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 Chemistry and another science subject, normally Biology.
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.
Spend the third year of your degree gaining valuable workplace experience to enhance your CV.
Choose from placements with partner organisations in the UK and 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
Introduction to Experimental Biology - Molecular & Cellular Biology
Writing and Referencing Skills (online unit)
Body Systems
Drugs: From Molecules to Man
Chemistry for Bioscientists 1
Chemistry for Bioscientists 2
A History of Biology in 20 Objects
Genes, Evolution and Development
Microbes, Man and the Environment
Excitable Cells: the Foundations of Neuroscience
Science & the Modern World
Bodies in History: An introduction to the History of Medicine
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
Molecular and Cellular Biology EDM
Dissertation
Genome Maintenance & Regulation
Proteins
Cell Metabolism & Metabolic Control
Molecules and Cells in Human Disease
Chemistry of Biomolecules
The Dynamic Cell
Cell Membrane Structure & Function
`Omic Technologies & Resources
Immunology
Endocrinology
Clinical Drug Development
Course content for year 3
You will spend your third year on a placement with one of our partner organisations in the UK or overseas.
We have partner organisations including pharmaceutical companies, research institutes and hospitals. Our Medical Biochemistry students have recently had placements with organisations such as GlaxoSmithKline and the Medical Research Council in the Gambia.
Our range of placements reflects both research career paths and the growing range of science careers outside of the laboratory in science enterprise, education and communication. We are unique in providing such a range of placements to our students.
Approximately 60% of placed students undertake paid placements or placements which are Erasmus+ funded.
Read more about our industrial/professional experience placements .
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.
Many pharmaceutical and healthcare companies require well-trained medical biochemists, making this area a promising one for our graduates' careers.
The significant and relevant work experience gained during the year of industrial/professional experience makes graduates of this course especially attractive to employers. 90% of our graduates are in work or further study within six months of completing the course.
Our graduates become key employees in the efforts of such companies to develop new drugs targeted against specific enzymes, hormone receptors or other biologically important molecules.
As an alternative to entering industry directly, many medical biochemistry graduates continue their careers via a PhD programme, or by taking a specialist master's course in, for example, bioinformatics.
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
