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 science subjects, normally Biology and Chemistry.
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, choosing from placements all over the world.
Study at a university ranked 6th in the UK for anatomy and physiology (QS World University Rankings 2019).
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
Academic Tutorials Year 1
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
From Molecules to Cells
Introduction to Laboratory Science
Introduction to Experimental Biology - Human Biology
Writing and Referencing Skills (online unit)
Body Systems
Drugs: From Molecules to Man
Excitable Cells: the Foundations of Neuroscience
A History of Biology in 20 Objects
Biodiversity
Genes, Evolution and Development
Microbes, Man and the Environment
Chemistry for Bioscientists 1
Chemistry for Bioscientists 2
Fundamentals of Chemistry
Science & the Modern World
Bodies in History: An introduction to the History of Medicine
Course units for year 2
Academic Tutorials Year 2
Physiology RSM
Human Sciences EDM
Dissertation
Endocrinology
Gut and Renal Human Physiology
Membrane Excitability: Ion Channels & Transporters in Action
`Omic Technologies & Resources
Immunology
Drugs & the Brain
Motor Systems
Sensory Systems
Haematology
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 students have recently had placements with organisations such as Novartis and AstraZeneca.
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 units for year 4
Academic Tutorials Year 3
Projects
Project Literature Review
Advanced Endocrinology (L)
Cardiovascular Systems (E)
Advanced Ion Transport (E)
Human Reproductive Biology (E)
Neuroinflammation in Health & Disease (E)
Ion Transport in Health & Disease (E)
Clocks, Sleep & the Rhythms of Life (E)
The significant and relevant work experience gained during the year of industrial/professional experience makes graduates of this course especially attractive to employers.
Many 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 biological sciences.
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.
IHS per year: GBP 500
