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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.

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Improving human health is one of the most significant challenges of the 21st century, and the University of Greater Manchester'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.

Our dedicated and supportive team will introduce you to the principles of scientific investigation and a range of experimental techniques and equipment. We offer in-depth practical sessions in our high-spec teaching laboratories where you can gain experience using a wide variety of relevant biomedical instrumentation. In your final year, you'll have the opportunity to carry out a 10-week laboratory project under the guidance of our qualified academic staff. We'll also support you in gaining vital lifelong learning skills to prepare you to research new techniques and developments and apply your knowledge in new ways. As a graduate of this course, you'll be well prepared to keep abreast of innovations and enhancements in the biomedical sciences throughout your career.

As well as offering an in-depth education in human health, disease, and potential treatments, we'll promote the transferable and employability skills that employers demand. The course will support and challenge you to develop strong communication and problem-solving skills, quantitative and scientific reasoning, independence, confidence and resilience, and the ability to collaborate with others as part of a team. Overall, we aim to ensure you graduate with the skills and knowledge needed for a rewarding career in biomedical science, and related fields such as medical technology, biomedical technology, the pharmaceutical industry, and beyond.

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 local 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 Greater Manchester'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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This course is accredited by the Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS).

You'll explore the causes of disease and the methods and technologies used to treat and diagnose disease.

This course focuses on developing your practical skills and knowledge of research methods by giving you hands-on experience using equipment in our high-spec instrumentation laboratory.

Many of the areas you'll explore benefit from University staff research, so you'll have direct access to in-house expertise and the latest ideas and learning.

The placement year offers valuable experience in the workplace. This can be of great benefit to you in your final year of studies and will enhance your employment prospects after graduation.

At the honours level, you'll undertake a research project. This is your opportunity to conduct a significant piece of original, independent research, using all of the analytical, critical, practical and ICT skills you've gained throughout your studies. Our excellent facilities ensure that on-campus laboratory-based projects are available to all our biomedical science students.

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On successfully completing our BSc (Hons) in Biomedical Science with placement year, you'll be eligible to take the next steps towards registration as a professional biomedical scientist*.

We're based in the Queens Specialist Building, which offers modern teaching laboratories and classrooms, a high-spec instrumentation laboratory, a microscopy facility, a microbiology laboratory and a tissue engineering suite, all dedicated to undergraduate teaching.

Our anatomy and physiology classes take place in Bolton One. This facility contains large, spacious clinics for learning anatomy and a well-equipped physiology laboratory.

You'll have opportunities to explore medical biochemistry, molecular genetics, medical microbiology, clinical immunology, haematology, and transfusion science.

We prefer to keep lecture and practical classes relatively small so that you have plenty of opportunities to ask our friendly, supportive tutors for help and benefit from the ideas and support offered by your classmates. Our small class sizes also allow you to learn sophisticated laboratory procedures that would not be possible in larger groups.

By inviting experts in specialist areas of biology and biomedicine to give guest lectures and provide an overview of their research and professional experience, we aim to enhance your learning and help you make contacts in the industry.

You'll also have the chance to attend our annual careers event and be inspired by the career journeys of successful experts in the biomedical field.

We've consulted our contacts in the NHS and biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies about the design of this course to ensure that our graduates possess the knowledge and skills these industries need.

We offer a warm and friendly environment with relatively small class sizes, purpose-built teaching and laboratory facilities, and excellent student support and library services.

By choosing to study with us, you'll have the chance to enjoy Bolton's many shops, bars, restaurants and leisure facilities. Nearby Manchester is one of the UK's most multicultural and lively cities, and the Northwest of England is renowned for its beautiful countryside, coastline, and heritage.

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104 UCAS points.

We accept a full range of qualifications that carry UCAS points, including A-levels and BTECs. Please see our guide to the UCAS Tariff for examples of how to achieve these points. For most courses, we are also able to consider non-tariffable qualifications.

Your Level 3 subjects must include biology (or equivalent); for instance, A-level Biology or BTEC Extended Diploma in Applied Science.

You should also have five GCSEs at grade 4/C or above (or equivalent), including English, Mathematics and Science.

Please note that Health and Social Care is not usually acceptable as a biology-related subject.

You’ll be required to attend an interview and/or provide a portfolio of work.

