Biomedical Science with Foundation Year
University of Suffolk
UCAS Code: J751 | Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
University of Suffolk
UCAS Code: J751 | Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
Entry requirements
A level
Pass in Access to HE Diploma
GCSE/National 4/National 5
All applicants are required to hold GCSE English and Maths at Grade C/4 or above (or Level 2 equivalents).
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
T Level
Pass (C and above)
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About this course
Biomedical science is a well-established but nonetheless dynamic and rapidly evolving scientific discipline aimed at improving our understanding of human health and disease. This course utilizes a multidisciplinary approach to provide you with knowledge of workings of human body at molecular, cellular, organ and systems level. Having a strong practical focus the course will provide you with a wide range of practical and analytical skills relevant to a career in biomedical science and wider. The Foundation year offers the fundamentals of biochemistry, biophysics, anatomy, philology.
We aim to help you progress to an employment-ready graduate and hence the course is designed to also equip you with a number of transferable skills that are so highly valued in the current, ever-changing, employment market. The course benefits from a close working relationship with a local NHS trust and is taught by an international team of research-active academics. This ensures that the course is relevant to your future employment, is contemporary and at the forefront of science.
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University of Suffolk
School of Allied Health Sciences
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