months
4
University College London
Biochemical Engineering MPhil
Application deadline
Rolling
Annual tuition
$44,416
Program duration
60 months
5
University of Edinburgh
Biomedical Sciences (Life Sciences) MScR
Application deadline
Jul 24
Annual tuition
$34,048
Program duration
12 months
6
King's College London
Biomedical & Molecular Sciences Research Mres
Application deadline
Aug 25 +1
Annual tuition
$65,408
Program duration
16 months
7
University of Manchester
MPhil Biological Chemistry
Application deadline
Rolling
Annual tuition
$38,272
Program duration
1 year full-time
8
University of Bristol
MSc Biomedical Sciences Research
Application deadline
Sep 21
Annual tuition
$38,144
Program duration
12 months
9
University of Warwick
Biotechnology, Bioprocessing and Business Management - MSc
Application deadline
Aug 2
Annual tuition
$47,949
Program duration
1 year full-time
10
University of Glasgow
Bioinformatics MSc
Application deadline
Jul 8 +5
Annual tuition
$44,122
Program duration
12 months

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No Graduate Record Examination required79 One year or less135 Lower annual tuition56 Application fee waived67

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The complete list of Biology Master's Programs, ranked by their global university rank first.

First programs in this cohort
Rank	University	Program	Duration
#5	University of Oxford	EPSRC and MRC CDT in Systems Approaches to Biomedical Science
#5	University of Oxford	MSc by Research in Biochemistry	24 months
#5	University of Oxford	MSc by Research in Chemical Biology	36 months
#5	University of Oxford	MSc by Research in Clinical Neurosciences	1–2 years full-time
#5	University of Oxford	MSc by Research in Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics	36 months
#5	University of Oxford	MSc in Applied Cancer Science	12 months
#5	University of Oxford	MSc in Clinical and Therapeutic Neuroscience	12 months
#5	University of Oxford	MSc in Integrated Immunology	24 months
#5	University of Oxford	MSc in Neuroscience	12 months
#7	University of Cambridge	MPhil in Basic and Translational Neuroscience	11 months
#7	University of Cambridge	MPhil in Biological Science (Biochemistry)	12 months full-time
#7	University of Cambridge	MPhil in Biological Science (Genetics)	12 months full-time
#7	University of Cambridge	MPhil in Biological Science (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology)	12 months full-time
#7	University of Cambridge	MPhil in Biological Science (Pathology)	12 months full-time
#7	University of Cambridge	MPhil in Biological Science (Pharmacology)	12 months
#7	University of Cambridge	MPhil in Biological Science (Physiology, Development and Neuroscience)	12 months
#7	University of Cambridge	MPhil in Biological Science (Sanger Institute)	1 year full-time
#7	University of Cambridge	MPhil in Biological Science (Stem Cell Biology)	12 months full-time
#7	University of Cambridge	MPhil in Biological Science (Zoology)	12 months full-time
#7	University of Cambridge	MPhil in Biological Sciences (Biomolecular Science) by advanced study	11 months
#7	University of Cambridge	MPhil in Bioscience Enterprise	9 months
#7	University of Cambridge	MPhil in Biotechnology	11 months
#7	University of Cambridge	MPhil in Computational Biology	10 months
#7	University of Cambridge	MPhil in Health, Medicine and Society	9 months
#7	University of Cambridge	MPhil in Human Evolutionary Studies	10 months
#7	University of Cambridge	MPhil in Medical Science (Clinical Biochemistry)	12 months full-time
#7	University of Cambridge	MPhil in Medical Science (Clinical Neurosciences)	12 months full-time
#7	University of Cambridge	MPhil in Medical Science (Medical Genetics)	12 months full-time
#15	Imperial College London	MRes Biomedical Research	12 months
#15	Imperial College London	MRes Biomedical Research (Anaesthetics, Pain Medicine and Intensive Care)	12 months
#15	Imperial College London	MRes Biomedical Research (Bacterial Pathogenesis and Infection)	12 months
#15	Imperial College London	MRes Biomedical Research (Data Science)	12 months
#15	Imperial College London	MRes Biomedical Research (Microbiome in Health and Disease)	12 months
#15	Imperial College London	MRes Biomedical Research (Molecular Basis of Human Disease)	12 months
#15	Imperial College London	MRes Biomedical Research (Respiratory and Cardiovascular Science)	12 months
#15	Imperial College London	MRes Biosystematics	12 months
