概要
Biochemistry at Imperial College London (UCAS code C700) is a three-year BSc or four-year MSci programme run by the Department of Life Sciences. The course covers cellular and molecular biochemistry, structural biology, biophysical chemistry and modern techniques in genomics and proteomics, with laboratory work and a final-year research project. Imperial requires the ESAT (Mathematics 1, Chemistry, Biology) for Biochemistry; there is no interview as part of standard selection.
なぜImperialでBiochemistryを?
The peer table places Cambridge, Oxford and Durham above Imperial in that source, with UCL also included as a London comparator.
Section 01
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International Applicants
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Section 02
| Qualification | Typical Offer | Key Requirements |
|---|---|---|
| A-Level | AAA | A in Chemistry, A in Biology, Mathematics or Physics, A in a third subject required. General Studies, Critical Thinking not accepted.If made an offer, applicants must pass the practical endorsement in all science subjects that form part of the offer. Caveat: AAA is the verified minimum entry standard in accessible current sources; any higher typical-offer range above AAA was not independently verified from current official text. |
| IB Diploma | 38–39 points (38 minimum verified) | HL: 6 in Chemistry at Higher Level, 6 in Biology, Mathematics or Physics at Higher Level required.Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches or Applications and Interpretation are accepted at Higher Level with no preference. Caveat: minimum 38 points was verified in accessible Imperial programme-spec evidence; the 39-point typical-offer claim was not independently verified from current official text. |
| Advanced Placement (AP) | 5,5,5 | 5 in Chemistry, 5 in Biology, Physics (1 or 2 or C) or Calculus (AB or BC), 5 in another subject, excluding Art, Music and languages other than English required. SAT/ACT: ACT and SAT scores are not accepted for undergraduate entry; Imperial instead seeks AP tests with scores of 5 for US-curriculum applicants..Imperial's general accepted-qualifications page states a minimum of 3-4 AP tests at grade 5, while the course page specifies the three subject APs required for this course. |
Section 03
YEAR 12
Build Biochemistry evidence
Use Year 12 to confirm that your subject combination fits Imperial Biochemistry and to gather evidence for the UCAS personal statement. Prioritise Chemistry-linked molecular biology, lab or reading evidence rather than generic interest in science.
1 SEP
UCAS submissions open
Completed UCAS applications for 2027 entry can be submitted from 1 September 2026. Your reference must be completed before the application can be sent.
13 JAN
Submit UCAS by 18:00 UK time
Biochemistry is a standard-deadline undergraduate course, so the 2027 equal-consideration deadline is 13 January 2027 at 18:00 UK time. Late applications may be considered only where places remain.
JAN — MAR
Application review
Imperial reviews the UCAS application and, for 2027 entry, the required ESAT result. No published Biochemistry interview stage was verified on the official course page.
25 FEB — JUL
UCAS Extra if you hold no offers
UCAS Extra opens on 25 February 2027 for applicants who have used all five choices and are not holding any offers. It remains relevant only if you need an additional choice before Clearing.
31 MAR — 12 MAY
Main decisions window
UCAS says providers should aim to send decisions on applications received by 13 January by 31 March 2027. The formal UCAS reject-by-default date for those applications is 12 May 2027.
5 MAY / 2 JUN
Reply to offers
If all decisions arrive by 31 March, the UCAS reply deadline is 5 May 2027; if all decisions arrive by 12 May, the reply deadline is 2 June 2027. Your personal UCAS Hub deadline is the one that counts.
30 JUN — 2 JUL
Late applications and Clearing
Applications received by 30 June 2027 at 18:00 are still sent to universities; after that, applications enter Clearing. Clearing opens on 2 July 2027.
12 AUG
A-level results and confirmation
AQA provisional 2027 timetable evidence lists A-level results as available to students on Thursday 12 August 2027. Imperial place confirmation then depends on meeting offer conditions and UCAS/Imperial processing.
YEAR 12
Build Biochemistry evidence
Use Year 12 to confirm that your subject combination fits Imperial Biochemistry and to gather evidence for the UCAS personal statement. Prioritise Chemistry-linked molecular biology, lab or reading evidence rather than generic interest in science.
1 SEP
UCAS submissions open
Completed UCAS applications for 2027 entry can be submitted from 1 September 2026. Your reference must be completed before the application can be sent.
13 JAN
Submit UCAS by 18:00 UK time
Biochemistry is a standard-deadline undergraduate course, so the 2027 equal-consideration deadline is 13 January 2027 at 18:00 UK time. Late applications may be considered only where places remain.
JAN — MAR
Application review
Imperial reviews the UCAS application and, for 2027 entry, the required ESAT result. No published Biochemistry interview stage was verified on the official course page.
