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Master of Science - MSci
Stag Hill
Full Time
SEP-25
4 Years
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Master of Science - MSci
Stag Hill
Full Time
SEP-25
4 Years
Select a an exam type
• Select modules tailored to your interests, including advanced technologies in gene expression, neuroscience, pharmacology and toxicology.• Access our £12.5 million Innovation for Health Learning Laboratory to use equipment found in the NHS and research labs across the world.• Gain industry experience through our Professional Training placements and work with one of our partners who offer roles exclusively to students aspiring to become biomedical scientists.• Complete an integrated masters, which incorporates an additional research-focused year of study, to prepare you for a technical research career in industry or academia.
What you will studyIn your first year, you’ll study topics that are fundamental to biomedical science, including bacteriology, biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, human physiology, microbiology and physiology, ensuring you have a solid foundation upon which to build the rest of your degree.During your second year, you will build on what you have learnt in your first year, and explore topics with a greater clinical focus, such as pathology, molecular biology, clinical biochemistry, and pharmacology.In your third year, you’ll select modules that explore topics such as advanced pharmacology, circadian rhythms, immunology, systems biology and toxicology. You’ll study these alongside compulsory modules investigating cancer pathogenesis and treatment, the epidemiology of infectious diseases, our immune system and immunohaematological diseases. You’ll also get the opportunity to work alongside a supervisor to conduct your own scientific research project, performing experiments and critically evaluating data and literature.If you have chosen to do an integrated masters, you will complete an additional research-focused year of study that includes an advanced research project and training in scientific management and analytical skills. This will prepare you for a technical research career in industry or academia.
Exam type
A levelA level:
AAB Grades / Points required
Scottish Higher:
AAABB Grades / Points required
Scottish Advanced Higher:
AAB Grades / Points required
Access to HE Diploma:
D:39,M:6 Grades / Points required
Extended Project:
A Grades / Points required
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:
34 Grades / Points required
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):
DDD Grades / Points required
Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (first teaching September 2015):
Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.
Overall:AABWe do not include General Studies or Critical Thinking in our offers.Required subjects:Biology or Chemistry and a second science or mathematics subject.Applicants taking the Science Practical Endorsement are expected to pass.
Overall: AAABBRequired subjects: Biology or Chemistry and another science or mathematics subject.GCSE or Equivalent: Scottish National 5: English Language - CScottish National 5: Maths - CApplicants must have achieved the Scottish national grades at the time of making their application.
Overall: AABRequired subjects: Biology or Chemistry and a second science or mathematics subject.GCSE or Equivalent: Scottish National 5: English Language - CScottish National 5: Maths - CApplicants must have achieved the Scottish national grades at the time of making their application.
Overall:QAA recognised Access to Higher Education Diploma with 45 Level 3 credits overall including 39 at Distinction and 6 at Merit..Required subjects: This must include 15 credits in Biology or Chemistry and 15 credits in another science subject.
Applicants taking the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) will receive our standard A-level offer for this programme, plus an alternate offer of one A-level grade lower, subject to achieving an A grade in the EPQ. The one grade reduction will not apply to any required subjects.Applicants can only receive one grade reduction from the published grades, an EPQ grade reduction can’t be applied in addition to other grade reductions made through other schemes such as Contextual Admissions or In2Surrey.
Overall: 34 Required subjects: Biology or Chemistry HL5/SL6 and a second science or mathematics subject HL5/SL6.GCSE or Equivalent: English A HL4/SL4 or English B HL5/SL6 and Mathematics (either course) HL4/SL4. Applicants must have achieved these grades at the time of making their application.
Overall: DDD in Applied Science (please contact us if you are taking a different BTEC).
Overall: Pass overall with AAB from the Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate and two A-levels. Applicants taking an A-level science subject with the Science Practical Endorsement are required to pass the practical element. Required subjects: A-level Biology or Chemistry and an A-level in another science or mathematics subject.
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