One year or less Master's in Biology: 135 UK programs

one-year Programs

Every program here is 12 months long or shorter.

1
University of Oxford
MSc in Clinical and Therapeutic Neuroscience
Annual tuition
$55,974
Program duration
12 months
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 MSc
Application deadline
Aug 28 +1
Annual tuition
$54,656
Program duration
12 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 MSc
Application deadline
Aug 25 +1
Annual tuition
$49,024
Program duration
12 months
7
University of Manchester
MPhil Biomolecular Science
Application deadline
Rolling
Annual tuition
$38,272
Program duration
12 months
8
University of Bristol
MSc Biomedical Sciences Research
Application deadline
Sep 21
Annual tuition
$38,144
Program duration
12 months
9
University of Glasgow
Bioinformatics MSc
Application deadline
Jul 8 +5
Annual tuition
$44,122
Program duration
12 months
10
University of Nottingham
Cognitive Neuroscience MSc
Annual tuition
$42,240
Program duration
12 months

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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	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 Neuroscience	12 months
#7	University of Cambridge	MPhil in Basic and Translational Neuroscience	11 months
#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 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
#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 Experimental Neuroscience	12 months
#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 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	Biochemical Engineering MSc	12 months
#37	University College London	Biodiversity, Evolution and Conservation MRes	12 months
#37	University College London	Biomedical Sciences MSc	12 months
#37	University College London	Biosciences MRes	12 months
#37	University College London	Cognitive Neuroscience MRes	12 months
#37	University College London	Genetics of Human Disease MSc	12 months
#37	University College London	Infection and Immunity MSc	12 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	Human Complex Trait Genetics MSc	12 months
#50	University of Edinburgh	Infectious Diseases MScR	12 months
#50	University of Edinburgh	Integrative Biomedical Sciences (Based in China) MScR	12 months
#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
#50	University of Edinburgh	MSc Drug Discovery & Translational Biology	12 months
#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
#63	King's College London	Applied Statistical Modelling & Health Informatics MSc	12 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
#67	University of Manchester	MPhil Biomolecular Science	12 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 Developmental Biology	12 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	MSc Biomedical Sciences Research	12 months
#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
#121	University of Nottingham	Cognitive Neuroscience MSc	12 months
#121	University of Nottingham	Drug Discovery MSc	12 months
#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 Biomedical Science	12 months
#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

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Remaining programs in this cohort
Rank	University	Program	Duration
#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
#135	University of St Andrews	Neuroscience (MRes)	12 months
#136	University of Liverpool	Advanced Biological Sciences MRes	12 months
#136	University of Liverpool	Advanced Biological Sciences MSc	12 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 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	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 Industrial Biotechnology	12 months
#192	Newcastle University	Bioinformatics MSc	12 months
#192	Newcastle University	Biotechnology and Business Enterprise MRes	12 months
#192	Newcastle University	Evolution and Human Behaviour MRes	12 months
#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	Molecular Microbiology MRes	12 months
#192	Newcastle University	Neuroscience MRes	12 months
#201–250	Cardiff University	Advanced Practice (Non-Medical Prescribing) MSc	8 months
#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	Cancer Biology and Therapeutics MSc	12 months
#201–250	Cardiff University	Stem Cell Neurobiology (MRes) Mres	12 months
#301–400	University of East Anglia	MSc Cognitive Neuroscience	12 months

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