Course contact details
Admissions and Access Service
Email:admissions@qub.ac.uk
Phone:028 9097 3838
Queen's University Belfast
University Road
Belfast
BT7 1NN
Marine Biology with Professional Studies
- BSc (Hons)
- 4 Years
- Full-time
- 15 September 2025
- Undergraduate
- Main Site
Course summary
Over 70 per cent of the Earth's surface is covered by seawater and all known phyla are believed to have originated in the sea or have marine representatives. The world's oceans influence our weather and climate and provide a large proportion of the resources used by humans. Our Marine Biology degrees span this multidisciplinary field, by linking biology with oceanography to learn how life on Earth affects, and is affected by, marine processes. Areas of marine expertise at Queen's range from the evolution of marine flora and fauna, invasive species, community ecology and climate change to the migration and foraging ecology of marine vertebrates such as basking sharks and sea turtles. We are ideally located for the study of marine biology, with close access to diverse habitats, from estuaries and mudflats to rocky shores and the Atlantic Ocean. The Queen's University Marine Laboratory is our research centre for interdisciplinary marine sciences, located 30 miles from the main campus, in the Strangford Lough Marine Nature Reserve, on a site we share with the Northern Ireland aquarium, Exploris. All students take at least one residential field course each year at the Laboratory, and have the opportunity to pursue an independent research project for their Honours thesis in their final year.
How to apply
Apply by
29 January
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application codes
- Course code:
- C164
- Institution code:
- Q75
- Campus name:
- Main Site
- Campus Code:
- -
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
International applicants
For information on international qualification equivalents, please check the specific information for your country at: http://www.qub.ac.uk/International/International-students/Your-Country/
Entry requirements
UCAS Tariff Not accepted
A level BBB - ABB
A-level Biology or Double Award Science required.
A-level General Studies and Critical Thinking are normally excluded from offers. However, the grade achieved may be taken into account when results are published in August and may be used in a tie-break situation.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
National Extended Diploma must be relevant, ie Applied Science
Successful completion of RQF Level 3 BTEC National Extended Diploma (1080 Guided Learning Hours (GLH)), with overall grades DDD.
Applicants must have Distinction grades in four specified units to include:
Principles of Applied Science I
Principles of Applied Science II
and two from the following:
Biological Molecules & Metabolic Pathways
Genetics & Genetic Engineering
Diseases and Infections
Microbiology & Microbiological Techniques
Access to HE Diploma
Access to HE Diploma must contain sufficient relevant modules in Biology and Chemistry.
Contact the Admissions and Access Service (admissions@qub.ac.uk) for advice.
Successful completion of the Access to HE Diploma with a minimum of 60 credits is required, including 45 credits at Level 3 and 15 at Level 2.
Scottish Higher Not accepted
Pearson BTEC Extended Diploma (QCF)
Successful completion of QCF Level 3 BTEC Extended Diploma (180 credits), with overall grades DDD.
Scottish Advanced Higher BBB - ABB
Advanced Higher Biology required.
Offers are normally made on the basis of a combination of Scottish Highers and Advanced Highers.
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme 32 - 33 points
6,5,5 to include Higher Level Biology.
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017) H3, H3, H3, H3, H4, H4 - H3, H3, H3, H3, H3, H3
To include Higher Level grade H3 in Biology.
If not offered at Higher Level then Ordinary Level grade O4 in Chemistry, English and Mathematics.
GCSE Mathematics, Biology and Chemistry at grade C or better. GCSE Double Award Science grades CC acceptable in lieu of GCSE Biology and Chemistry.
Scottish National 5 Mathematics, Biology and Chemistry at grade C or better.
Historical entry grades data
This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).
It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
Per year tuition fees
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* This is a provisional fee and subject to change.
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.
Additional fee information
The tuition fees quoted above for NI and ROI are the 2024/25 fees and will be updated when the new fees are known. In addition, all tuition fees will be subject to an annual inflationary increase in each year of the course. Fees quoted relate to a single year of study unless explicitly stated otherwise.
Further information on Fees and Funding can be found at: https://www.qub.ac.uk/Study/Feesandfinance/.
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