#15	Imperial College London	MRes Cancer Biology	12 months
#15	Imperial College London	MRes Cancer Biology (Cancer Informatics)	12 months
#15	Imperial College London	MRes Chemical Biology and Bio-Entrepreneurship	12 months
#15	Imperial College London	MRes Computational Methods in Ecology and Evolution	1 year full-time
#15	Imperial College London	MRes Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Research	24 months
#15	Imperial College London	MRes Experimental Neuroscience	12 months
#15	Imperial College London	MRes in Cancer Technology	1 year full-time
#15	Imperial College London	MRes Medical Robotics and Image-Guided Intervention	12 months
#15	Imperial College London	MRes Molecular and Cellular Biosciences	12 months
#15	Imperial College London	MRes Systems and Synthetic Biology	12 months
#15	Imperial College London	MS Reproductive and Developmental Biology	12 months
#15	Imperial College London	MSc Applied Biosciences and Biotechnology	12 months
#15	Imperial College London	MSc Applied Genomics	12 months
#15	Imperial College London	MSc Bioinformatics and Theoretical Systems Biology
#15	Imperial College London	MSc Computational Methods in Ecology and Evolution	12 months
#15	Imperial College London	MSc Ecological Applications	12 months
#15	Imperial College London	MSc Ecology, Evolution and Conservation	12 months
#15	Imperial College London	MSc Human Molecular Genetics	12 months
#15	Imperial College London	MSc Immunology	12 months
#15	Imperial College London	MSc Molecular Biology and Pathology of Viruses	12 months
#15	Imperial College London	MSc Taxonomy, Biodiversity and Evolution	12 months
#15	Imperial College London	MSc Translational Neuroscience	12 months
#15	Imperial College London	Plant Chemical Biology: Multidisciplinary Research for Next Generation Agri-Sciences (MRes 1YFT)	12 months
#37	University College London	Aquatic Conservation, Ecology and Restoration MSc	24 months
#37	University College London	Biochemical Engineering MPhil	60 months
#37	University College London	Biochemical Engineering MSc	12 months
#37	University College London	Biodiversity, Evolution and Conservation MRes	12 months
#37	University College London	Biological Physics MSc
#37	University College London	Biomedical Sciences MSc	12 months
#37	University College London	Biosciences MRes	12 months
#37	University College London	Cell and Developmental Biology MPhil
#37	University College London	Cell and Gene Therapy MSc	60 months
#37	University College London	Clinical Neuroscience MSc	24 months
#37	University College London	Cognitive Neuroscience MRes	12 months
#37	University College London	Cognitive Neuroscience MSc	24 months
#37	University College London	Dementia: Causes, Treatments and Research (Neuroscience) MSc	24 months
#37	University College London	Developmental Neuroscience and Psychopathology MRes	24 months
#37	University College London	Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit MPhil	48 months
#37	University College London	Genetics of Human Disease MSc	12 months
#37	University College London	Genetics, Evolution and Environment MPhil	60 months
#37	University College London	Infection and Immunity MPhil
#37	University College London	Infection and Immunity MSc	12 months
#37	University College London	Medical Imaging MRes + MPhil	60 months
#37	University College London	Neuroscience MSc	24 months
#37	University College London	Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology MPhil	60 months
#37	University College London	Prenatal Genetics and Fetal Medicine MSc	24 months
#37	University College London	Structural and Molecular Biology MPhil	24 months
#37	University College London	Synthetic Biology MRes	12 months
#37	University College London	Translational Neuroscience MRes	12 months
#50	University of Edinburgh	Biochemistry MSc	12 months
#50	University of Edinburgh	Bioinformatics MSc	12 months
#50	University of Edinburgh	Biomedical Sciences (Life Sciences) MScR	12 months
#50	University of Edinburgh	Developmental Biology MScR	12 months
#50	University of Edinburgh	Evolution of Language & Cognition MSc	1 year full-time
#50	University of Edinburgh	Genetics & Genomics MScR	1 year full-time
#50	University of Edinburgh	Genetics & Molecular Medicine (MRC Human Genetics Unit) MScR	1 year full-time
#50	University of Edinburgh	Human Complex Trait Genetics MSc	12 months
#50	University of Edinburgh	Infection & Immunity MScR	1 year full-time
#50	University of Edinburgh	Infectious Diseases MScR	12 months
