List of Universities and offered courses

Benefits of doing a Masters from United Kingdom

You get a master’s degree in only 1 year as compared to other countries like U.S.A, Canada, Germany, and India.
Leverage of completing master’s from reputed universities.
Due to high demand of skilled labor it becomes easy to grab a job offer post completion of program.
United kingdom also offers a 2 year PSW (Post study work) visa, and one can find suitable jobs during the tenure.
Cultural diversity- Studying here can provide international students with the opportunity to meet and learn from people from different backgrounds and culture.
Part-time jobs- Master students in the UK are typically allowed to work up to 20 hours per week during term time and full-time during holidays. Taking on a part-time job while studying in the UK can help students earn additional income to support themselves financially. In addition to providing financial support, working part-time can also help students gain valuable work experience, improve their language skills, and meet new people.

In this article we will look into list of biology/life science MSc. program to pursue from United Kingdom in 2023. We have provided comprehensive list of different courses offered by top universities from United kingdom.

Types of master degrees

In the United kingdom, the two most common types of master’s degrees are:

MSc (Master of Science)
MRes (Master of Research)

In contrast to an MRes, which is strongly focused on research and where you learn through the projects, an MSc consists of taught modules. However, MSc program also develops research skills and requires a research project/poster presentation to be completed before being awarded a degree.

Admissions

The students are majorly admitted for September intake and few universities also offer admissions for January intake as well. International students must apply 6-7 months prior so they have sufficient time to apply for various scholarships.

University of Nottingham

QS World Ranking- 114	Course fee
List of MRes courses at University of Nottingham
1. MRes Anatomy, Physiology and Nutrition	£27,200
2. MRes Biomolecular technology	£28,700
3. MRes Biosciences	£28,700 or £34,000
4. MRes Cellular and Developmental Biology	£27,200
5. MRes Ecology and Evolutionary Biology	£27,000
6. MRes Food sciences	£28,700 or £34,000
7. MRes Genetics and genomics	£27,200
8. MRes Infections, Immunology, Virology and Parasitology	£27,200
9. MRes Microbiology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry	£27,200
10. MRes Neuroscience and neuropathology	£27,200
11. MRes Pharmacology and drug discovery	£27,200
12. MRes Synthetic Biology and Biotechnology	£27,200

List of MSc courses at University of Nottingham
1. MSc Bioengineering	£27,200
2. MSc Bioinformatics	£27,200
3. MSc Biotechnology	£28,700
4. MSc Cancer Immunology and Biotechnology	£28,700
5. MSc Clinical molecular microbiology	£27,200
6. MSc Immunology and Immunotherapeutics	£27,200
7. MSc Microbiology and Immunology	£27,200
8. MSc Molecular genetics and diagnostics	£27,200
9. MSc Oncology	£28,700
10. MSc Stem Cell Technology and Regenerative Medicine	£34,000

List of biology/life science MSc. program to pursue from United Kingdom at University of Nottingham.

University of Oxford

QS World Ranking- 4	Course fee
List of MSc courses at University of Oxford
1. MSc by Research in Biochemistry	£29,700
2. MSc by Research in Oncology	£29,700
3. MSc by Research in Pharmacology	£29,700
4. MSc in Pharmacology	£30,910
5. MSc in Radiobiology	£29,100
6. MSc in Applied Cancer Science	£29,100
7. MSc by Research in Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics	£29,700

List of biology/life science MSc. program to pursue from United Kingdom at University of Oxford.

University of Sheffield

QS World Ranking- 96	Course fee
List of MSc courses at University of Sheffield
1. MSc Antimicrobial resistance	£27,500
2. MSc Bioengineering	£27,500
3. MSc Biological and bioprocess engineering	£27,500
4. MSc Biological sciences	£29,950
5. MSc Drug discovery	£27,500
6. MSc Biomedical science	£29,950
7. MSc Genomic approaches drug discovery	£29,950
8. MSc Human and molecular genetics	£27,500
9. MSc Molecular and cellular basis human disease	£29,950
10. MSc Molecular biology and biotechnology	£27,500
11. MSc Molecular medicine	£25,600
12. MSc Molecular medicine clinical applications pathway	£28,700
13. MSc Neuroscience	£29,950
14. MSc Translational neuroscience	£28,700
15. MRes Translational oncology	£29,950
16. MRes Plant and microbial biology	£29,950

List of biology/life science MSc. program to pursue from United Kingdom at University of Sheffield.

