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Undergraduate courses/Sciences courses/Biomedical Science

Key facts

Entry requirements

112 or DMM

Full entry requirements

UCAS code

B940

Institution code

D26

Duration

Three years full-time, four years with placement

Fees

2025/26 UK tuition fees:
£9,535*

2025/26 international tuition:
£16,750

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Entry requirements

112 or DMM

Full entry requirements

UCAS code

B940

Duration

Three years full-time, four years with placement

See all the key facts

Unlock your potential with 麻豆影院鈥檚 Biomedical Science BSc 鈥� cutting‑edge labs, expert teaching, and real‑world career preparation await.

Undertake work experience or a placement with help from our careers support and employability service, the Careers Team.

Enhance you studies and broaden your horizons, and develop new skills with our international experience programme, 麻豆影院 Global.

This course is approved by a professional body, meaning your learning is informed by current industry practice and in some cases, gives you exemption from further professional qualification exams once you graduate.

Biomedical scientists are essential to healthcare—70% of NHS diagnoses rely on lab results they provide. At 麻豆影院, you’ll explore how advanced scientific methods improve human health, tackling key topics like infectious diseases, cancer, and heart disease.

This rapidly evolving field covers everything from organ systems to molecular biology. You’ll develop analytical skills for research and diagnosis, learning how biomedical science drives the treatment of disease. In your final year, focus on clinical lab specialisms and conduct independent research on topics like Alzheimer’s or Zika virus, supported by expert academics.

Boost your career with an optional placement year in clinical or industry labs, gaining hands-on experience and working towards HCPC registration as an NHS Biomedical Scientist. Previous opportunities have included placements with prestigious organisations such as the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Public Health England, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Glenfield Hospital, and St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in London.

  • Professionally accredited: This IBMS-accredited course meets the standards set by the Institute of Biomedical Science, which means it prepares you for a career as a biomedical scientist. It also helps you progress towards professional registration with the HCPC (Health and Care Professions Council).
  • Cutting-edge topics: Study biochemistry, cell biology, microbiology, and modern lab techniques.
  • Industry experience: Take advantage of a year-long placement opportunity to develop your skills in real-world settings. Past students have worked in NHS and international laboratories, including placements at Public Health England and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
  • Build key skills: Enhance the skills employers value, ranging from management and communication to diagnostic and treatment expertise.
  • State-of-the-art facilities: Benefit from refurbished labs and advanced cell culture spaces.
  • Global experience: Gain global experience through 麻豆影院 Global, with opportunities to run workshops on diseases like malaria and diabetes. Students have previously travelled to places like Kentucky to raise awareness of type 2 diabetes and to Bermuda to teach science in schools.
  • Become career ready: Graduates thrive in roles across NHS labs, research institutions, and the biotech industry.
  • Focused learning: Block teaching lets you focus on one subject at a time, with a balanced schedule for better engagement.

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Year Zero Laboratory Sciences (integrated with Biomedical Science BSc)

What you will study

Year 1 provides you with the fundamental framework of biomedical science in human health.鈥� 

Block 1: Professional & Practical Skills鈥�

An introduction to clinical lab skills, from benchwork, to professionally analysing and communicating your findings.鈥� 

Block 2: Chemistry and Biochemistry

Starting at a molecular level, this module examines the basic principles of chemistry and biochemistry that apply to healthcare, such as genetics and mechanisms behind diagnostic tests.鈥� 

Block 3: Anatomy and Physiology

Building on the molecular knowledge, this module covers the basics of key organ systems and relevance in human health and disease.鈥� 

Block 4: Microbiology

Microbiology goes beyond human cells, and starts to cover bacterial and viral cells, covering global infectious disease.鈥�

Building on the topics from first year, in second year you'll start to appreciate the deeper complexities of biomedical science, exploring state-of-the-art research techniques and the role of biomedical science in diagnosis, preventing, and treating disease.鈥� 

Block 1: Genetics and Molecular Pathology鈥�

This module will integrate genetics and genomic into the context of human health, laboratory techniques, and inheritance.鈥� 

Block 2: Emerging Techniques

Introducing the principles, operation, and application of research and diagnostic techniques essential for biomedical research and diagnostics.鈥� 

Block 3: Organ System Physiology

Building on from the Anatomy and Physiology module, you will further explore diagnostic tests and organ systems, focusing on disease states.鈥� 

Block 4: Human Health and Immunity

Combining an introduction to immunobiology and inflammatory processes and disorders, this module develops your understanding of a number of disease processes and therapeutic approaches.

Students may apply for a supervised placement in a clinical, industry, or research laboratory, to gain valuable work experience, or (clinical labs only) to complete their IBMS training portfolio to become eligible for later HCPC registration.

In third year, modules are designed in line with the clinical specialties of biomedical science laboratories, allowing you to combine and apply their knowledge with real-world relevance.鈥� 

Block 1: Research Projects

Pursuing a topic of their interest, you will be supported to design and conduct your own research project, generating, interpreting, and presenting their research.鈥� 

Block 2: Blood Science

You will apply biochemistry and cell physiology to the diagnosis and monitoring of blood related disorders and disease.鈥� 

Block 3: Infection and Immunity Sciences

Covering microbiology, public health, and the immune system, you will study the related diagnostic techniques and therapeutic strategies employed in this field.鈥� 

Block 4: Cell Sciences

Giving you an appreciation of clinical genetics and cellular pathology, this module will develop your understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved in underlying disease processes.

