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 work 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
Academic Tutorials Year 1
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
From Molecules to Cells
Introduction to Laboratory Science
Introduction to Experimental Biology - Molecular & Cellular Biology
Biodiversity
Genes, Evolution and Development
Microbes, Man and the Environment
Writing and Referencing Skills (online unit)
A History of Biology in 20 Objects
Body Systems
Drugs: From Molecules to Man
Excitable Cells: the Foundations of Neuroscience
Chemistry for Bioscientists 1
Chemistry for Bioscientists 2
Fundamentals of Chemistry
Introduction to Ecology
Science & the Modern World
Bodies in History: An introduction to the History of Medicine
Course units for year 2
Academic Tutorials Year 2
Microbiology RSM
Organismal Biology EDM
Dissertation
Fundamentals of Bacteriology
Principles of Infectious Disease
Immunology
Parasitology
Introduction to Virology
Genome Maintenance & Regulation
Proteins
The Dynamic Cell
Cell Membrane Structure & Function
`Omic Technologies & Resources
Plants for the Future
Molecules and Cells in Human Disease
Disease in Nature
Chemistry of Biomolecules
Environmental Microbiology
Ecology and Conservation
From Cholera to COVID-19: A Global History of Epidemics
The Crisis of Nature: Issues in Environmental History
Information visions: past, present and future
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 Microbiology students have recently had placements with organisations such as GlaxoSmithKline, Systagenix and Thomas Jefferson University.
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
Current Topics in Microbiology (E)
Bacterial Infections of Man (L)
Post-Genome Biology (L)
Advanced Immunology (E)
Gene Regulation & Disease (E)
Evolution of Genes, Genomes & Systems (E)
Biotic Interactions (L)
Bioethics: Contemporary Issues in Science & Biomedicine (E)
Advanced Parasitology (E)
Immune Response & Disease (E)
Role of Diagnostics in Medicine
Geomicrobiology
From Sherlock Holmes to CSI: a history of forensic medicine
Climate Change & Society
Microbiologists are in demand in medical research, quality control, and the biotechnology industry.
The significant and relevant work experience gained during the year of industrial/professional experience makes graduates of this course especially attractive to employers. 95% of our graduates are in work or further study within six months of completing this course.
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.
IHS per year: GBP 500
