Zoology MBiol

University of Leeds · honours · 4 years · optional year abroad · UCAS 8049, 6130, 7799course page ↗

AAA at A level; graduates earn a median £22,000 three years on.

Typical A level offer
AAA

95% 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?

AAAtypical A level offer

Typical offer — the grades most applicants are asked for. A contextual offer can be lower for applicants from under-represented backgrounds; none is published for this course.

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

Who actually got in: 95% with A levels, 5% via Access courses. 5% arrived with 208 or more UCAS tariff points — roughly A*A*A or better. Based on 30 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
IB6,6,631 overall with 6,6,6 at Higher Level, including Biology and preferably another science or science-related subject—
Advanced HighersAABBBFive Highers AABBB, with AA in two Advanced Highers—
After graduating

Where does it lead?

£22,000median pay three years after graduating
Lower quarter£18k
Median£22k
Upper quarter£27k

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 65 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 23, 24, 13

Half of graduates earned between £17,500 and £27,000. Five years on, the median is £27,500. 90% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing; 75% of those in work were in professional or managerial jobs.

All outcome figures7
MeasureValueBased on
Continue after year 10% left100%10
In work or study, 15 months on5% studying90%25
Professional or managerial job75%20
Pay 15 months on, median£25,00015
Pay 3 years on, median£22,00065
Pay 5 years on, median£27,50070
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: £33,800 a year (2027/28).

National Student Survey 2025-26

What do students say?

89%agreed the course was good overall (question 26)

NSS — a yearly survey of final-year students at every UK university; 90% of this course’s final year answered. Small groups can swing a lot year to year.

National Student Survey, via Discover Uni · 35 students answered

Highest: 100% agreed on question 1; lowest: 67% on question 14.

All questions26
QuestionAgree
Question 1100%
Question 275%
Question 392%
Question 489%
Question 592%
Question 683%
Question 786%
Question 886%
Question 989%
Question 1089%
Question 1181%
Question 1269%
Question 1369%
Question 1467%
Question 1597%
Question 1692%
Question 1792%
Question 1891%
Question 1986%
Question 2094%
Question 2194%
Question 2292%
Question 2392%
Question 2486%
Question 2594%
Question 2689%

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.