Biomedical Science BSc(Hons)

Why choose this course?

If you are interested in learning about the laboratory investigations carried out to diagnose disease and monitor the treatment of patients, this course is ideal. Biomedical scientists are involved in areas ranging from cancer screening to diagnosing HIV, from blood transfusion for surgery to the control of infection.

What will you study?

You will study the processes that regulate the normal functions of the human body, and will learn about the changes that lead to disease and how they are studied in the laboratory. Among other subjects, you will cover molecular and cell biology, physiology, biochemistry, microbiology, haematology, immunology and pathology. Your final-year project will normally be undertaken in a hospital or medical research laboratory.

Find out more about the teaching on this course by watching a video of senior lecturer Dr Paraskevi Goggolidou:

Please note that this is an indicative list of modules and is not intended as a definitive list. Those listed here may also be a mixture of core and optional modules.

Year 1

• Human Physiology 1
• Chemistry for Life Sciences
• Essential Laboratory Techniques in Life Science
• Cells and Tissues
• Human Physiology 2
• Genetics and Molecular Biology
• Structure and Function of Biological Molecules
• Mathematics and ICT

Year 2

• Protein Biochemistry OR
• Introductory Pharmacology
• Concepts in Human Genetics
• Biology of Disease
• Advanced Human Physiology
• Applications of Biomedical Sciences
• Immunology
• Microbiology
• Research Skills

Year 3

• Medical Microbiology
• Clinical Immunology
• Haematology
• Clinical Chemistry
• Clinical Science
• Cellular Pathology
• Project