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BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE
BSc (Hons)
Why study this course?
This multidisciplinary Single Honours course enables you to integrate many branches of
biomedical science to understand the molecular mechanisms of human health and disease.
Clinical scenarios used in case-based learning and interprofessional education opportunities
will help you to integrate taught material with your independent study, strengthening your
lifelong learning skills.
At Keele, you’ll develop a deep appreciation of human disorders and diseases
from a scientific and an NHS pathology practitioner’s perspective. Your
studies will integrate human physiology, biochemistry, immunology,
neuroscience and molecular and cell biology, benefiting from research-led
teaching and the input of professionals at the Royal Stoke University
Hospital’s pathology department. You’ll have opportunities to develop
independent research skills through your final year experimental research
project. Placement opportunities may include a one-year work placement or
a summer’s research in the UK or abroad or you could apply for selection onto
the Applied Biomedical Science degree, which includes a hospital pathology
laboratory placement.
What will this mean for my future?
Your Biomedical Science degree from Keele will prepare you to work in
high-tech hospital laboratories in the NHS or private sector, but you might
also work in consultancy, research, education or management. You might
follow a career as a biomedical scientist in the haematology, clinical
biochemistry, immunology, microbiology or histopathology sections of
pathology. Alternatively, you might branch out into patent law, research,
medical sale or teaching or build on your Biomedical Science degree
to study for other healthcare professional careers such as medicine.
Completing a placement, at home or abroad, as part of a degree will add
invaluable work experience onto your CV.
Your degree will be accredited by the Institute of Biomedical Science and the Royal
Society of Biology, assuring you of the quality of the programme as preparation for a
career in Pathology. *Students who elect to study abroad for a single semester will not
receive an IBMS accredited degree.
UCAS Code - C900
Foundation Year
Yes
Indicative Entry
Requirements
Single Honours
A level: ABB
BTEC: DDM
Indicative Modules
First Year
• Biochemistry
• Clinical Applications of Biomedical
Science I
• Molecular Cell Biology
• Physiology and Anatomy
Second Year
• Clinical Applications of Biomedical
Science II
• Gene and Protein Engineering
• Metabolism in Health and Disease
• Molecular, Cellular and Structural
Immunology
• Research and Analytical Skills
• Cell Signalling
• Human Genetics
• Microbes, Viruses and Parasites
• Professional Relationships
Third Year
• Bioinformatics and Science
Communication
• Cancer Biology
• Life Sciences Double Experimental
Research Project
• Clinical Pathology
• Case Studies in Biomedical Science
• Advances in Medicine
• Human Parasitology
• Brain Disease
Course Duration
3 years or 4 years
with an international
or placement year
Placement Year
Yes
Study abroad
Yes
International Year
Yes
Learn a Language
Yes
For information on courses that combine subjects please visit keele.ac.uk/ugcourses