You should have achieved, or be on track to achieve, the equivalent of a UK lower second-class honours degree (2:2).

For country-specific entry requirements and mark equivalencies, please visit the relevant Country-Specific Information webpage and review the postgraduate entry requirements section. All visiting students, whether undergraduate, postgraduate taught, or postgraduate research, should consult this section for details of grade equivalencies.

Check you are eligible to apply

You should have achieved, or be on track to achieve, the equivalent of a UK lower second-class honours degree (2:2).

For country-specific entry requirements and mark equivalencies, please visit the relevant Country-Specific Information webpage and review the postgraduate entry requirements section. All visiting students, whether undergraduate, postgraduate taught, or postgraduate research, should consult this section for details of grade equivalencies.

Check you are eligible to apply

You should have achieved, or be on track to achieve, the equivalent of a UK lower second-class honours degree (2:2).

For country-specific entry requirements and mark equivalencies, please visit the relevant Country-Specific Information webpage and review the postgraduate entry requirements section. All visiting students, whether undergraduate, postgraduate taught, or postgraduate research, should consult this section for details of grade equivalencies.

Before you apply

Visiting postgraduate research student applicants should contact the relevant department before beginning your application to ensure that appropriate supervision for your project can be provided. You will be asked to submit a research plan and to provide the name of your preferred supervisor as part of your application.

Visiting postgraduate research students can apply at any time throughout the year. There are no deadlines, but please apply at least three months ahead of your planned arrival to allow for administrative processes. We encourage you to refer to the tuition fees for visiting postgraduate research students webpage before you apply.

Check you are eligible to apply

All visiting students from non-majority English-speaking countries are required to demonstrate their English language ability, regardless of their length of study or visa type. We accept a range of global English tests such as IELTS and TOEFL iB. Please note English language requirements vary by academic department and level of study.

IELTS requirements for Biology: 6.5, with 6.0 in each component.

Undergraduate English language requirements

All visiting students from non-majority English-speaking countries are required to demonstrate their English language ability, regardless of their length of study or visa type. We accept a range of global English tests such as IELTS and TOEFL iB. Please note English language requirements vary by academic department and level of study.

IELTS requirements for Biology: 6.5, with 6.0 in each component.

Postgraduate taught English language requirements

All visiting students from non-majority English-speaking countries are required to demonstrate their English language ability, regardless of their length of study or visa type. We accept a range of global English tests such as IELTS and TOEFL iB. Please note English language requirements vary by academic department and level of study.

You can find the requirements for Biology on our Postgraduate research English language requirements page. 

Postgraduate research English language requirements

You can view the department’s modules in the module catalogue. To help you get started, we have written a short guide on how to use the module catalogue.

• Acceptance on all modules requires you to have studied to an acceptable level of prior knowledge
• If you would like to study modules from more than one academic stage or department, timetabling constraints will affect which modules you can choose. Choosing modules from the same stage will reduce the chance of timetable clashes
• Some modules are only available to students on a Biochemistry course

Ideally you should provide the Department of Biology with your module preferences or a proposed study plan at the point of application, however this is not required.

You should confirm your module choices with Biology's Departmental International Officer before you begin studying at York. You can change your module choices in the first two weeks of the semester.

You can view the department’s modules in the module catalogue. To help you get started, we have written a short guide on how to use the module catalogue.

• Acceptance on all modules requires you to have studied to an acceptable level of prior knowledge
• If you would like to study modules from more than one department, timetabling constraints will affect which modules you can choose
• Some modules are only available to students on a Biochemistry course

Ideally you should provide the Department of Biology with your module preferences or a proposed study plan at the point of application, however this is not required.

You should confirm your module choices with Biology's Departmental International Officer before you begin studying at York. You can change your module choices in the first two weeks of the semester.

Assessment is mainly by examination in the Common Assessment Period. Alternate assessments may be available- please contact us to discuss this. 

You can find full details of assessments for each module via the module catalogue.