25 FEB — JUL
UCAS Extra if you hold no offers
UCAS Extra opens on 25 February 2027 for applicants who have used all five choices and are not holding any offers. It remains relevant only if you need an additional choice before Clearing.
31 MAR — 12 MAY
Main decisions window
UCAS says providers should aim to send decisions on applications received by 13 January by 31 March 2027. The formal UCAS reject-by-default date for those applications is 12 May 2027.
5 MAY / 2 JUN
Reply to offers
If all decisions arrive by 31 March, the UCAS reply deadline is 5 May 2027; if all decisions arrive by 12 May, the reply deadline is 2 June 2027. Your personal UCAS Hub deadline is the one that counts.
30 JUN — 2 JUL
Late applications and Clearing
Applications received by 30 June 2027 at 18:00 are still sent to universities; after that, applications enter Clearing. Clearing opens on 2 July 2027.
12 AUG
A-level results and confirmation
AQA provisional 2027 timetable evidence lists A-level results as available to students on Thursday 12 August 2027. Imperial place confirmation then depends on meeting offer conditions and UCAS/Imperial processing.
Section 04
Imperial Biochemistry C700 requires the Engineering and Science Admissions Test, usually abbreviated ESAT, for 2027 entry. The required modules are Mathematics 1, Chemistry and Biology.
The test is provided by UAT-UK and delivered through Pearson VUE test centres. For 2027 entry, the sitting windows are 12–16 October 2026 or 4–8 January 2027, and applicants to institutions other than Cambridge or Oxford can choose either sitting but may sit only once in an admissions cycle.
Account creation, access arrangements and bursaries open on 1 June 2026 at 3pm BST, while booking opens on 20 July 2026 for the October sitting and 26 October 2026 for the January sitting. Registration closes on 28 September 2026 at 6pm BST for the October sitting and 21 December 2026 at 6pm GMT for the January sitting.
UAT-UK states that there is no pass/fail score and that scores are used alongside the rest of the application. For international applicants, the test gives Imperial another common piece of evidence across different school systems, especially where qualification grading is not directly comparable. In reality, avoid chasing invented cut-offs; plan timed, no-calculator practice across all three required modules.
ESAT完全対策ガイド | 試験形式・採点・戦略・練習リソース。
ESATガイド →Section 05
Interview Invitation
Late Nov
Arrival to Interview
Early Dec
Technical Question
Mid Dec
Decision
Early Jan
Interview Invitation
Late Nov
Arrival to Interview
Early Dec
Technical Question
Mid Dec
Decision
Early Jan
Imperial Biochemistry interviews are academic conversations, typically 20–30 minutes with two academics. Interviewers ask you to reason through an unfamiliar biochemical problem, interpret experimental data, or explain a mechanism from your A-level work in greater depth. The aim is to see how you think through scientific problems under guidance, not how much you already know.
Common interview topics include enzyme kinetics, membrane transport, gene regulation, protein structure and reaction mechanisms. You may be shown a graph, a reaction scheme or a short passage and asked to discuss it. Interviewers follow up to see whether you can revise your thinking when given new information.
Prepare by practising out-loud explanation of A-level biochemistry and molecular biology topics. Work through unfamiliar mechanisms until you can walk through each step without prompting. Reading accessible papers from journals such as Nature Structural and Molecular Biology or Biochemical Journal and summarising the experimental question and method gives you material to reference in interview.
無料のBiochemistry面接練習問題バンクで本番さながらの問題を練習しましょう。
無料練習問題 →
Section 06
No written work, portfolio or normal interview requirement was verified, so academic suitability, required subjects, ESAT performance, personal statement, reference and contextual information carry the practical burden.
A strong approach is to build the application around Chemistry, molecular biology and quantitative evidence. In reality, an application that says “I like science” is weaker than one that can explain a protein, pathway, experiment, paper or dataset clearly.
Our recommendation · weighting of admission factors
Oxbridge Mentors recommendation, drawn from observed offer patterns. Imperial College London does not publish official weightings — exact balance varies by college, course and year.
Section 07
Start with a biochemical problem, not a claim about being fascinated by life. A strong paragraph might connect enzyme kinetics, gene regulation, metabolism or protein structure to one book, paper, experiment or lecture you actually understood.
Because no normal interview was verified for this course, the personal statement has to do more explanatory work. A strong approach is to use it to show how you think: what you read, what question it raised, what you did next, and what changed in your understanding.
It helps to keep the Chemistry side visible. Imperial’s required-subject profile includes Chemistry plus Biology, Mathematics or Physics, so a purely descriptive Biology statement can underplay the molecular and quantitative demands of the course.