#50	University of Edinburgh	Informatics: ANC: Machine Learning, Computational Neuroscience, Computational Biology MPhil	2 years full-time
#50	University of Edinburgh	Integrative Biomedical Sciences (Based in China) MScR	12 months
#50	University of Edinburgh	Integrative Physiology (Biomedical Sciences - Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences) MScR	1 year full-time
#50	University of Edinburgh	International Masters in Infectious Diseases and One Health MSc	12 months
#50	University of Edinburgh	Medicinal & Biological Chemistry MSc	12 months

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Remaining programs in this cohort
Rank	University	Program	Duration
#50	University of Edinburgh	MSc Drug Discovery & Translational Biology	12 months
#50	University of Edinburgh	Neuroscience (Biomedical Sciences - Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences) MScR	1 year full-time
#50	University of Edinburgh	Neuroscience (Integrative Neuroscience) MScR	12 months
#50	University of Edinburgh	Quantitative Genetics & Genome Analysis MSc	12 months
#50	University of Edinburgh	Synthetic Biology & Biotechnology MSc	12 months
#50	University of Edinburgh	Systems and Synthetic Biology MSc	1 year full-time
#50	University of Edinburgh	Veterinary Sciences MVetSci	1 year full-time
#63	King's College London	Applied Statistical Modelling & Health Informatics MSc	12 months
#63	King's College London	Biomedical & Molecular Sciences Research Mres	16 months
#63	King's College London	Biomedical & Molecular Sciences Research MSc	12 months
#63	King's College London	Clinical Neuroscience MSc	12 months
#63	King's College London	Human & Applied Physiology MSc	12 months
#63	King's College London	Immunology MSc	12 months
#63	King's College London	Molecular Biophysics for Medical Sciences Mres	16 months
#63	King's College London	Neuroscience MSc	24 months
#63	King's College London	Pharmaceutical Analysis, Technology and Biopharmaceuticals MSc	1 year full-time
#67	University of Manchester	MPhil Biochemistry	24 months
#67	University of Manchester	MPhil Biological Chemistry	1 year full-time
#67	University of Manchester	MPhil Biomolecular Science	12 months
#67	University of Manchester	MPhil Biotechnology	24 months
#67	University of Manchester	MPhil Drug Design, Development & Delivery	24 months
#67	University of Manchester	MPhil Evolutionary Biology	1–2 years full-time
#67	University of Manchester	MPhil Genetics	24 months
#67	University of Manchester	MPhil Microbiology	24 months
#67	University of Manchester	MPhil Molecular Biology	24 months
#67	University of Manchester	MPhil Pharmacology	24 months
#67	University of Manchester	MSc Biochemistry	12 months
#67	University of Manchester	MSc Bioinformatics and Systems Biology	12 months
#67	University of Manchester	MSc Biological Sciences	12 months
#67	University of Manchester	MSc Biotechnology and Enterprise	12 months
#67	University of Manchester	MSc Cancer Research and Molecular Biomedicine	12 months
#67	University of Manchester	MSc Cell Biology	12 months
#67	University of Manchester	MSc Clinical Biochemistry	1 year full-time
#67	University of Manchester	MSc Clinical Immunology	24 months
#67	University of Manchester	MSc Developmental Biology	12 months
#67	University of Manchester	MSc Medical and Molecular Virology	12 months full-time
#67	University of Manchester	MSc Medical Microbiology	24 months
#67	University of Manchester	MSc Neuroimaging for Clinical & Cognitive Neuroscience	12 months
#67	University of Manchester	MSc Neuroscience	12 months
#94	University of Bristol	MRes Biochemistry	24 months
#94	University of Bristol	MSc Biomedical Sciences Research	12 months
#94	University of Bristol	MScR Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience	48 months
#97	University of Warwick	Biotechnology, Bioprocessing and Business Management - MSc	1 year full-time
#97	University of Warwick	Medical Biotechnology and Business Management - MSc	1 year full-time
#97	University of Warwick	MSc by Research in Life Sciences	1 year full-time
#108	University of Glasgow	Biochemistry & Biotechnology Msc (Research)	1 year full-time
#108	University of Glasgow	Bioinformatics MSc	12 months
#108	University of Glasgow	Biomedical Sciences MRes	12 months
#108	University of Glasgow	Biomedical Sciences MSc	12 months
#108	University of Glasgow	Biotechnology MSc	12 months
#108	University of Glasgow	Chemical Biology MSc	12 months
