Course summary

• Undertake taught modules with an extended research project in a professional lab.
• Gain an in-depth understanding of modern biomedical laboratory sciences.
• Develop applied research techniques using state-of-the-art laboratory facilities.
• Build confidence in presenting your work to academic and professional audiences.
• Enhance investigative skills including the design, execution and interpretation of practical work within the field of disease mechanisms and diagnosis.

Biomedical science plays a pivotal and essential role in healthcare. This course has been designed to respond to the increasing need for highly skilled biomedical researchers across a range of industries. You’ll have the opportunity to specialise in particular aspects of biomedical sciences, selecting a specialist subject from microbiology, cancer biology or bioinformatics.

How you learn

All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.

You are taught through various learning activities designed to challenge and support as you progress through the course. The aim is to give a theoretical and practical knowledge of your subject.

In the first semester you will follow taught modules that provide a fundamental knowledge of biomedicine, and the module Applied Laboratory Practice will introduce you to the practical and theoretical basis of research. Together these will give you a sound basis to carry out your Extended Research Project in semesters two and three.

You learn through

• lectures and seminars
• workshops and tutorials
• laboratory classes
• an extended research project
• working in a professional laboratory

Future careers

This course prepares you for a career in the

• health biotechnology sector
• pharmaceutical industry
• industrial biotechnology sector
• academic research