If English isn't your first language, you'll need IELTS 7.0 with no less than 6.5 in any band (or equivalent) to meet the HCPC and IBMS's English language requirements. Please visit the HCPC's Certificate of English language proficiency web page for more information and details of the other English language tests they accept.

After enrolment, you'll need to meet further conditions to secure your placement. We'll discuss these with you during levels HE4 and HE5 of the course. Each organisation offering placements will have specific conditions you must meet before attending their placement. The exact requirements will vary depending on the nature of the organisation and placement. For example, the conditions for an NHS placement will include: (1) As the placement involves regulated activity, you'll need to get an Enhanced Disclosure certificate from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). (2) You'll be required to pass occupational health screening satisfactorily. (3) You'll need to demonstrate that you're of good health and good character before transfer and on an ongoing basis throughout your studies and career. This list is not exhaustive.

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this course description or a decision is taken to suspend a course between the offer of

admissions and enrolment, we will inform applicants at the earliest possible opportunity and

will outline the various options available to the applicant.

If you're interested in improving human health but seek an alternative to working directly with patients, the University of Greater Manchester's BSc (Hons) in Biomedical Science with placement year is ideal. Whether your motivation is to diagnose disease or develop new medicines, vaccines and treatments, this degree offers you an exciting combination of career-focused skills and knowledge. As well as exploring the human biology aspects of biomedical science, the course covers essential biotechnological principles and advancements relevant to the medical technology, biomedical technology and pharmaceutical job markets.

Understanding how to use laboratory equipment is crucial for careers in biomedical science and related fields, so this is an important focus of our BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science with placement year degree. As a graduate of our course, you’ll possess knowledge of a wide range of laboratory techniques and experience using high-specification instrumentation. Your practical expertise will be underpinned by your sound understanding of the theories and principles of anatomy, biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, immunology, microbiology, haematology and physiology. You'll have experience planning, conducting and evaluating experiments, complying with health and safety regulations, and researching and interpreting scientific literature.

In addition to academic and scientific knowledge, this degree offers you the opportunity to develop an impressive range of employability skills. We'll support and challenge you to develop skills in analysis and problem-solving, data analysis, evaluation and interpretation, IT, numeracy and statistics, oral and written communication, project management, teamwork, organisation and time management. These abilities are highly valued in the industry and transferrable to a wide range of areas beyond biomedical science.

As a graduate of this BSc degree, you'll be able to define your pathway to a rewarding career in biomedical science and be qualified to pursue exciting opportunities in research and academia if you wish.

What can I do with this qualification?

You're likely to wish to pursue registration as a biomedical scientist to work in NHS clinical pathology laboratories. This BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science with placement year course is accredited by the Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS). This degree is designed to meet the academic components required for registration as a biomedical scientist by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). Once you graduate from an IBMS-accredited degree, you'll need to undertake a period of clinical laboratory training in an IBMS-approved laboratory and complete the IBMS Registration Training Portfolio (unless you've already completed this during your placement year). Should you be successful in this, the IBMS will then issue you an IBMS Certificate of Competence to show you're eligible to apply to the HCPC for registration as a biomedical scientist. Alternatively, if your degree is not IBMS accredited, you can ask the IBMS to assess your degree, where they will identify any educational shortfall. You'll then be able to apply to universities that offer IBMS-approved degrees to study additional modules to fulfil the academic requirements for HCPC registration before you seek the clinical laboratory training described above.

As a graduate of our BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science with placement year degree, you'll possess a highly transferable skill set adaptable to a vast range of careers and work environments in the public, private and third sectors. Your in-depth knowledge of human biology and laboratory techniques will support you in seeking work immediately as a clinical trials assistant, healthcare technical officer, medical laboratory assistant, laboratory technician, or research assistant. You'll be well placed to apply for roles in medical and veterinary research laboratories, perhaps developing novel therapeutic strategies or diagnostic tests. You might also seek work in research and development, quality assurance and sales in the food and drink, pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Biomedical science graduates may also help develop health policy in government departments, become science writers and editors for publishing companies or the specialist press or work in crime scene investigation for the police.

