**Why choose this course**
- Select modules tailored to your interests, with the option to specialise in either animal biology and ecology, cellular and molecular sciences, or infection and immunity.
- Access our £10 million Innovation for Health Learning Laboratory to acquire practical experience that is essential for a research career and valued by a wide range of employers.
- Gain industry experience through our Professional Training placements, where you can work in one of our partner laboratories across the world.
- Conduct fieldwork both on campus and further afield, with the opportunity to practise your scientific skills in a non-controlled environment.
- Join the 97% of our biosciences and medicine graduates who go on to employment or further study.*
**What you will study**
On this course, you’ll investigate biological structure and function at various levels, from molecules to cells, through to whole organisms, communities and ecosystems.
In your first year, you’ll study topics that are fundamental to biosciences, ensuring you have a solid foundation upon which to build the rest of your degree.
During your second year, you’ll have the option to specialise in either animal biology and ecology, cellular and molecular sciences, or infection and immunity. Alternatively, you can choose from a variety of broader modules including analytical biochemistry, cellular microbiology and neuroscience.
In your third year, you’ll further your knowledge of your chosen specialism or broader study by exploring topics such as advanced pharmacology, genetics, and the impact of humans on the environment. You’ll also complete a research project, bringing together all the practical, analytical, and presentation skills you’ve developed.
*Graduate Outcomes survey 2020, HESA
Course Details - Modules
To see the full range of modules for this course please visit our website – the link is under the Course contact details. You will also find full details of the programme, including programme structure, assessment methods, contact hours and Graduate prospects.
Course Details – Assessment Method
Assessment Methods are not listed for this Course.
Course Details – Professional Bodies
Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.
How to Apply
26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application Codes
Course code:
7C54
Institution code:
S85
Campus Name:
Stag Hill
Campus code:
Points of Entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
Year 1
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.
International applicants
Standard Qualification Requirements
Overall:
BBC
We do not include General Studies or Critical Thinking in our offers.
Required subjects:
Chemistry or Biology at grade B and a second science or Mathematics.
Applicants taking the Science Practical Endorsement are required to pass.
Overall:
BBBBB
Required subjects:
Chemistry or Biology and a second science or Mathematics.
GCSE or Equivalent:
Scottish National 5: English Language - C
Scottish National 5: Maths - C
Applicants must have achieved the Scottish national grades at the time of making their application.
Overall:
QAA recognised Access to Higher Education Diploma with 45 Level 3 credits overall including 21 at Distinction and 24 at Merit.
Required subjects:
This must include 15 credits in Chemistry or Biology and 15 credits in a second science or Mathematics.
Overall:
BBC
Required subjects:
Chemistry or Biology grade B and a second science or Mathematics.
GCSE or Equivalent:
Scottish National 5: English Language - C
Scottish National 5: Maths - C
Applicants must have achieved the Scottish national grades at the time of making their application.
Overall:
31
Required subjects:
HL5/SL6 in Chemistry or Biology and a second science or Mathematics.
GCSE or Equivalent:
English, HL4/SL4 (including MYP).
Maths, HL4/SL4 (including MYP).
Maths Studies, SL4.
Applicants must have achieved these grades at the time of making their application.
Overall:
DMM in Applied Science (please contact us if you are taking a different BTEC).
Overall:
Pass overall with BBC from the Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate and two A-levels. Applicants taking an A-level science subject with the Science Practical Endorsement are required to pass the practical element.
Required subjects:
Chemistry or Biology grade B and a second science or Mathematics.
Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course
Minimum Qualification Requirements
Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.
English language requirements
Test
Grade
AdditionalDetails
IELTS (Academic)
6.5
6.5 overall with 6.0 in Writing and 5.5 in each other element
View the other English language qualifications that we accept:
