Our programme in Medical Biochemistry is designed to provide a broad grounding in biochemistry and the other molecular biosciences, together with a range of advanced modules that emphasise topics of medical relevance. At level one, you'll take a broadly based programme, gaining experience in a range of areas in the molecular biosciences. At the end of the first year, you can transfer between any of the different courses taught by the department as your specific interests develop. In your second year, you'll study your chosen subjects in more depth and develop your practical skills. In the third year there is a practical project that may involve laboratory research, business enterprise activities, science journalism or school teaching, depending on your career interests. You can graduate after three years with a BSc degree, or you can choose the optional fourth year, leading to an MBiolSci qualification. The four-year course focuses on the development of laboratory skills as well as an extensive, individual, laboratory-based research project.You can transfer in either direction between the three and four year course during years one to three. This course is one of a range of courses in the molecular biosciences offered by the Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology.

Many of our graduates are employed in pharmaceuticals and healthcare, food safety and manufacture, brewing and agrochemicals, public health, forensic and hospital laboratories. They also work in education, the scientific civil service or medical schools. Others use their skills in management and commerce. Many choose further study and go on to do research for organisations all over the world. Employers include the NHS, big pharmaceutical companies such as Astrazeneca, GSK, Pfizer and Sanofi-Aventis, as well as companies such as BT, Capita, Friends Provident, HBOS, KPMG and Tesco.