Alternatively, you may use your degree as a springboard to higher-level study in medicine or postgraduate qualifications. If you're attracted to a career in medicine, you may be interested in becoming a physician associate (PA). Physician associates work under the direct supervision of a doctor and carry out many similar tasks, including patient examination, diagnosis and treatment. The University of Greater Manchester's MSc Physician Associate Studies course is open to BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science with placement year graduates who achieve at least a lower second class (2.2) honours degree and takes only two years to complete. A wide range of other postgraduate options will also be open to you, including teaching, social work, graduate entry law, accountancy, physiotherapy and genetic counselling, to name a few.

Alternative career options

Graduates can also use the qualification as a stepping-stone into various other careers, bearing in mind that these roles may require relevant experience and/or postgraduate study. Some possibilities include:

Teaching and education

Medical administration

Health service management

Science writing

Health promotion

Research and development

Medical sales

Intellectual property

Financial analysis

Genetics

Health education

Public relations

The University of Greater Manchester's BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science with placement year degree is accredited by the Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS). The course is designed to meet the academic components required for registration as a biomedical scientist by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). The curriculum offers a wide-ranging, research-informed scientific education and develops practical skills and experience that employers value.

Funding your studies: From January 2027, eligible students may be able to use the new Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE) to access tuition fee loan funding for this course. The LLE is designed to make student finance more flexible and support people to study, retrain or develop their skills at different stages of life. Find out more about the LLE and eligibility Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE) | Skills for Careers

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Acceptable English Language Tests – Undergraduate and Postgraduate

These tests must have been taken within 2 years of the start of the course

IELTS Academic (taken within 2 years)

Undergraduate programmes 6.0 with no band below 5.5

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Must meet the following component scores:

Reading – 18

Writing – 17

Listening – 17

Speaking - 20

Reading – 20

Writing – 19

Listening – 19

Speaking 21

Reading – 24

Writing – 24

Listening – 22

Speaking 25

Other qualifications we currently accept (which do not require an additional SELT)

GCSE in English Language (from a UK awarding body)

Irish Leaving Certificate Ordinary Level English

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Grade B/B3 (37 points)

Irish Leaving Certificate Higher Level English

Grade C/C2 (66 points)

IGCSE English as a First language

(for syllabus 0500 Listening and Speaking must be separately endorsed on the certificate)

IGCSE English as a Second language

(for syllabus 0510 Speaking must be separately endorsed on the certificate)

Cambridge Advanced English

170 points with no component below 160

180 points with no component below 170

185 points with no component below 180

International Baccalaureate (IB)

Standard or Higher Level English Language (Syllabus A)

Standard or Higher Level English Language (Syllabus B)

European Baccalaureate English Language

Grade 70%

Grade 80%

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Bulgaria

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Apolyterion at 15

Czech Republic

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Apolyterion at grade 15

Erettsegi at grade 4

Diploma di Esame di Stato at grade 8/80%

Atestats Par Visparejo Videjo Izglitib at grade 8

Lithuania

Brandos Atestatas at grade 8

Matriculation Certificate at grade C

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Netherlands

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Vitnemal-Videregaende Opplaering at grade 4

Swiadectwo Dojrzalosci / Matura at grade 70%

Portugal

Diploma de Ensino Secundario at grade 14

Diploma de Bacalaureat (English with all components at B2)

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Slovenia

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Switzerland

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Aтестат про повну загальну середню освіту at grade 10

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Must be obtained no more than 4 years before the proposed start date of the course

General Certificate of Secondary Education

Grade C in English

Botswana

General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level

Grade C/4 in English

Cambridge O Level

Grade C6 in English

Cameroon

GCE O level

Hong Kong

Grade C in English (Syllabus B)

Grade 4 in English

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education

Malaysia

Malaysian 1119

Grade 6C in English - IELTS 6.0

Singapore

Singapore Cambridge O Level

South Africa

South Africa National Senior Certificate

Grade 5 in English

Tanzania

Certificate of Secondary Education

Certificate of Education

Zambia School Certificate

Grade 6 in English

Zimbabwe

Caribbean Examination Council

General proficiency Grade III in English

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Teaching & Assessment

Face-to-face contact with our expert team is highly interactive, and we pride ourselves on offering personalised support and attention. Our strong preference for small group teaching means your tutors quickly get to know you as an individual. This ensures we can respond to your questions, identify your learning style and support your learning more effectively.

