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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.
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
KEY INFORMATION
UCAS Code - C900
Foundation Year
Yes
Indicative entry
requirements
Single Honours
A level: ABB
BTEC: DDM
Course duration
3 years or 4 years
with an international
and placement year
Placement Year
Yes
For further information on entry requirements please visit keele.ac.uk/entryrequirements
Study abroad
Yes
International Year
Yes
Learn a Language
Yes