Biomedical Science with placement year
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Your Level 3 subjects must include biology (or equivalent); for instance, A-level Biology or BTEC Extended Diploma in Applied Science.
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About this course
Our IBMS-accredited BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science with placement year degree offers a comprehensive understanding of human biology from a medical perspective. You'll explore the causes of disease and the methods and technologies used to diagnose and treat disease. Our expert team will support you in gaining the understanding, knowledge, and skills that underpin careers in various professions, such as working in hospitals and commercial laboratories, biomedical research, and postgraduate study.
Improving human health is one of the most significant challenges of the 21st century, and the University of Bolton's career-oriented BSc (Hons) in Biomedical Science with placement year, which is accredited by the IBMS, is an ideal preparation for laboratory-focused work in healthcare, research, and industrial settings.
On successfully completing our BSc (Hons) in Biomedical Science with placement year, a range of options will be open to you. If you secured an NHS laboratory placement in an IBMS-approved training laboratory, you may be ready to apply for professional registration as a biomedical scientist^. If your placement was in a different setting, you'll be ready to gain professional experience in a hospital pathology laboratory and take the next steps towards registration as a professional biomedical scientist^. Alternatively, you could seek work in commercial and industrial laboratories or use your knowledge of human biology and disease as the basis for postgraduate and doctoral-level studies for a career in biomedical research.
Throughout this degree, our expert team will support you in developing the firm understanding and practical know-how vital to your future career in biomedical science. We'll focus on equipping you with hands-on laboratory and practical experience teamed with an invaluable grounding in scientific theory. Our academics will lead you in an exploration of human biology from a medical perspective, investigating the causes of illness and the established and cutting-edge methods and technologies used to treat disease. We'll cover anatomy, biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, immunology, microbiology, haematology, transfusion science and physiology, supporting you in building an integrated understanding of human biology and the life sciences more generally.
The University will offer lots of support to help you find a placement with a relevant organisation in preparation for your placement year (the placement takes place between the second and final years of your course). Through our relationships with the NHS and other relevant employers, we'll share placement adverts as they become available, and you can also seek your own placement. Our placement team will help with applications and interview skills. Your placement does not have to be in the Bolton area – it could be elsewhere in the UK. Completing a placement year will give you invaluable skills and experience that will help you in your final year of study with us and boost your CV to help you find an enhanced career afterwards. Placements are limited by the capacity of placement providers, and their selection process is competitive. If you're unsuccessful in securing a placement, you'll be able to transfer directly to the final year of study and complete your degree in three years.
^The University of Bolton's BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science with placement year is designed to meet the academic components required for registration as a biomedical scientist by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), and the course is accredited by the Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS). For information about training and registering as a biomedical scientist, please visit the IBMS careers web page at https://careers.ibms.org/graduates/.
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Clinical and Biomedical Sciences
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