University of Suffolk

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science

University of SuffolkIpswich, United Kingdom

Course overview

Biomedical science is a dynamic and rapidly evolving scientific discipline aimed at improving our understanding of human health and disease. | The course has a strong practical focus and it will provide you with a wide range of practical and analytical skills relevant to a career in biomedical science and wider. Our aim is 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. | This course utilises a multidisciplinary approach in order to provide you with knowledge of workings of human body at molecular, cellular, organ and systems level, in health and disease. It covers the key aspects and principles of biochemistry, molecular biology, immunology, physiology and pathophysiology, histology and haematology.

Key highlights

  • Strong practical focus building wide-ranging practical and analytical skills
  • Designed to produce employment-ready graduates with transferable skills
  • Multidisciplinary study of the body from molecular to systems level
  • Covers biochemistry, molecular biology, immunology and physiology
  • Includes pathophysiology, histology and haematology

Entry requirements

  • A-level: BBC — A-Level: BBC
  • BTEC: DMM — BTEC: DMM
  • T-level: Merit — T Level: Merit
  • GCSE: C/4 or above — to include English, Mathematics, Science

Scholarships

  • International Merit Scholarship

    The awards are £1,000 - £3,000 based on your academic achievements and level of study.

    Up to £1,000
  • Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence in Health Scholarship

    We will be awarding fifty (50) Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence in Health Scholarships of £4,000 value each in the 2025/26 academic year.

    Up to £4,000

Careers this course leads to

  • Biomedical scientist
  • Clinical laboratory technician
  • Research assistant
  • Haematology laboratory scientist
  • Immunology laboratory technician

Cost of study

UK/Home: £10,050 | International: £16,500

Admission

Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to University of Suffolk, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.

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