Note: All modules are indicative and based on the current academic session. Course information is correct at the time of publication and is subject to review. Exact modules may, therefore, vary for your intake in order to keep content current. If there are changes to your course we will, where reasonable, take steps to inform you as appropriate.

The accredited programme of study is usually taken over three years with an opportunity to spend an additional year (between years 2 and 3) either in industry or in an NHS laboratory.

Students pursue their own research interests in a final year project working closely with staff at the university, or out on project placements, for example in local hospital laboratories.

A subsequent MSc in Advanced Biomedical Science programme is available for BSc graduates or for experienced biomedical scientists covering major pathology specialities who require a postgraduate qualification for career advancement.

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Our facilities

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The Hawthorn Building is home to students and staff from Health and Life Sciences courses and disciplines.

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Biomedical Science facilities

Laboratory spaces and state-of-art clinical skills suites.

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Accreditations, awards or memberships

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Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS)

The Biomedical Science BSc programme is accredited by the .

What makes us special

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麻豆影院 Global

This is our innovative international experience programme which aims to enrich your studies and expand your cultural horizons – helping you to become a global graduate, equipped to meet the needs of employers across the world. Through , we offer a wide range of opportunities including on-campus and UK activities, overseas study, internships, faculty-led field trips and volunteering, as well as Erasmus+ and international exchanges.

Students on this course have previously undertaken 麻豆影院 Global trips to places such as Kentucky in America, where they helped to raise awareness of type 2 diabetes, and Bermuda, where they taught science to schoolchildren.

Where we could take you

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Placements

Students on the course benefit from a dedicated placements team, as well as having the opportunity to apply for funded summer projects and work experience.

You will have the opportunity to complete a paid placement which offers invaluable professional experience. Placements are typically provided by the NHS at an approved NHS pathology centre, or a research or industrial laboratory.

Previous opportunities have included placements with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Public Health England, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Glenfield Hospital in Leicester and St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in London

Our Careers Team can help you secure a placement through activities such as mock interviews and practice aptitude tests, and you will be assigned a personal tutor to support you throughout your placement.

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Graduate careers

Our graduates are highly sought-after by NHS pathology centres and have gone on to work in diagnostic laboratories in both the public and private sectors, as well as research institutions for a research career or PhD study, and the biotechnology industry in roles such as biomedical scientist, laboratory assistant, associate practitioner and pharmacology technician.

Vivian Nwagboso landed a role as a biomedical scientist at Hull Royal Infirmary after graduating. She credits the course’s professional accreditation with helping her land a placement, which in turn contributed to her securing a full-time job.

To help students prepare for specific careers choices, not only do we have a professional careers team, careers conferences, and employment talks, but an initiative where alumni give their advice for students following in their footsteps, including students who have gone on to postgraduate medicine and dentistry, research, and clinical laboratory careers.

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Course specifications

Course title

Biomedical Science

Award

BSc (Hons)

UCAS code

B940

Institution code

D26

Study level

Undergraduate

Study mode

Full-time

Start date

September

Duration

Three years full-time, four years with placement

Fees

2025/26 UK tuition fees:
£9,535*

2025/26 international tuition:
£16,750

*subject to the government, as is expected, passing legislation to formalise the increase.

Entry requirements

GCSEs

  • Five GCSEs at grade 4 or above including English and Maths

Plus one of the following:

A levels

  • A minimum of 112 UCAS points from at least two A levels. One A level must be at grade C or above in either Biology, Chemistry or Human Biology

T Levels

  • Merit in Science (with optional module in Laboratory Science only).

BTEC

  • BTEC National Diploma in Science - Distinction/Merit/Merit
  • BTEC Extended Diploma in Science - Distinction/Merit/Merit

Access to HE Diploma

  • 112 UCAS Tariff Access to HE Diploma ‘Science’ with 15 credits at Distinctions in science specific modules and 30 credits at Merit.

International Baccalaureate

  • 28+ with six higher level points in Chemistry or Biology

Personal statement selection criteria

  • Clear communication skills, including good grammar and spelling
  • Information relevant to the course applied for
  • Interest in the course demonstrated with explanation and evidence
  • If relevant for the course - work and life experience

 

English language requirements

If English is not your first language an IELTS score of 6.5 overall is essential.

English language tuition, delivered by our British Council-accredited Centre for English Language Learning, is available both before and throughout the course if you need it.

Mature students

We welcome applications from mature students with non-standard qualifications and recognise all other equivalent and international qualifications.

UCAS tariff information

Students applying for courses starting in September will be made offers based on the latest UCAS Tariff.

Contextual offer

To make sure you get fair and equal access to higher education, when looking at your application, we consider more than just your grades. So if you are eligible, you may receive a contextual offer. Find out more about contextual offers.