Medical Biochemistry BSc(Hons): Industrial placement

The course provides the opportunity to do an industrial placement.  The benefits of this include:

• enabling you to add work experience to your CV. This will give you an edge on the competition when you look for a job and help you make better informed career choices;
• assisting your final year academic studies. Statistics indicate that on average those who have completed placements get better results in their final year;
• developing the transferable skills that are highly prized by employers; and
• providing you with a salary, so potentially reducing debt in the middle of your degree.

Examples of organisations that have supported the placement programme include:

• GlaxoSmithKline;
• Antisoma;
• Pfizer;
• clinical trial company Hammersmith Medical Research; and
• Abgene, which develops biological products for molecular research.

Read our case studies to find out about what past students thought about their placements.