The Biomedical Science BSc interdisciplinary degree is the most popular of our programmes, with an entry of approximately 230 students per year. It is unique in offering you a flexible plan in which to develop your second and third years at university as there are no compulsory modules in these years. The programme aims to ensure that you benefit from high quality teaching from our wide variety of individual modules and allows you to construct a degree programme which reflects your scientific strengths and interests. Modern scientific research has progressed beyond traditional subject boundaries. The Biomedical Science BSc is designed to reflect this change by providing an undergraduate degree that provides expertise in a range of biomedical disciplines and develops your academic, practical, and personal skills, with opportunities to participate in the excitement of modern research. The advantage of the Biomedical Science BSc is its flexibility and choice. After studying the first-year common curriculum which introduces you to a range of disciplines at the core of Biomedical Science, you are free to design your own honours degree programme in years two and three based on the diverse modules available and with advice from course leaders and personal tutors. Students can take either a broad-based Biomedical Science degree or specialise (eg in neuroscience, developmental science, genetics or immunology). Alternatively, you can choose to move into a more prescriptive degree such as: Biochemistry, Physiology, Pharmacology, Anatomy, and Development & Human Biology with a mixture of core and optional modules. We are also committed to the idea that a university degree should allow you opportunities to broaden your interests and expertise so we encourage students to take modules in other subjects such as modern languages in their second or third year. We also offer our own module in the Social Impact of the Biosciences with an ethical and philosophical base. Second year exchange programmes The adaptable nature of the Biomedical Science degree has allowed us to offer selected students the chance of studying the entire second year abroad at universities in the USA, Singapore, Australia or at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden.

The biosciences, particularly in relation to the development of medical science, have been a success story for Britain in recent years. A wide range of employment exists for bioscientists: in fundamental research, in the drug industries, in research management and teaching. All these jobs require people with a proven ability of advanced study and a flexible approach to the biomedical sciences. By the time you reach the final year, most of your study will be at the level of handling original research findings and you will have the opportunity to undertake a research study of your own. External review bodies and employers, including secondary and tertiary education, have repeatedly noted the need for well-rounded science graduates. A flexible bioscience degree provides exactly for these needs and students are well-placed for entry to medicine, dentistry, teaching or other careers such as science administration or science journalism.