We use a wide variety of teaching and learning methods to help you achieve your potential. Lectures introduce course content, while seminars are a valuable way to explore subjects in greater detail. Tutorials allow you to ask questions about the topics we cover and discuss your learning approaches and strategies for success. Practical laboratory sessions help you learn to apply academic theory to scientific problems and develop practical skills in research methods and scientific techniques. Mini-research projects embedded in practical classes encourage your curiosity and help build your critical thinking skills. Also, guided computer-based workshops help you gain the data analysis skills and knowledge you'll need for your final year research project and develop crucial skills in bioinformatics. Overall, we take a blended learning approach, combining face-to-face sessions with online work as appropriate.

Self-directed and independent study is essential if you want to reach your potential in this hugely rewarding and constantly evolving subject. We'll expect you to devote significant time to activities such as background reading, preparing for seminars and assignments, writing essays and revising for exams.

While you're away from the University on your placement, our academic team will contact you during the year to check that everything is going well.

Summative assessments contribute to your final module marks and include in-class tests, essays, seminar presentations, laboratory reports, independent project work, and exams. These assessments are your chance to confirm your knowledge and understanding and demonstrate your critical and evaluation skills.

Meanwhile, you'll benefit from ongoing formative assessments throughout your degree. These don't contribute to module marks or final grades but focus on supporting your progress, helping you build on your strengths and overcome challenges. They're also an excellent way to help you identify and pursue the independent learning strategies that best suit your needs and preferences.

The modules listed below may be a mixture of compulsory and optional. You may not have

the opportunity to study all the modules shown as part of the course.

Investigating Science and Personal Development

Introduction to Biochemistry

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Anatomy and Physiology

Introduction to Biomedical Science

Cellular Pathology

Preparation for Placement

Biomedical Science Placement

Research Science in Practice

Molecular Genetics

Medical Biochemistry

Medical Microbiology

Professional Practice

Blood Science

Clinical Immunology

Biological Basis of Disease and Therapeutics

Assessment methods

Assessment method

Coursework 58%

Practical exams 15%

Written exams 27%

Coursework 63%

Practical exams 13%

Written exams 25%

Practical exams 17%

Learning Activities

Activity

Guided independent study 66%

Scheduled learning and teaching activities 34%

Guided independent study 47%

Placement/study abroad 33%

Scheduled learning and teaching activities 20%

Guided independent study 77%

Scheduled learning and teaching activities 23%

The university will use all reasonable endeavours to deliver

your course as described in its published material and the programme specification for the

academic year in which you begin your course. The university considers changes to courses

very carefully and the university will minimise any changes. Please be aware that our

courses are subject to review on an ongoing basis and changes may be necessary due to

legitimate staffing, financial, regulatory and academic reasons. The content of course

modules and mode of associated assessments may be updated on an annual basis. This is to

ensure that all modules are up-to-date and responsive to employment and sector needs. The

published course material and the programme specification contain indicative ‘optional

modules’ that may be subject to change due to circumstances outside of our control. For this

reason, we cannot guarantee to run any specific optional module.

Related Courses

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BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science Full-time

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science with foundation year Full-time

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science with foundation and Placement year Full-time

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science with foundation year Part-time

78 Months

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science Part-time

54 Months

Postgraduate Options

MSc Physiotherapy (Pre-registration) Full-time

24 Months

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Programme Leader

A.Baldwin@greatermanchester.ac.uk

Enquiry Team

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Biomedical Science and Medical Biology

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Disclaimer: The “Greater Manchester Way” represents our preferred teaching and learning approach; however, not all courses follow a block-teaching model. While course structures and delivery patterns may vary to meet Professional, Statutory and Regulatory Body (PSRB) requirements, all courses benefit from the GM Way approach to curriculum design and assessment. Applicants and students should refer to individual course specifications for the most accurate and up-to-date information.

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The “Greater Manchester Way” represents our preferred teaching and learning approach; however, not all courses follow a block-teaching model. While course structures and delivery patterns may vary to meet Professional, Statutory and Regulatory Body (PSRB) requirements, all courses benefit from the GM Way approach to curriculum design and assessment. Applicants and students should refer to individual course specifications for the most accurate and up-to-date information.

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