#108	University of Glasgow	Clinical Pharmacology MSc	12 months full-time
#108	University of Glasgow	Medical Genetics & Genomics MSc (MedSci)	12 months full-time
#108	University of Glasgow	Molecular Pharmacology MSc (Research)	1 year full-time
#121	University of Nottingham	Biotechnology MSc	12 months full-time
#121	University of Nottingham	Cognitive Neuroscience MSc	12 months
#121	University of Nottingham	Drug Discovery MSc	12 months
#121	University of Nottingham	Pharmacy MRes	1 year full-time
#123	University of Sheffield	Human and Molecular Genetics MSc	12 months
#123	University of Sheffield	Molecular and Cellular Basis of Human Disease MSc	12 months
#123	University of Sheffield	Molecular Biology and Biotechnology MSc	12 months
#123	University of Sheffield	MRes Ecology and Environment	12 months
#123	University of Sheffield	MRes Evolution and Behaviour	12 months
#123	University of Sheffield	MSc Biodiversity and Conservation	12 months
#123	University of Sheffield	MSc Biological Sciences
#123	University of Sheffield	MSc Biomedical Science	12 months
#123	University of Sheffield	MSc Biomedical Science with Education
#123	University of Sheffield	MSc Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience	12 months
#123	University of Sheffield	MSc Cognitive Neuroscience and Human Neuroimaging	12 months
#123	University of Sheffield	Neuroscience MSc	12 months
#123	University of Sheffield	Systems Neuroscience MSc	12 months
#123	University of Sheffield	Translational Neuropathology MSc	12 months
#123	University of Sheffield	Translational Neuroscience MSc	12 months
#129	University of Southampton	MRes Evolution: From the Galapagos to the 21st Century	12 months
#129	University of Southampton	MRes Wildlife Conservation	12 months
#129	University of Southampton	MSc Neurosciences	12 months
#132	University of Birmingham	Bioinformatics MSc\|Diploma\|Certificate	1 year full-time
#132	University of Birmingham	Biomedical Science	3 years full-time
#132	University of Birmingham	Computational Neuroscience and Cognitive Robotics MSc
#132	University of Birmingham	Immunology and Immunotherapy MSc	12 months
#132	University of Birmingham	Molecular and Cellular Biology MRes	12 months
#132	University of Birmingham	Molecular Biotechnology MSc	12 months
#132	University of Birmingham	Toxicology MSc	1 year full-time
#133	University of Exeter	MPhil\|MSc by Research Biological Sciences	3 years full-time
#133	University of Exeter	MSc by Research Medical Imaging	2 years full-time
#135	University of St Andrews	Neuroscience (MRes)	12 months
#135	University of St Andrews	Sustainable Aquaculture (MSc)	60 months
#136	University of Liverpool	Advanced Biological Sciences MRes	12 months
#136	University of Liverpool	Advanced Biological Sciences MSc	12 months
#136	University of Liverpool	Biological Sciences (Biochemistry) MPhil	72 months
#136	University of Liverpool	Biological Sciences (Evolution, Ecology and Behaviour) MPhil	72 months
#136	University of Liverpool	Biological Sciences (Functional and Comparative Genomics) MPhil	72 months
#136	University of Liverpool	Biomedical Sciences and Translational Medicine MRes	12 months full-time
#136	University of Liverpool	Cancer Biology MPhil	72 months
#136	University of Liverpool	Cell Biology MPhil	72 months
#136	University of Liverpool	Cellular and Molecular Physiology MPhil	72 months
#136	University of Liverpool	Critical Care MPhil	72 months
#136	University of Liverpool	Food Security MPhil
#136	University of Liverpool	Immunology MPhil	48 months
#136	University of Liverpool	Infection and Global Health (Medical) MD	3–4 years full-time
#136	University of Liverpool	Infection and Global Health (Medical) MPhil	72 months
#136	University of Liverpool	Infection and Global Health (Veterinary) MPhil	72 months
#136	University of Liverpool	Infectious Diseases MPhil	3–4 years full-time
#136	University of Liverpool	Medical Microbiology MD	72 months
#136	University of Liverpool	Medical Microbiology MPhil	3–4 years full-time
#136	University of Liverpool	MPhil in Biological Science (Physiology, Development and Neuroscience)	72 months
#136	University of Liverpool	Neurobiology and Neurodegeneration MPhil	72 months
#136	University of Liverpool	Neurological Science MPhil	3–4 years full-time
#136	University of Liverpool	One Health MPhil	3–4 years full-time
#136	University of Liverpool	Orthopaedic Biology MPhil
#136	University of Liverpool	Radiobiology and Radiotherapy MPhil	72 months
