Year 1 entry – Five-year MSci
SQA Highers
AABB – by the end of S5
AAAB – by the end of S6

GCE A-levels
BBB

IB Diploma
32

BTEC (Level 3)
DDM

Essential subjects
To include one of Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Geography, Geology, Mathematics or Physics.

Year 2 entry – Four-year MSci
SQA Advanced Highers
ABB

GCE A-levels
ABB

IB Diploma
35 points

Essential subjects
To include Biology and one of Environmental Science, Geography or Geology.

Widening access students
Widening access students may be eligible for an adjusted offer of entry. To find out if this applies to you go to our widening access pages.

Care-experienced applicants will be guaranteed an offer of a place if they meet the minimum entry requirements.

Last revised 19 November 2019.

Other Scottish qualifications
Entry may also be possible with an HND in a Science based subject.

Other qualifications
Entry may also be possible with a HND in a Science based subject.

Advanced entry
Advanced entry is not available for this course.

Additional information
General entrance requirements apply

If you've taken exams over two sittings, repeated an exam, or been upgraded, the entrance requirements may be higher.

Other routes of entry
It is possible to transfer from the BSc Environmental Science degree course from the end of Year 1 until the end of Year 3.

English language requirements
If English is not your first language you must have one of the following qualifications as evidence of your English language skills:

IELTS 6.0 with 5.5 in each skill
Cambridge C1 Advanced (CAE) 169 overall with a minimum of 162 in each sub-skill
Cambridge C2 Proficiency (CPE) 180 overall with a minimum of 162 in each sub-skill
Pearson Test of English 54 overall with a minimum of 51 in each component
IBT TOEFL 80 with no subtest less than 17
Trinity ISE II Pass overall and Pass in each sub-skill, ISE III Pass overall and in all sub-skills, ISE IV Pass overall and in all sub-skills