Top universities for Biological Sciences

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UNIVERSITY 2025
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Edge Hill Uni

1st

0

4.20 / 5

90 / 100

90 / 100

25.79
Uni of Worcester

2nd

2

4.02 / 5

89 / 100

94 / 100

15.47
Keele Uni

3rd

3

4.07 / 5

87 / 100

91 / 100

15.62
Uni of Chester

4th

1

4.10 / 5

87 / 100

94 / 100

13.40
Uni of Reading

5th

-2

3.83 / 5

87 / 100

86 / 100

17.83
Uni of Northampton

6th

-4

2.85 / 5

86 / 100

89 / 100

24.56
Royal Holloway

7th

2

3.71 / 5

83 / 100

89 / 100

11.15
Uni of Huddersfield

8th

3

3.72 / 5

85 / 100

93 / 100

9.03
Oxford Brookes

9th

7

3.96 / 5

84 / 100

91 / 100

6.99
Uni of Glasgow

10th

-2

3.83 / 5

85 / 100

85 / 100

9.89
Uni of Leicester

11th

14

4.13 / 5

85 / 100

87 / 100

5.46
Uni of Leeds

12th

5

4.09 / 5

84 / 100

93 / 100

3.85
Uni of Birmingham

13th

0

4.08 / 5

87 / 100

87 / 100

5.56
Sheffield Hallam Uni

14th

1

3.96 / 5

87 / 100

84 / 100

7.52
Uni of Nottingham

15th

4

4.19 / 5

87 / 100

88 / 100

3.42
UEA

16th

11

3.97 / 5

85 / 100

91 / 100

4.58
Uni of York

17th

1

4.00 / 5

83 / 100

88 / 100

5.04
Newcastle Uni

18th

12

4.21 / 5

85 / 100

79 / 100

5.99
Manchester Met Uni

19th

16

4.11 / 5

84 / 100

96 / 100

Uni of Exeter

20th

1

4.08 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

3.34
Queen Mary, UOL

21st

-1

3.76 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

6.22
Uni of Kent

22nd

-12

3.35 / 5

82 / 100

86 / 100

11.25
Uni of Bath

23rd

-9

3.65 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

6.93
Cardiff Uni

24th

0

4.07 / 5

86 / 100

86 / 100

3.48
Liverpool JM

25th

12

4.30 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

Bournemouth Uni

26th

22

4.14 / 5

84 / 100

91 / 100

Uni of Liverpool

27th

7

4.29 / 5

85 / 100

87 / 100

Loughborough Uni

28th

3

4.08 / 5

86 / 100

92 / 100

Nottingham Trent

29th

20

4.36 / 5

83 / 100

85 / 100

Uni of Warwick

30th

8

3.81 / 5

85 / 100

84 / 100

5.19
Uni of Sheffield

31st

-9

3.96 / 5

86 / 100

81 / 100

4.60
Uni of Chichester

32nd

26

3.82 / 5

86 / 100

96 / 100

Uni of Surrey

33rd

11

4.07 / 5

88 / 100

88 / 100

Leeds Beckett Uni

34th

6

3.98 / 5

85 / 100

91 / 100

Ulster Uni

35th

1

3.91 / 5

89 / 100

91 / 100

Uni of Bristol

36th

-13

3.74 / 5

83 / 100

84 / 100

5.01
Uni of Manchester

37th

32

3.99 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

2.49
Open Uni

38th

42

4.02 / 5

84 / 100

89 / 100

Northumbria Uni

39th

3

4.00 / 5

85 / 100

89 / 100

Durham Uni

40th

-14

3.48 / 5

85 / 100

85 / 100

6.38
Edinburgh Napier

41st

25

3.79 / 5

85 / 100

94 / 100

Uni of Derby

42nd

41

4.08 / 5

86 / 100

86 / 100

UCL

43rd

4

3.85 / 5

87 / 100

86 / 100

2.02
Uni of Southampton

44th

-32

3.18 / 5

85 / 100

90 / 100

7.30
Uni of St. Andrews

45th

-12

2.97 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

5.45
Uni of Strathclyde

46th

4

3.74 / 5

87 / 100

93 / 100

Middlesex Uni

47th

37

4.26 / 5

86 / 100

80 / 100

Swansea Uni

48th

-5

3.96 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

Uni of Cumbria

49th

4

3.42 / 5

88 / 100

100 / 100

Cardiff Met Uni

50th

-5

3.89 / 5

89 / 100

87 / 100

Uni of C.Lancashire

51st

-22

3.44 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

The Uni of Salford

52nd

25

4.07 / 5

84 / 100

84 / 100

UWE, Bristol

53rd

8

3.90 / 5

83 / 100

89 / 100

Anglia Ruskin Uni

54th

-3

3.89 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

Lancaster Uni

55th

4

3.65 / 5

85 / 100

92 / 100

Uni of Hull

56th

14

3.83 / 5

87 / 100

86 / 100

Uni of Edinburgh

