Biomedical Science encompasses a range of biological, medical and health-related disciplines addressing global biomedical challenges such as obesity, cancer, neurological diseases and cardiovascular disease. Biomedical Science draws on the disciplines of anatomy, physiology, biochemistry and neuroscience and the para-clinical disciplines of microbiology, pathology and pharmacology to understand and treat human disease. Biomedical Science has increasingly embraced the overarching disciplines of human genetics, epigenetics and genomics to understand how gene-environment interactions define the human phenotype in its normal and diseased states.

You will be well prepared for a range of careers in the biomedical area including positions with industry (e.g. pharmaceutical companies), in hospital, university and government research laboratories (e.g. in medical research institutes or CSIRO) and in the health industry (e.g. health promotion). A range of opportunities also exists across government departments that deal with health and related services. Other career options for graduates include science communication and media, science administration, and secondary and tertiary teaching. Potential career destinations will also be influenced by the chosen specialisation; for example, graduates who specialised in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology may be particularly well prepared for a career related to pharmaceutical research and development, whereas those taking a Human Biology specialisation may be well suited to a career in the provision of health services (e.g. an embryologist in a Fertility Clinic). The Master of Biomedical Science also provides a pathway to PhD studies for those graduates who complete a research dissertation as part of their program.