Biology

Course Information

Features and benefits

• Explore the topics and issues that shape the world around us, and choose from a range of exciting and rewarding specialisms within biology.
• Develop practical skills in the laboratory and in the field – that could include fieldwork in the UK, Portugal, Tanzania, or Kenya.
• You can take the four-year route, spending a year studying overseas in Europe, North America or Australia, or boosting your career prospects with a 9-12 month placement.
• With our strong industry links, you will have the opportunity to undertake an exclusive student placement programme with Lighthouse Labs.
• We are investing £115m to transform the way we teach in the Faculty of Science and Engineering. Opening in 2023, our new Dalton building will enhance collaboration between students, staff and industry and provide new and improved teaching spaces, including a 200-student capacity super lab.
• Learn in high-specification laboratories, including a specialist microbiology and cell/molecular biology lab, a DNA-sequencing lab, specialist animal behaviour facilities with Ethovision and Observer software, invertebrate behaviour, freshwater and terrestrial ecology labs, and controlled environment plant growth chambers.
• We have embedded career preparation activities into each year of your course to help build your confidence to apply for your future graduate career.
• Manchester is on the doorstep of the Peak District National Park and within two hours drive of three other National Parks, making it an ideal location to study biology.

You should have the Tawjihi plus a recognised foundation or diploma (from a community college) or an Intermediate Diploma/Associate Degree.

Career Prospects

• 1. Apply

  Apply via UCAS

  UCAS Apply is an online application system and is suitable if you have regular access to the internet. You can apply for up to five courses. That could be five different courses at a single university or five courses at different institutions.

  UCAS Apply is offered through schools, colleges or British Council Offices if they are a registered UCAS centre. You can also make an independent application.

  Manchester Metropolitan University’s institution code is ‘M40’.

  You should ensure that this code is entered clearly on your application form, together with the code for the course you wish to apply for. Find your individual foundation year course code on our list of courses with a foundation year or find an undergraduate course code using our online prospectus.

  The deadline for UCAS applications is 6:00pm UK time on 30 June. Applications received after this date will automatically be entered into UCAS Clearing. 

  Disability service

  If you have a disability and require support with your studies, you can email our Disability Service at [email protected] to find out more about support arrangements. 

  Receiving and accepting your offer

  You can log on to UCAS Track to check on the progress of your application.

  Once we have made a decision on your application, we will update it on UCAS Track. If we make you an offer, you will be able to accept it online.

  Apply through an education advisor

  Our in-country advisers and partners have a lot of experience guiding international students through their application to study at Manchester Metropolitan.

  Find advisers in your country

  Disability service

  If you have a disability and require support with your studies, you can email our disability service at [email protected] to find out more about support arrangements.

  Receiving and accepting your offer

  We will email our decision on your application directly to your adviser or partner so that they can help with your next steps. Please inform them if you wish to accept your offer.

• 2. Meet your offer conditions

  If you have met all of the entry requirements for your course when you applied, we can make you an unconditional offer. You can skip to the next step.

  If you are waiting for the results of further exams or language tests, we may decide to make you a conditional offer. If your offer is conditional, you must email evidence of meeting your offer conditions to our admissions team. Please refer to your offer letter for contact details.

• 3. Pay your deposit

  If you have accepted your offer to study at Manchester Metropolitan, you must pay a tuition fee deposit to secure your place.

  The deposit is first of your tuition fee payments. It is deducted from your total tuition fees. 

  For more information on paying your deposit, see our tuition fees page. 

• 4. Request your CAS

  A CAS (Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies) is a unique reference number you need to study in the UK. Find out how to apply for a CAS

• 5. Apply for your visa

  For information on applying for a visa, please check our visa and immigration guidance