University of Leicester

QS World Ranking- 279	Course fee
List of MSc courses at University of Leicester
1. MSc Bioinformatics	£21,850
2. MSc Cancer cell and biology	£21,850
3. MSc Cancer Molecular Pathology and Therapeutics	£21,850
4. MSc Infection and Immunity	£22,600
5. MSc Molecular Genetics	£21,850

List of biology/life science MSc. program to pursue from United Kingdom at University of Leicester.

University of Manchester

QS World Ranking- 28	Course fee
List of MSc courses at University of Manchester
1. MSc Biochemistry	£32,000
2. MSc Biological sciences	£32,000
3. MSc Clinical Biochemistry	£31,000
4. MSc Clinical Immunology	£31,000
5. MSc Molecular Pathology	£31,000
6. MSc Tissue engineering for regenerative medicine	£32,000
7. MSc Bioinformatics and systems biology	£31,000
8. MSc Cancer research and molecular biomedicine	£32,000
9. MSc Biotechnology and enterprise	£34,500
10. MSc Neuroscience	£32,000
11. MSc Developmental Biology	£32,000
12. MSc Infection Biology	£32,000
13. MSc medical and molecular virology	£33,000
14. MSc medical microbiology	£31,000
15. MRes Oncology	£32,000

List of biology/life science MSc. program to pursue from United Kingdom at University of Manchester.

University of Liverpool

QS World Ranking- 190	Course fee
List of MSc courses at University of Liverpool
1. MRes Advanced biological sciences	£25,950
2. MRes Biomedical sciences and Translational Medicine	£25,950
3. MSc Advanced biological sciences	£24,750
4. MSc Bioinformatics	£24,750
5. MSc Biotechnology	£24,750
6. MSc Cancer Biology and Therapy	£24,750
7. MSc Infection and Immunity	£24,750

List of biology/life science MSc. program to pursue from United Kingdom at University of Liverpool.

University of Birmingham

QS World Ranking- 91	Course fee
List of MSc courses at University of Birmingham
1. MSc Bioinformatics	£26,640
2. MSc Clinical Oncology	£26,640
3. MSc Genomic Medicine	£21,960
4. MSc Immunology and Immunotherapy	£28,530
5. MSc Microbiology and infection	£26,640
6. MSc Molecular Biotechnology	£26,640
7. MRes Molecular and Cellular Biology	£26,040
8. MRes Microbiology and infection	£26,040
9. MRes Immunology and Immunotherapy	£26,040
10. MRes Biomedical Research: Cardiovascular Sciences	£26,040
11. MRes Cancer and genomic Sciences	£26,040
12. MRes Cancer Sciences	£26,040
13. MRes Functional Genome Biology	£26,040
14. MRes Molecular Mechanistic Toxicology	£26,040
15. MRes Environmental and Biological Nanoscience	£26,040

List of biology/life science MSc. program to pursue from United Kingdom at University of Birmingham.

University of Aberdeen

QS World Ranking- 220	Course fee
List of MSc courses at University of Aberdeen
1. MSc in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics	£27,000
2. MSc Biomedical Engineering	£27,000
3. MSc Clinical Pharmacology	£27,000
4. MSc Immunology & Immunotherapy	£27,000
5. MSc Microbiology	£27,000
6. MSc Molecular Medicine	£27,000
7. MSc Drug Discovery and Development	£27,000

List of biology/life science MSc. program to pursue from United Kingdom at University of Aberdeen.

