Imperial College London
Public University · 2 courses in Life Sciences
- Biochemistry and biotechnologyBachelor's Degree
- Ecological and environmental sciencesBachelor's Degree
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Imperial College London tops our list of 29 Public Life Sciences universities in the United Kingdom at #2 in the QS World University Rankings 2026. Next come University of Oxford (QS World #4) and University of Manchester (QS World #35). The universities on this list offer 96 matching courses between them.
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17 of these universities hold a QS World position, from #2 (Imperial College London) to #662 (University of Portsmouth); they are listed first, in that order. The rest are ordered by research impact. University of Oxford has the largest research record in this group, with 64,607,071 citations and an h-index of 2,081. 1 university have neither a QS position nor a research record yet and appear at the end, marked "Not yet ranked".
The split is 29 public to 0 private institutions. By location, England (3) account for the most of those we can place. The oldest is University of Oxford, founded in 1096. University of Manchester is the largest, with 46,000 students.
By level: 53 bachelor's, 28 master's, 1 foundation and 1 phd / doctorate. The usual length is 4 years and 3 years. 100% are full-time. Start dates lean to Fall (95% of courses with a stated intake) and Spring (67% of courses with a stated intake). University of Manchester offers the widest choice, with 20 of these courses.
We hold indicative fees for 3 of these universities. University of Manchester is the least expensive at USD 34,000 a year and Imperial College London the most at USD 47,000; the middle of the range is about USD 44,000. Check each university's own fee page before you budget — figures change every year.
Imperial College London (QS World #2), University of Oxford (QS World #4) and University of Manchester (QS World #35) lead this list. QS World positions come first; the rest are ranked by research impact.
Of those with published fees, University of Manchester is the least expensive at about USD 34,000 a year. Fees are indicative — confirm on the university's site.
29 public and 0 private universities are on this list.
Most listed courses run 4 years, with 3 years the next most common.
Fall is the main intake — 95% of courses with a stated start date begin then, and Spring is the second.
University of Manchester, with 20, ahead of Keele University (8).
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