57th

-5

3.58 / 5

85 / 100

86 / 100

2.55
Kingston Uni

58th

24

3.66 / 5

82 / 100

92 / 100

Uni of Gloucestershire

59th

6

3.58 / 5

84 / 100

93 / 100

Queen's Uni

60th

-4

3.68 / 5

87 / 100

89 / 100

Uni of Essex

61st

-33

3.15 / 5

83 / 100

87 / 100

6.73
Uni of Sussex

62nd

-2

3.78 / 5

82 / 100

75 / 100

5.14
Uni of Plymouth

63rd

1

3.86 / 5

87 / 100

85 / 100

Uni of Brighton

64th

15

3.78 / 5

86 / 100

86 / 100

York St John Uni

65th

-26

3.50 / 5

86 / 100

93 / 100

Uni of Lincoln

66th

20

3.99 / 5

83 / 100

81 / 100

Aston Uni

67th

0

3.96 / 5

87 / 100

80 / 100

Uni of Westminster

68th

10

3.73 / 5

82 / 100

88 / 100

Bedford

69th

27

3.12 / 5

90 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Dundee

70th

-24

3.11 / 5

87 / 100

88 / 100

5.12
Uni of Cambridge

71st

2

3.86 / 5

85 / 100

79 / 100

1.47
Coventry Uni

72nd

-10

3.40 / 5

83 / 100

94 / 100

Uni of Portsmouth

73rd

-2

3.86 / 5

84 / 100

82 / 100

Leeds Trinity Uni

74th

1

3.10 / 5

86 / 100

100 / 100

USW

75th

15

3.58 / 5

86 / 100

87 / 100

Uni of Wolverhampton

76th

15

3.75 / 5

87 / 100

81 / 100

Bangor Uni

77th

4

3.67 / 5

84 / 100

84 / 100

Queen Margaret Uni

78th

10

2.96 / 5

88 / 100

100 / 100

Abertay Uni

79th

-11

3.32 / 5

84 / 100

92 / 100

Uni College Birmingham

80th

-23

3.35 / 5

82 / 100

92 / 100

Heriot-Watt Uni

81st

-27

2.97 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Greenwich

82nd

5

3.68 / 5

84 / 100

81 / 100

St Mary's, Twickenham

83rd

-20

3.20 / 5

91 / 100

91 / 100

Aberystwyth Uni

84th

-43

3.17 / 5

82 / 100

93 / 100

Uni of Oxford

85th

-53

3.17 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

1.15
Glasgow Caledonian

86th

3

3.46 / 5

88 / 100

80 / 100

Uni of Roehampton

87th

-11

3.07 / 5

82 / 100

91 / 100

Uni of Winchester

88th

12

3.86 / 5

85 / 100

70 / 100

Bucks New Uni

89th

12

2.91 / 5

85 / 100

94 / 100

Uni of East London

90th

7

3.39 / 5

85 / 100

80 / 100

Brunel Uni London

91st

1

3.36 / 5

82 / 100

82 / 100

London Met Uni

92nd

-37

2.56 / 5

82 / 100

100 / 100

Staffordshire Uni

93rd

-19

3.02 / 5

87 / 100

86 / 100

Solent Uni

94th

-9

3.17 / 5

80 / 100

83 / 100

Uni of Stirling

95th

-2

2.82 / 5

86 / 100

90 / 100

Uni of Bedfordshire

96th

-1

3.16 / 5

86 / 100

81 / 100

UWTSD

97th

11

2.94 / 5

82 / 100

88 / 100

Askham Bryan

98th

6

2.37 / 5

76 / 100

100 / 100

Bath Spa Uni

99th

0

3.58 / 5

83 / 100

67 / 100

Teesside Uni

100th

-6

2.90 / 5

88 / 100

82 / 100

Uni of Aberdeen

101st

-94

1.00 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

18.00
Harper Adams Uni

102nd

5

2.90 / 5

93 / 100

75 / 100

Uni of Bolton

103rd

2

3.17 / 5

88 / 100

63 / 100

LSBU

104th

2

3.23 / 5

84 / 100

60 / 100

Uni of Hertfordshire

105th

-7

2.81 / 5

84 / 100

71 / 100

Uni of Bradford

106th

-3

2.74 / 5

89 / 100

70 / 100

Royal Veterinary College

107th

3

2.46 / 5

93 / 100

71 / 100

Robert Gordon Uni

108th

4

2.91 / 5

88 / 100

60 / 100

Uni of Sunderland

109th

-7

2.53 / 5

85 / 100

67 / 100

Royal Agricultural University

110th

4

3.14 / 5

85 / 100

50 / 100

Plymouth Marjon Uni

111th

-39

0.94 / 5

89 / 100

94 / 100

Highlands & Islands

112th

-1

0.69 / 5

87 / 100

78 / 100

Bishop Grosseteste Uni

113th

5

3.59 / 5

89 / 100

Newcastle College

114th

-5

0.84 / 5

82 / 100

67 / 100

Wrexham Uni

115th

-2

0.80 / 5

84 / 100

50 / 100

Riverside College

116th

-1

0.79 / 5

83 / 100

50 / 100

Colchester Institute

117th

-1

0.77 / 5

82 / 100

33 / 100

Bradford College

118th

-1

0.77 / 5

84 / 100

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