Top universities for Biological Sciences

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UNIVERSITY 2024
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RESEARCH QUALITY
Sheffield Hallam Uni

1st

4.19 / 5

87 / 100

84 / 100

7.52
Leeds Beckett Uni

2nd

4.17 / 5

85 / 100

91 / 100

Abertay Uni

3rd

3.86 / 5

84 / 100

92 / 100

Uni of Portsmouth

4th

4.13 / 5

84 / 100

82 / 100

Uni of Warwick

5th

4.03 / 5

85 / 100

84 / 100

5.19
Uni of Greenwich

6th

4.01 / 5

84 / 100

81 / 100

Uni of Worcester

7th

4.02 / 5

89 / 100

94 / 100

15.47
Uni of Birmingham

8th

4.25 / 5

87 / 100

87 / 100

5.56
York St John Uni

9th

4.12 / 5

86 / 100

93 / 100

Anglia Ruskin Uni

10th

4.20 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

Uni of Surrey

11th

4.21 / 5

88 / 100

88 / 100

Uni of Sheffield

12th

4.32 / 5

86 / 100

81 / 100

4.60
Uni of Glasgow

13th

4.12 / 5

85 / 100

85 / 100

9.89
Uni of Sussex

14th

4.07 / 5

82 / 100

75 / 100

5.14
Uni of Exeter

15th

4.23 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

3.34
Keele Uni

16th

3.99 / 5

87 / 100

91 / 100

15.62
Uni of Reading

17th

4.17 / 5

87 / 100

86 / 100

17.83
Uni of Liverpool

18th

4.36 / 5

85 / 100

87 / 100

Uni of Leeds

19th

4.20 / 5

84 / 100

93 / 100

3.85
Cardiff Uni

20th

4.23 / 5

86 / 100

86 / 100

3.48
Newman Uni

21st

4.16 / 5

90 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Essex

22nd

3.95 / 5

83 / 100

87 / 100

6.73
Queens Uni

23rd

4.04 / 5

87 / 100

89 / 100

Uni of Oxford

24th

4.26 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

1.15
Liverpool JM

25th

4.28 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

Loughborough Uni

26th

4.23 / 5

86 / 100

92 / 100

Nottingham Trent

27th

4.32 / 5

83 / 100

85 / 100

Ulster Uni

28th

4.18 / 5

89 / 100

91 / 100

Heriot-Watt Uni

29th

3.82 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

Swansea Uni

30th

4.26 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

Manchester Met Uni

31st

4.08 / 5

84 / 100

96 / 100

Northumbria Uni

32nd

4.23 / 5

85 / 100

89 / 100

Middlesex Uni

33rd

4.07 / 5

86 / 100

80 / 100

Aston Uni

34th

4.19 / 5

87 / 100

80 / 100

Cardiff Met Uni

35th

4.21 / 5

89 / 100

87 / 100

Uni of Bristol

36th

4.21 / 5

83 / 100

84 / 100

5.01
Newcastle Uni

37th

4.17 / 5

85 / 100

79 / 100

5.99
Bath Spa Uni

38th

4.03 / 5

83 / 100

67 / 100

Uni of York

39th

4.16 / 5

83 / 100

88 / 100

5.04
UCL

40th

4.12 / 5

87 / 100

86 / 100

2.02
Oxford Brookes

41st

4.04 / 5

84 / 100

91 / 100

6.99
Uni of Nottingham

42nd

4.20 / 5

87 / 100

88 / 100

3.42
Uni of Cambridge

43rd

4.09 / 5

85 / 100

79 / 100

1.47
Uni College Birmingham

44th

4.00 / 5

82 / 100

92 / 100

Aberystwyth Uni

45th

4.14 / 5

82 / 100

93 / 100

Uni of Chester

46th

4.13 / 5

87 / 100

94 / 100

13.40
Uni of Hull

47th

3.98 / 5

87 / 100

86 / 100

Uni of Strathclyde

48th

4.03 / 5

87 / 100

93 / 100

Uni of Leicester

49th

4.06 / 5

85 / 100

87 / 100

5.46
Uni of C.Lancashire

50th

4.03 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

Edge Hill Uni

51st

4.19 / 5

90 / 100

90 / 100

25.79
Uni of Edinburgh

52nd

4.05 / 5

85 / 100

86 / 100

2.55
Liverpool Hope Uni

53rd

4.11 / 5

88 / 100

75 / 100

Birmingham City Uni

54th

4.08 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

St Marys Twickenham

55th

3.89 / 5

91 / 100

91 / 100

Bournemouth Uni

56th

4.14 / 5

84 / 100

91 / 100

Uni of Lincoln

57th

4.05 / 5

83 / 100

81 / 100

Queen MaryUOL

58th

4.01 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

