Natural Sciences MNatSci

University of Leeds · honours · 4 years · optional foundation year · optional year abroad · UCAS 2682course page ↗

A*AA at A level, including sciences relating to pathway; graduates earn a median £29,000 three years on.

Typical A level offer
A*AA

including sciences relating to pathway · 100% of entrants came with A levels · 100% stay on after year 1 · Leeds course page, Discover Uni

Year 13 · applying

What do you need to get in?

A*AAtypical A level offer

Typical offer — the grades most applicants are asked for. Contextual offer: AAB, for applicants from under-represented backgrounds.

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

  1. 1including sciences relating to pathway
Who actually got in: 100% with A levels. 10% arrived with 208 or more UCAS tariff points — roughly A*A*A or better. Based on 15 entrants.

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

Other qualifications2
QualificationTypical offerRequired subjects
IB7,6,6—
Advanced HighersAATypically AA at Advanced Higher Level and AAABB at Higher Level—
After graduating

Where does it lead?

£29,000median pay three years after graduating
Lower quarter£25k
Median£29k
Upper quarter£35k

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 280 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 24, 14, 11, 21

Half of graduates earned between £24,500 and £35,000. Five years on, the median is £37,000. 90% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing; 85% of those in work were in professional or managerial jobs.

All outcome figures7
MeasureValueBased on
Continue after year 10% left100%15
In work or study, 15 months on10% studying90%20
Professional or managerial job85%15
Pay 15 months on, median£32,00070
Pay 3 years on, median£29,000280
Pay 5 years on, median£37,000325
Money

What does it cost?

£10,050a year for UK students, 2027/28 entry

Tuition fee loan — paid straight to the university; repayments start the April after you leave, at 9% of income above the threshold. UK fees are capped by government and rise with inflation; placement and study-abroad years are usually charged at a lower rate.

Leeds fees page · source

About £40,200 in fees over 4 years, covered by a tuition fee loan you repay only when earning above the threshold. International students: £33,700 a year (2027/28).

National Student Survey 2025-26

What do students say?

75%agreed the course was good overall (question 26)

NSS — a yearly survey of final-year students at every UK university; 80% of this course’s final year answered. Small groups can swing a lot year to year.

National Student Survey, via Discover Uni · 10 students answered

Highest: 100% agreed on question 19; lowest: 0% on question 17.

All questions26
QuestionAgree
Question 192%
Question 283%
Question 383%
Question 483%
Question 592%
Question 658%
Question 775%
Question 867%
Question 975%
Question 1067%
Question 1183%
Question 1275%
Question 1367%
Question 1450%
Question 1592%
Question 1683%
Question 170%
Question 1836%
Question 19100%
Question 20100%
Question 21100%
Question 22100%
Question 2358%
Question 2450%
Question 2570%
Question 2675%

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 Leeds’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 Leeds is a trade mark of the university; sch.today is independent of it.