University of Leeds

QS World Ranking- 86	Course fee
List of MSc courses at University of Leeds
1. MSc Biopharmaceutical Development	£30,000
2. MSc Biopharmaceutical Development (Industrial Placement)	£33,500
3. MSc Bioscience	£28,000
4. MSc Biotechnology with Business Enterprise	£28,000
5. MSc Cancer Biology and Therapy	£28,000
6. MSc Drug Discovery and Development	£30,000
7. MSc Infection, Immunity and Human Disease	£28,000
8. MSc Molecular medicine	£28,000
9. MSc Plant science and biotechnology	£28,000
10. MRes Neuroscience	£28,000

List of biology/life science MSc. program to pursue from United Kingdom at University of Leeds.

Newcastle University

QS World Ranking- 122	Course fee
List of MSc courses at Newcastle University
1. MRes Immunology	£27,600
2. MRes Mitochondrial biology and medicine	£27,600
3. MRes Molecular cell biology and cell signaling in Health and Disease	£27,600
4. MRes Medicine and molecular biosciences	£27,600
5. MRes Toxicology	£27,600
6. MRes Biotechnology and Business Enterprise	£27,600
7. MRes Medical Genetics	£27,600
8. MRes Cancer	£27,600
9. MRes Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cells	£27,600
10. MRes Molecular Microbiology	£27,600
11. MRes Neuroscience	£27,600
12. MRes Biotechnology and Biodesign	£27,300
13. MSc Industrial and Commercial Biotechnology	£28,200

List of biology/life science MSc. program to pursue from United Kingdom at Newcastle University.

Imperial College London

QS World Ranking- 6	Course fee
List of MSc courses at Imperial college London
1. MSc Applied Genomics	£40,800
2. MSc Applied Biosciences and biotechnology	£35,000
3. MSc Human Molecular Genetics	£40,800
4. MSc Molecular Biology and Pathology of Viruses	£40,800
5. MSc Immunology	£40,800
6. MSc Molecular Medicine	£40,800
7. MRes Systems and Synthetic Biology	£35,000
8. MRes Molecular and Cellular Biosciences	£35,000
9. MRes Cancer Technology	£38,600
10. MRes Cancer Biology	£40,800
11. MRes Cancer Informatics	£40,800
12. MRes Biosystematics	£28,300
13. MRes Biological and Physical Chemistry	£38,200
14. MRes Bioinformatics and Theoretical Systems Biology	£35,000
15. MRes Bioengineering	£38,600

List of biology/life science MSc. program to pursue from United Kingdom at Imperial college London.

University of Essex

QS World Ranking- 265	Course fee
List of MSc courses at University of Essex
1. MSc Biotechnology	£20,700
2. MSc Cancer Biology	£20,700
3. MSc Molecular Medicine	£20,700
4. MSc Health Genomics	£20,700

List of biology/life science MSc. program to pursue from United Kingdom at University of Essex.

University of Kent

QS World Ranking- 375	Course fee
List of MSc courses at University of Kent
1. MRes Biochemistry	£21,900
2. MSc Biomedicine	£21,900
3. MSc Biotechnology and Bioengineering	£21,900
4. MSc Infectious Diseases	£21,900
5. MSc Forensic Science	£21,900
6. MRes Cell Biology	£21,900
7. MRes Computational Biology	£21,900
8. MRes Genetics	£21,900
9. MRes Microbiology	£21,900

List of biology/life science MSc. program to pursue from United Kingdom at University of Kent.

Nottingham Trent University

QS World Ranking- 801	Course fee
List of courses offered by Nottingham Trent University
1. MRes Pharmacology	£19,100
2. MSc Pharmacology	£19,100
3. MRes Pharmaceutical Analysis	£16,800
4. MRes Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Science	£16,800
5. MRes Cancer Biology	£19,100
6. MRes Cell Biology	£19,100
7. MRes Biotechnology	£19,100
8. MSc Biotechnology	£19,100
9. MRes Molecular Biology	£19,100
10. MSc Molecular Cell Biology	£19,100
11. MRes Molecular Microbiology	£19,100
12. MSc Molecular Microbiology	£19,100
13. MRes Neuropharmacology	£19,100
14. MSc Neuropharmacology	£19,100
15. MSc Biomedical Science	£19,100
16. MSc Forensic Science	£16,800

List of biology/life science MSc. program to pursue from United Kingdom at Nottingham Trent University.

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