Typical A-level offer
AAA-ABB (including specific subjects)
Typical contextual A-level offer (what is this?)
AAB-ABC (including specific subjects).
Typical International Baccalaureate offer
36-33 points overall with 6,6,6 to 6,5,5 at Higher Level including two sciences, normally Biology and Chemistry. For degrees with French, German, Spanish or Italian, 5 or 6 points in the language must be achieved at Higher Level. For degrees with Mandarin or Japanese, 5 points is required in a foreign language at Standard Level.
All applicants to the University (from the UK and Overseas) are required to show evidence of English Language proficiency.
The minimum English Language requirement for this course is either:
GCSE/iGCSE English Language grade C (or 4 in the newly reformed GCSEs in England)
IELTS 6.5 (with no less than 6.5 in any component)
An acceptable equivalent qualification
Improve your employability by learning a language while you study biomedical sciences.
Use your language skills in the world of work on a year-long research placement overseas.
Apply for membership of the Royal Society of Biology at Member (MRSB) level after just two years of practice instead of three thanks to our Advanced Accreditation status.
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Course units for year 1
The course unit details given below are subject to change, and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.
Academic Tutorials Year 1
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
From Molecules to Cells
Introduction to Laboratory Science
Microbes, Man and the Environment
Writing and Referencing Skills (online unit)
Body Systems
Drugs: From Molecules to Man
Excitable Cells: the Foundations of Neuroscience
Course content for year 2
You will continue your studies in greater depth and begin to specialise. You will also undertake a dissertation.
In the Research Skills unit, you have the opportunity to carry out techniques that are widely used in current biological science research.
Course units for year 2
The course unit details given below are subject to change, and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.
Academic Tutorials Year 2
Human Sciences EDM
Dissertation
Genome Maintenance & Regulation
Proteins
The Dynamic Cell
Cell Metabolism & Metabolic Control
Cell Membrane Structure & Function
`Omic Technologies & Resources
Principles of Developmental Biology
Fundamentals of Bacteriology
Principles of Infectious Disease
Immunology
Parasitology
Endocrinology
Gut and Renal Human Physiology
Human Anatomy & Histology
Clinical Drug Development
Drugs & the Brain
Membrane Excitability: Ion Channels & Transporters in Action
Motor Systems
Sensory Systems
Molecules and Cells in Human Disease
Haematology
Organismal Genetics
Introduction to Virology
Anatomy of the Special Sense Organs
How to Make a Brain
Chemistry of Biomolecules
Course content for year 3
Subject to satisfactory academic performance and placement availability, you will spend this year overseas on your modern language placement.
Course content for year 4
Final year topics reflect the current hotspots of bioscience endeavour and the research interests of our staff, and are constantly being updated.
You will undertake an independent in-depth research project that may involve supervised practical work in a laboratory, or you may choose to work on e-learning, educational, data analysis, bioinformatics or enterprise topics.
Course units for year 4
The course unit details given below are subject to change, and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.
Graduates from modern language courses are extremely desirable to employers who require significant relevant work experience.
In the growing field of international bioscience research collaborations, graduates with a good command of a foreign language are at a distinct advantage.
Our graduates go into a range of careers. Many of our graduates secure jobs as researchers working in universities, pharmaceutical and bioscience companies and institutes.
Some of our graduates progress into laboratory-based careers in clinical or technical roles that do not involve research.
The transferable skills you will develop will also leave you well-equipped for a wide range of careers outside the lab.
Find out more about how we help our students prepare for the workplace and the careers our graduates go into within and outside the lab.