#136	University of Liverpool	Vaccinology MPhil	3–4 years full-time
#136	University of Liverpool	Veterinary Microbiology MPhil
#136	University of Liverpool	Virology MPhil	3–4 years full-time
#139	University of Leeds	Biomedical Sciences BSc	36 months
#139	University of Leeds	Bioscience MSc	12 months
#139	University of Leeds	Infection, Immunity and Human Disease MSc	12 months
#139	University of Leeds	Plant Science and Biotechnology MSc	12 months
#140	Durham University	MSc (by research)(Biosciences)	1 year full-time
#140	Durham University	MSc Cognitive Neuroscience	12 months
#150	University of Bath	Molecular Biosciences (Bioinformatics) MSc	12 months
#150	University of Bath	Molecular Biosciences (Biotechnology) MSc	12 months
#150	University of Bath	Molecular Biosciences (Medical Biosciences) MSc	12 months
#150	University of Bath	Molecular Biosciences (Microbiology) MSc	12 months
#164	University of York	Biology (by research) MSc	1 year full-time
#164	University of York	Biology MPhil
#164	University of York	MSc Biodiversity, Ecology and Ecosystems	12 months
#164	University of York	MSc Cognitive Neuroscience	12 months
#164	University of York	MSc Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience	12 months
#164	University of York	MSc in Human Anatomy and Evolution
#164	University of York	MSc Industrial Biotechnology	12 months
#192	Newcastle University	Bioinformatics MSc	12 months
#192	Newcastle University	Biology Mphil	12 months full-time
#192	Newcastle University	Biomedicine MD	24 months
#192	Newcastle University	Biomedicine MPhil
#192	Newcastle University	Biosciences MPhil	1 year full-time
#192	Newcastle University	Biotechnology and Business Enterprise MRes	12 months
#192	Newcastle University	Biotechnology MPhil
#192	Newcastle University	Computational Neuroscience and Neuroinformatics MSc
#192	Newcastle University	Evolution and Human Behaviour MRes	12 months
#192	Newcastle University	Genetics Mphil
#192	Newcastle University	Immunobiology MRes	12 months
#192	Newcastle University	Industrial and Commercial Biotechnology MSc	12 months
#192	Newcastle University	Medical and Molecular Biosciences MRes	12 months
#192	Newcastle University	Medical Genetics MRes	12 months
#192	Newcastle University	Microbiology Mphil	12 months full-time
#192	Newcastle University	Molecular Microbiology MRes	12 months
#192	Newcastle University	Neuroscience Mphil	12 months full-time
#192	Newcastle University	Neuroscience MRes	12 months
#198	Queen's University Belfast	Postgraduate Research in Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences	48 months
#201–250	Cardiff University	Advanced Clinical Practice MSc	18 months
#201–250	Cardiff University	Advanced Practice (Community Health Studies) MSc
#201–250	Cardiff University	Advanced Practice (Non-Medical Prescribing) MSc	8 months
#201–250	Cardiff University	Advanced Practice MSc	18 months
#201–250	Cardiff University	Ageing Health and Disease MSc
#201–250	Cardiff University	Bioinformatics and Genetic Epidemiology MSc	12 months
#201–250	Cardiff University	Bioinformatics MSc	12 months
#201–250	Cardiff University	Biological Chemistry MSc	12 months
#201–250	Cardiff University	Biosciences (MRes) Mres	12 months
#201–250	Cardiff University	Biosciences Mphil	60 months
#201–250	Cardiff University	Cancer Biology and Therapeutics MSc	12 months
#201–250	Cardiff University	MPhil Drug Delivery and Microbiology	1 year full-time
#201–250	Cardiff University	MPhil Pharmacy	1 year full-time
#201–250	Cardiff University	Stem Cell Neurobiology (MRes) Mres	12 months
#201–250	Lancaster University	Biological Science: Mphil	2 years full-time
#201–250	Lancaster University	Biomedical and Life Sciences: Mphil	84 months
#201–250	Lancaster University	Biomedical Science: MSc (research)	1 year full-time
#201–250	Lancaster University	Biomedicine: MSc	24 months
#201–250	Lancaster University	Conservation and Biodiversity: MSc	1 year full-time
#201–250	Lancaster University	Ecology: MSc by Research	24 months
#301–400	University of East Anglia	MSc Applied Ecology and Conservation	24 months
#301–400	University of East Anglia	MSc Cognitive Neuroscience	12 months
#301–400	Brunel University London	Biomedical, Biomechanics and Bioelectronics Engineering MSc
	MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences	LMS 3.5-year Studentships
	Royal Holloway, University of London	Biological Sciences MSc by Research	1 year full-time

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