BSc in Biomedical Sciences
Birmingham City University
Key Information
Campus location
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
3 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
GBP 9,250 / per year *
Application deadline
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Earliest start date
Sep 2024
* UK students: £9,250 per year | international students: £13,980 per year
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Introduction
Do you want a career in biomedical sciences? Our practice-led degree offers a unique insight into human life processes, as well as disease and health within the population. You’ll develop a range of practical and analytical skills, with the opportunity to put them into practice during an optional sandwich year work placement.
What's covered in this course?
Biomedical sciences embrace a number of important disciplines, including physiology, biochemistry, cell biology, microbiology and genetics. These subjects are of great importance in the provision of healthcare, and medical research and underpin the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. In this course, you will learn about how the human body functions in health and disease, and develop an understanding of the diagnosis, management and treatment of a range of diseases. This degree emphasises critical thinking and independent problem-solving skills, which will help you to navigate a successful career after graduation.
Throughout this course, you will acquire important practical and scientific skills whilst being taught in our new state-of-the-art life sciences laboratories. You will have the opportunity to take an optional sandwich-year placement in an industrial, clinical or research setting between years 2 and 3 of this course. In the final year, you will undertake an independent Research Project where you will execute your own experiments under supervision.
Graduates may go on to a range of careers directly or after further post-graduate training and study. These careers include medical laboratory assistants, trainee biomedical scientists, physician associates, clinical trials for drug companies, research assistants and research technicians, marketing assistants and medical and scientific representatives. Graduates may also use their qualifications to progress into teaching careers, as well as post-graduate study to obtain MSc, MPhil, Physician Associate/Assistant and PhD qualifications. Exceptional graduates may be able to progress into post-graduate Medicine and Dentistry.
Why choose us?
- We’ve invested £71 million in our City South Campus - featuring specialist labs and over £250,000 worth of new equipment
- Industry partnerships - you’ll benefit from our partnerships with employers to gain relevant work experience and opportunities
- Access to our cutting-edge virtual technologies and one of the UK's largest specialist health education libraries
- Passionate staff - learn from experienced tutors who are experts in their field
- Student support - we provide you with a personal tutor to support you in achieving your learning goals
- Get work experience abroad - you can apply for a travel scholarship as part of our Go Abroad scheme to carry out exciting work placements overseas
Curriculum
Year One
In order to complete this course, you must successfully complete all the following core modules (totalling 120 credits).
- Biochemistry
- Fundamentals of Cell Biology
- Essential Skills for the Biosciences
- Introduction to Human Physiology
- Genetics
- Microbiology
Year Two
In order to complete this course, you must successfully complete all the following core modules (totalling 100 credits).
- Research Methods in Science and Engineering
- Clinical Biochemistry and Cellular Science
- Fundamental Principles of Pharmacology and Drug Development
- Blood Science
- Infectious Disease
In order to complete this course, you must successfully complete at least 20 credits from the following indicative list of optional modules.
All core modules are guaranteed to run. Optional modules will vary from year to year and the published list is indicative only.
- Work Placement
- Exploring careers in Biosciences
Final Year
In order to complete this course, you must successfully complete all the following core modules (totalling 80 credits).
- Research Project
- Molecular Basis of Disease
- Pathophysiology
In order to complete this course, you must successfully complete at least 40 credits from the following indicative list of optional modules.
All core modules are guaranteed to run. Optional modules will vary from year to year and the published list is indicative only.
- Applied Toxicology
- New Technologies in Biomedicine
- Control of Global Infectious Disease
- Neuroscience
- Immunology
- Medical Pharmacology
Career Opportunities
Enhancing your employability skills
We'll develop you into a work-ready graduate. Employability skills are embedded throughout the programme that will enable you to succeed in careers in science, and are transferable across a variety of graduate careers
You will also have access to the Universities Graduate+ programme which will provide you with opportunities to engage in extracurricular activities that will help to expand your employability attributes. There are modules in the programme that provide you with opportunities to develop employability skills on work placements or as part of research-focused projects.
Placements
You will have the opportunity to gain valuable work-life skills as part of a placement that will be relevant to biomedical sciences. You'll be offered a choice of placements in educational, industrial or research-based settings, but we'll also encourage you to find your own placement that suits your interests and needs.