MBiolSci Medical Biosciences (Microbiology) with Year Abroad
University of Leicester
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This four-year MBiolSci in Medical Biosciences (Microbiology) will give you a thorough understanding of the range, type, structure and physiology of infectious organisms that cause disease in humans including the major microbial diseases. You will appreciate how such organisms infect the human body, understand how microbes can promote both health and disease, and how infections are prevented, managed or cured. This course will allow you to learn from both research and clinical scientists so ...Read more

This four-year MBiolSci in Medical Biosciences (Microbiology) will give you a thorough understanding of the range, type, structure and physiology of infectious organisms that cause disease in humans including the major microbial diseases. You will appreciate how such organisms infect the human body, understand how microbes can promote both health and disease, and how infections are prevented, managed or cured. This course will allow you to learn from both research and clinical scientists so that you can understand the management of infectious disease in clinical environments. The first three years are identical to the Medical Microbiology BSc, including the option to spend a Year in Industry or a Year Abroad between Years 2 and 3. Your fourth year then lets you focus on refining your research and lab skills - while also putting into practice your employability skills - by conducting a research project. The analytical and critical skills you acquire by studying an MBiolSci in Medical Sciences are particularly valued by PhD supervisors, researchers and employers in non-scientific fields.

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86/91
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34th
CUG Ranking
CUG Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2026
33rd
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I love the university of Leicester. The professors and teaching is so good and I’ve always felt really supported in my studies. I love the facilities and the societies. Overall, I..Read more

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£8,126 per year

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Study Abroad (full year) for 2026/27 - £1,465 indicative tuition fee (15percentage of advertised fee in the year which the study abroad is taken).

£21,335 per year

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Year abroad : 25percentage of your full-time fee

£21,335 per year

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Year abroad : 25percentage of your full-time fee

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I love the university of Leicester. The professors and teaching is so good and I’ve always felt really supported in my studies. I love the facilities and the societies. Overall, I...
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