6.22
Uni of Plymouth

59th

4.10 / 5

87 / 100

85 / 100

Staffordshire Uni

60th

3.98 / 5

87 / 100

86 / 100

UWEBristol

61st

4.04 / 5

83 / 100

89 / 100

Open Uni

62nd

3.86 / 5

84 / 100

89 / 100

Uni of Dundee

63rd

3.86 / 5

87 / 100

88 / 100

5.12
Bangor Uni

64th

3.99 / 5

84 / 100

84 / 100

Uni of Brighton

65th

3.92 / 5

86 / 100

86 / 100

Canterbury Uni

66th

3.75 / 5

88 / 100

93 / 100

11.95
Uni of Northampton

67th

3.84 / 5

86 / 100

89 / 100

24.56
Uni of Manchester

68th

3.91 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

2.49
Uni of Southampton

69th

4.07 / 5

85 / 100

90 / 100

7.30
UEA

70th

3.99 / 5

85 / 100

91 / 100

4.58
Uni of Roehampton

71st

3.88 / 5

82 / 100

91 / 100

Uni of Bath

72nd

4.12 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

6.93
The Uni of Salford

73rd

4.03 / 5

84 / 100

84 / 100

Uni of Hertfordshire

74th

3.93 / 5

84 / 100

71 / 100

Uni of Aberdeen

75th

4.01 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

18.00
Uni of Bolton

76th

3.88 / 5

88 / 100

63 / 100

Uni of Gloucestershire

77th

3.90 / 5

84 / 100

93 / 100

Durham Uni

78th

4.02 / 5

85 / 100

85 / 100

6.38
Uni of Sunderland

79th

3.94 / 5

85 / 100

67 / 100

Uni of Huddersfield

80th

3.94 / 5

85 / 100

93 / 100

9.03
LSBU

81st

3.90 / 5

84 / 100

60 / 100

Uni of Westminster

82nd

3.93 / 5

82 / 100

88 / 100

Uni of Winchester

83rd

3.89 / 5

85 / 100

70 / 100

Uni of Kent

84th

3.98 / 5

82 / 100

86 / 100

11.25
Edinburgh Napier

85th

3.84 / 5

85 / 100

94 / 100

Plymouth Marjon Uni

86th

3.75 / 5

89 / 100

94 / 100

Solent Uni

87th

4.03 / 5

80 / 100

83 / 100

Uni of Chichester

88th

3.84 / 5

86 / 100

96 / 100

Lancaster Uni

89th

3.95 / 5

85 / 100

92 / 100

Uni of Cumbria

90th

3.78 / 5

88 / 100

100 / 100

Glasgow Caledonian

91st

3.96 / 5

88 / 100

80 / 100

Uni of Derby

92nd

3.91 / 5

86 / 100

86 / 100

Brunel Uni London

93rd

3.80 / 5

82 / 100

82 / 100

Kingston Uni

94th

3.80 / 5

82 / 100

92 / 100

Uni of Bradford

95th

3.77 / 5

89 / 100

70 / 100

Uni of Wolverhampton

96th

3.78 / 5

87 / 100

81 / 100

Coventry Uni

97th

3.90 / 5

83 / 100

94 / 100

London Met Uni

98th

3.82 / 5

82 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Bedfordshire

99th

3.72 / 5

86 / 100

81 / 100

Royal Holloway

100th

3.93 / 5

83 / 100

89 / 100

11.15
Teesside Uni

101st

3.69 / 5

88 / 100

82 / 100

Uni of West Scotland

102nd

3.61 / 5

84 / 100

88 / 100

Newcastle College

103rd

3.38 / 5

82 / 100

67 / 100

university-of-st-andrews

104th

3.61 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

5.45
USW

105th

3.69 / 5

86 / 100

87 / 100

Bucks New Uni

106th

3.22 / 5

85 / 100

94 / 100

Uni of East London

107th

3.67 / 5

85 / 100

80 / 100

Riverside College

108th

3.14 / 5

83 / 100

50 / 100

Wrexham Uni

109th

3.19 / 5

84 / 100

50 / 100

Bradford College

110th

3.10 / 5

84 / 100

Harper Adams Uni

111th

3.08 / 5

93 / 100

75 / 100

Leeds Trinity Uni

112th

3.59 / 5

86 / 100

100 / 100

Askham Bryan

113th

3.06 / 5

76 / 100

100 / 100

Bedford

114th

3.09 / 5

90 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Stirling

115th

3.49 / 5

86 / 100

90 / 100

Queen Margaret Uni

116th

3.44 / 5

88 / 100

100 / 100

Robert Gordon Uni

117th

3.21 / 5

88 / 100

60 / 100

Royal Agricultural University

118th

3.17 / 5

85 / 100

50 / 100

Bishop Grosseteste Uni

119th

3.03 / 5

89 / 100

Colchester Institute

120th

3.08 / 5

82 / 100

33 / 100

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