Biochemistry MSci

University of Nottingham · honours · 4 years · optional foundation year · optional placement year · optional year abroad · UCAS 8902course page ↗

Graduates earn a median £27,500 three years on.

Pay three years after graduating
£27,500

median, based on 100 graduates · half earned £22,500–£33,500 · Discover Uni (LEO)

Year 13 · applying

What do you need to get in?

Entry requirements for this course are not yet on file; see the university’s course page.

Nottingham course page, read 19 September 2026 · Discover Uni entry profile

Who actually got in: 100% with A levels. 5% arrived with 208 or more UCAS tariff points — roughly A*A*A or better. Based on 20 entrants.

UCAS tariff points — a points scale for grades: A* = 56, A = 48, so A*A*A = 160. Entrants’ totals include extra subjects.

After graduating

Where does it lead?

£27,500median pay three years after graduating
Lower quarter£23k
Median£28k
Upper quarter£34k

Median — the middle earner: half earned more, half less. Pay is for graduates of this subject at this university who finished in 2016-18, not adjusted for inflation; based on 100 graduates.

Discover Uni dataset (HESA and Office for Students, CC BY 4.0, contains HESA data); earnings from the Longitudinal Education Outcomes data (Department for Education) · aggregation level 13, 14, 24, 23

Half of graduates earned between £22,500 and £33,500. Five years on, the median is £36,000. 70% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing; 65% of those in work were in professional or managerial jobs.

All outcome figures7
MeasureValueBased on
Continue after year 115% left75%15
In work or study, 15 months on0% studying70%10
Professional or managerial job65%25
Pay 15 months on, median£29,00020
Pay 3 years on, median£27,500100
Pay 5 years on, median£36,000115
Money

What does it cost?

Fees not on file; see the university’s fees page.

Nottingham fees page

National Student Survey 2024-26

What do students say?

100%agreed the course was good overall (question 26)

NSS — a yearly survey of final-year students at every UK university; 85% of this course’s final year answered. Small groups can swing a lot year to year.

National Student Survey, via Discover Uni · 15 students answered

Highest: 100% agreed on question 1; lowest: 65% on question 2.

All questions26
QuestionAgree
Question 1100%
Question 265%
Question 3100%
Question 494%
Question 588%
Question 694%
Question 788%
Question 882%
Question 982%
Question 1071%
Question 1188%
Question 1276%
Question 1382%
Question 1471%
Question 15100%
Question 1688%
Question 1771%
Question 1888%
Question 1994%
Question 20100%
Question 2194%
Question 2294%
Question 2394%
Question 2471%
Question 2585%
Question 26100%

Question texts are published by the Office for Students; the dataset carries only the question numbers.

Modules, entry requirements and fees are facts read from University of Nottingham’s course page on 2026-09-19 and may change; the university’s page is authoritative. Descriptions are not reproduced. Outcome figures are from the Discover Uni dataset. University of Nottingham is a trade mark of the university; sch.today is independent of it.