Medical Physiology BSc (Hons)

The human body works through complex interactions between molecules, cells and systems. Whilst allowing maintenance of diverse functions in health, even subtle changes can result in disease. Understanding how these systems operate provides the opportunity to target disease.At the University of Leicester, we offer four Medical Science degree programmes alongside seven Biological Sciences degrees. You can apply for the degree in Medical Physiology or any of the other three specialist Medical Science degrees listed below. All courses are also available as four-year MBiolSci degrees.Whichever degree programme you choose, your first year will be the same, which gives you the flexibility to change your programme should your interests develop in a different direction to your original choice. In the second and third years you will have a choice of modules from across the Biological Sciences portfolio and specialist Medical Sciences modules that will steer you towards your degree of choice.All of our Medical Sciences degrees include the option to change your programme, particularly in Year 1.The other available specialisms are:Medical Biochemistry Medical Genetics Medical MicrobiologyOur four Medical Sciences degrees allow selection of specialist modules that focus more closely on the application of biological principles to medicine. Our seven Biological Sciences degree programmes cover major aspects of biology and molecular sciences across a wide range of organisms from bacteria and fungi to humans and plants.There is the possibility of transferring across from our Medical Sciences degrees to our Biological Sciences degrees within the first semester of Year 1.