Medical Science underpins the study of Medicine. The Bachelor of Medical Science is offered over three years and run jointly by the Science and Medicine faculties.You will learn about the human body; how it functions down to its smallest parts; how it reacts to disease and the drugs that are used to treat disease. Discover the processes of development from the fertilised ovum, to why we all look different and the role genetics plays, how and why we have natural defences and which structures and parts of our brain command how we move, think and feel. Medical science truly incorporates many facets of the scientific disciplines. On completion of your degree you are awarded a Bachelor of Medical Science. You’ll have the opportunity, if you choose and your performance permits, to undertake a fourth year that involves research leading to an honours degree.

The Bachelor of Medical Science is an excellent starting point for postgraduate study in medicine and paramedical fields, or a career in biomedical science, health policy and management, medical journalism or a variety of positions in pharmaceutical and other industries related to the medical field.