BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science drafted

Program Overview

Our dual Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS) and Royal Society of Biology (RSB) accredited Biomedical Science degree focuses on current clinical practice. It has been designed to provide you with the necessary academic requirements to allow you apply to become a registered Biomedical Scientist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). It covers a range of disciplines including microbiology, physiology and immunology, as well as common aspects of medicine and care, such as blood transfusions; and explores the impact on the human body of things like exercise, temperature, and disease.During your time on the course you could get to:- Undertake liver function tests- Learn how to set up and read an ECG- Determine your own blood group- Undertake research to explore new clinical treatments- Practice key techniques used in pathology laboratories like preparing and staining tissue samples, and examining serum samples.By studying at Aston, you’ll have the opportunity to gain invaluable real-world experience in the NHS or industry through an optional placement year: giving you the platform for a career that saves and transforms lives.Designed to make you stand out in the graduate crowd, you could undertake a placement in a hospital, industrial or research laboratory, or in a non-laboratory setting. Our students have completed placements in clinical trial companies, research institutes, pharmaceutical companies, medical sales, biotechnology companies and NHS organisations.Key course benefits:- Dual accredited by the Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS) and the Royal Society of Biology (RSB).- Our optional placement year offers you the opportunity to gain valuable experience and set your studies in the context of a working environment, designed to boost your future employment prospects.- Top 20 in the UK for satisfaction with teaching (Biosciences, Guardian University Guide, 2020).- Top 25 in the UK overall (Biological Sciences, Time/Sunday Times Good University Guide, 2021)- 92% of BSc Biomedical Science students were satisfied with their course (National Student Survey, 2020).- Top 35 in the UK for Biosciences graduate salaries three years after graduation (Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) data, 2020).