Biomedicine

UCAS code: BIM1

Here's what Manchester Metropolitan University says about its Biomedicine course.

Our BSc (Hons) Biomedicine degree programme provides you with an overview of all areas related to life sciences, before you start to take control of your own educational journey by choosing optional modules alongside exciting current areas, such as neuroscience and cellular science.

You can choose optional modules related to cells, genetics and infection or whole-body systems physiology depending on your interests and career aspirations. Whichever route you choose, you'll be studying exciting relevant content that has real world applications and can lead you down many career paths.

You'll be taught by subject experts and will develop lots of subject specific academic knowledge and technical skills, as well as numerous transferable skills that will help your career. Whether that is continuing in higher education, working in industry or moving into other areas of employment, our BSc (Hons) Biomedicine will provide the skills that you need to succeed and ensures that you can study the modules that interest you the most.

This course is also available with a foundation year.

Features and Benefits

• This degree offers a flexible curriculum, providing up-to-date knowledge and skills in biomedicine allowing you to choose modules at Levels 5 and 6 that align to your career aspirations.

• Benefit from hands-on practical experience and real-world applications through your final-year research project.

• The full-time, four-year placement route provides the opportunity to go on a placement, where you can get a taste of professional life in a clinical or industrial setting.

• We’ve invested over £115 million to transform the way we teach and the way our students learn. The new Dalton building is equipped with dynamic learning spaces, world-class teaching and research facilities and collaborative study zones. This means you’ll graduate with the skills and experiences employers look for. 

• Access regular online support, which provides additional explanations and guidance on a range of topics, including lab demonstrations and assessment guidance.

• Our technical skills unit allows you to track your growing laboratory skills year by year, enabling you to demonstrate to employers that you have the skills needed for your graduate career.

• Get involved in the pioneering research led by our experts, including  lifelong health and ageing, and microbiology and vascular biology