専門家による一行一行の解説付き完全例文を見る。
Biochemistry PS例文 →Section 08
Projects work best when they produce evidence of thought, not just activity. For Biochemistry, that usually means a small experiment, a reading dossier, a pathway map, or a data-based explanation that connects molecular mechanism to observation.
Section 08
Other supercurriculars should support the academic argument your application is making. Use them to show range across biology, chemistry, data and scientific communication.
These are support, not substitute. One carefully explained project is better than a long list with no reflection.
Primary literature reading:
Start with review articles, then one accessible research paper; make a glossary of unfamiliar techniques and explain the paper's central figure.
Practical/lab experience:
Seek school lab extensions, safe independent demonstrations, summer schools or Nuffield-style placements; focus on what you learned about controls, error and interpretation.
Quantitative biology:
Practise data handling, logarithms, rates, probability and graph interpretation, because modern biochemistry is strongly quantitative.
Chemistry depth:
Extend beyond A-level organic chemistry into stereochemistry, thermodynamics, equilibria and reaction mechanisms in biological contexts.
Communication:
Write short explainers or give talks on molecular biology topics; clarity matters for personal statements and later scientific work.
Section 08
Competitions are not required, but they can stretch you beyond standard school questions. They are most useful when you can explain what the preparation taught you.
None are required; one or two done well beats five half-attempted.
Section 09
Year
01 / 03
1
Core molecular and cellular foundations
Students build the biochemical and life-science base shared across Imperial Biochemistry pathways. Current detailed 2027 module titles were not fully accessible, but accessible course-data/programme-spec evidence supports a foundation in biological chemistry, metabolism, cell biology, molecular biology and core scientific skills.
Year
02 / 03
2
Deepening core biochemistry
The second year continues the common core before later specialisation, deepening molecular, cellular and biochemical study. Exact 2027 module titles
Year
03 / 03
3
Specialisation and independent work
The third year gives BSc students increased freedom to select advanced optional topics, with accessible course-copy examples including synthetic biology, cancer and bioinformatics. Students also complete a substantial project or dissertation.
Section 10
For core molecular and cellular foundations, start with Molecular Biology of the Cell for cell behaviour and Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry for proteins, enzymes, metabolism and biomolecular structure. The Epigenetics Revolution gives a readable route into gene regulation and chromatin, while Life Ascending connects biochemical mechanisms to evolutionary explanation.
For video support, Amoeba Sisters is useful for revising cell biology, genetics and enzymes, while Ninja Nerd gives more detailed lecture-style explanations of biochemistry, cell biology and metabolism. Bozeman Science can help with biological molecules and experimental reasoning, and Khan Academy is useful for structured biology and chemistry consolidation.
For research context Nature Podcast gives weekly exposure to biology, chemistry and medicine research, while Genetics Unzipped broadens genes, genomes and DNA beyond the syllabus. This Week in Microbiology is useful for microbes and experimental papers, and The Life Scientific helps applicants understand scientists' research paths.
For structured study, MIT OCW 7.05 General Biochemistry samples university-level protein structure, metabolism and nucleic acids, while MIT OCW 7.016 Introductory Biology bridges school Biology to biochemistry, molecular biology and genetics. Khan Academy AP/College Biology is separate from the Khan Academy YouTube channel listed above and is best for consolidation; OpenLearn: A tour of the cell is another accessible cell-biology bridge rather than advanced-originality evidence.
Section 11
Imperial’s Life Sciences careers page reports that around 42% of Life Sciences graduates choose further study and 43% go into employment at the end of their first degree. Discover Uni reports that 85% of Imperial BSc Biochemistry graduates were in work or study 15 months after the course, using a small Graduate Outcomes cohort.
Section 12
Imperial considers contextual admissions information, so applicants should ensure their school reference and UCAS application accurately reflect educational context and disruption. For Biochemistry, the strongest applications will evidence Chemistry plus Biology, Mathematics or Physics readiness, and lack of access to a relevant subject should be explained by the school where relevant.
Admissions-test preparation should be accessible and curriculum-linked, with timed practice across ESAT Mathematics 1, Chemistry and Biology under no-calculator conditions. International applicants should verify academic qualification acceptability and English-language evidence early, because direct-entry eligibility differs sharply by country.
Watch & Learn
学生ブログ・模擬面接・講義体験・入試アドバイス。
MIT OCW introduction to modern biology and the structure of an undergraduate biology course.
Amoeba Sisters explanation of enzyme-substrate interactions, active sites and induced fit.
Bozeman Science overview of amino acids, protein structure and biological importance.
Ninja Nerd lecture on the molecular mechanism of DNA replication.
Ninja Nerd lecture connecting metabolism to nucleotide biosynthesis.
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Further Reading
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