Trouble with choosing ucas courses help!!!

Hi! I’m an international student studying IAL in Hong Kong. There are a few courses I’m interested in, and I would like to ask is it best for me to choose the same course for all unis? My main concern is that my personal statement would not be specific enough for the 5 courses I want to apply to, if I had chose courses that are related but not identical. I have listed some examples as below:

Imperial: medical biosciences
Edinburgh medicinal and biological chemistry
UCL: bio processing of new medicines
Warwick: biomedical sciences
Southampton: Chemistry with medicinal sciences
Manchester: biomedical chemistry

Would it be better if I just applied to biomed for all unis?

I don't see a course called biomedical chemistry at Manchester, but there is one in medical biochemistry - that's quite a different type of course though. Bear in mind in the UK, biochemistry (as opposed to medicinal chemistry or biological chemistry) is primarily a biosciences degree, not a chemistry degree. This is probably the thing which will make the most difference here.

In general it's recommended to apply to broadly similar courses, but they don't necessarily need to be identical. Generally I would recommend in this case either aiming for all bioscience courses (i.e. the Imperial/UCL/Warwick/Manchester courses and similar) or all chemistry courses (i.e. the Edinburgh/Southampton courses and similar). That would ensure they are sufficiently similar for your PS to be appropriate for all that you applied to.

Thank you for your reply! What is the major differences between pursuing a bioscience degree and a chemistry one? For example, do people go off to do similar work, which one has more vigorous work etc?