Best Universities in the UK for Biological Sciences According to TIMES Ranking 2018 |
| Subject rank | Overall rank | University | Total score |
| 1 | 1 | University of Cambridge | 100.0.0 |
| 2 | 2 | University of Oxford | 98.7 |
| 3 | 4 | Imperial College London | 97.8 |
| 4 | 3 | University of St Andrews | 97.6 |
| 5 | 6 | Lancaster University | 96.9 |
| 6 | 5 | Durham University | 95.6 |
| 7= | 23 | University of Dundee | 95.4 |
| 7= | 16= | University of York | 95.4 |
| 7= | 7= | University College London | 95.4 |
| 10 | 16= | University of Bristol | 95.2 |
| 11 | 28= | King's College London | 94.8 |
| 12 | 9 | University of Warwick | 94.7 |
| 13 | 14 | University of Exeter | 94.5 |
| 14 | 41 | University of Strathclyde | 94.3 |
| 15 | 21 | University of Sheffield | 94.1 |
| 16= | 31 | University of Kent | 93.9 |
| 16= | 24 | University of Edinburgh | 93.9 |
| 18 | 15 | University of Birmingham | 93.5 |
| 19= | 27 | University of Sussex | 93.3 |
| 19= | 20 | University of Glasgow | 93.3 |
| 21 | 19 | University of Surrey | 93.2 |
| 22 | 10 | University of Leeds | 92.5 |
| 23 | 36= | Swansea University | 92.1 |
| 24= | 25 | University of Manchester | 92.0.0 |
| 24= | 34 | University of Leicester | 92.0.0 |
| 26 | 30 | University of Southampton | 91.7 |
| 27 | 42 | University of Liverpool | 91.6 |
| 28 | 46 | Aston University | 91.3 |
| 29 | 47= | Nottingham Trent University | 91.1 |
| 30 | 40 | University of Aberdeen | 91.0.0 |
| 31 | 12 | University of Bath | 90.9 |
| 32 | 18 | University of Nottingham | 90.4 |
| 33 | 13 | University of East Anglia | 90.1 |
| 34 | 28= | Royal Holloway, University of London | 90.0.0 |
| 35= | 53 | University of Portsmouth | 89.6 |
| 35= | 26 | Newcastle University | 89.6 |
| 37 | 59 | Brunel University London | 89.5 |
| 38 | 47= | Aberystwyth University | 89.1 |
| 39= | 22 | University of Essex | 88.7 |
| 39= | 35 | Cardiff University | 88.7 |
| 41 | 82 | Robert Gordon University | 88.5 |
| 42= | 65 | University of Huddersfield | 88.3 |
| 42= | 98 | Abertay University | 88.3 |
| 44 | 52 | Liverpool Hope University | 88.2 |
| 45 | 54 | University of Lincoln | 87.8 |
| 46 | 92 | Teesside University | 87.6 |
| 47= | 32 | University of Reading | 87.5 |
| 47= | 70= | Sheffield Hallam University | 87.5 |
| 49 | 50 | Keele University | 87.4 |
| 50 | 38 | Queen's University, Belfast | 87.1 |
| 51 | 122 | Birkbeck, University of London | 87.0.0 |
| 52 | 109= | Glasgow Caledonian University | 86.5 |
| 53 | 45 | University of Stirling | 86.4 |
| 54 | 86= | Plymouth University | 86.2 |
| 55 | 63= | Staffordshire University | 86.0.0 |
| 56= | 102= | Queen Margaret University | 85.9 |
| 56= | 84 | Oxford Brookes University | 85.9 |
| 58 | 61= | University of Chester | 85.8 |
| 59= | 90 | Cardiff Metropolitan University | 85.7 |
| 59= | 55 | Bangor University | 85.7 |
| 61= | 75= | University of Hull | 85.5 |
| 61= | 43 | Queen Mary, University of London | 85.5 |
| 61= | 75= | University of Bradford | 85.5 |
| 64 | 75= | St George's, University of London | 85.4 |
| 65 | 39 | Heriot-Watt University | 85.3 |
| 66 | 44 | Coventry University | 85.2 |
| 67 | 123 | Leeds Beckett University | 84.9 |
| 68= | 100= | University of the West of Scotland | 84.8 |
| 68= | 57 | University of the West of England | 84.8 |
| 68= | 93 | University of Central Lancashire | 84.8 |
| 71 | 73 | Ulster University | 84.5 |
| 72 | 102= | University of Worcester | 84.2 |
| 73 | 66 | Northumbria University | 84.0.0 |
| 74 | 91 | Middlesex University | 83.3 |
| 75= | 74 | University of Roehampton | 83.2 |
| 75= | 116 | Edinburgh Napier University | 83.2 |
| 77 | 112 | University of Brighton | 83.1 |
| 78 | 94 | Bath Spa University | 82.9 |
| 79= | 106= | University of Westminster | 82.8 |
| 79= | 70= | Liverpool John Moores University | 82.8 |
| 81 | 89 | University of Hertfordshire | 82.6 |
| 82= | 80 | Manchester Metropolitan University | 82.5 |
| 82= | 81 | University of Derby | 82.5 |
| 84 | 124 | University of Bolton | 82.4 |
| 85= | 88 | University of Salford | 82.3 |
| 85= | 109= | University of Greenwich | 82.3 |
| 87= | 117 | Kingston University | 81.8 |
| 87= | 83 | University of Gloucestershire | 81.8 |
| 89 | 96 | University of Sunderland | 81.7 |
| 90 | 129 | University of Suffolk | 81.3 |
| 91 | 108 | University of Bedfordshire | 80.6 |
| 92 | 61= | Edge Hill University | 80.5 |
| 93 | 128 | London Metropolitan University | 79.6 |
| 94 | 106= | London South Bank University | 79.5 |
| 95 | 113 | Anglia Ruskin University | 79.2 |
| 96 | 79 | Bournemouth University | 78.7 |
| 97 | 111 | Canterbury Christ Church University | 77.7 |
| 98 | 97 | University of Northampton | 77.5 |
| 99 | 119= | University of South Wales | 77.1 |
| 100 | 114 | University of East London | 74.8 |