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Qualification
Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
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Location
City South Campus, Edgbaston
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
19-SEP-22
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Duration
3 Years
Course summary
Do you want a career in biomedical sciences? Our practice-led degree offers a unique insight into human life processes, as well as disease and health within the population. You’ll develop a range of practical and analytical skills, with the opportunity to put them into practice during an optional sandwich year work placement. This course is based at our recently extended state-of-the-art £71 million campus in Edgbaston, Birmingham.Throughout this course you will acquire important practical and scientific skills whilst being taught in our new state-of-the-art life sciences laboratories. You will have the opportunity to take an optional sandwich-year placement in an industrial, clinical or research setting between years 2 and 3 of this course. In the final year you will undertake an independent Research Project where you will execute your own experiments under supervision. Graduates may go on to a range of careers directly or after further post-graduate training and study. These careers include medical laboratory assistants, trainee biomedical scientists, physician associates, clinical trials for drug companies, research assistants and research technicians, marketing assistants and medical and scientific representatives.
Application deadline
26 January
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A level : BBC
Must include A Level Psychology or Science grade B or above Excluding General Studies, Critical Thinking and Extended ProjectA maximum of 3 subjects are considered. These can be other A-levels or Level 3 equivalents
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