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The first two semesters of our programme and subsequent core modules are designed to give students a core knowledge and understanding of biomedical sciences. The rest of the programme aims to develop students’ knowledge of the breadth and scope of biomedical sciences, with exciting modules in cutting-edge areas, and an in-depth knowledge of research skills.

Stage 1

You're introduced to biomolecular sciences through a series of modules.

These modules will be active for those students starting the programme in September 2026.

Compulsory modules Credits
Molecules of Life 20
Infectious Threats: past, present and future 20
Core Skills in Biosciences 20
Core Concepts in Biosciences 20
Therapeutic Mechanisms 20
Cells to Systems 20

These modules will be active for those students starting the programme in September 2026.

Compulsory modules Credits
Skills for Bioscientists: Techniques, Tools, and Applications 20
Genomics and Gene expression in Disease 20
Anatomy and Cellular Systems 20

You'll take one optional module from each of the following lists.

List 1A:

Optional modules Credits
Control of Physiological Systems 20
Factors affecting Pharmacokinetics and Drug Disposition 20
Neuroscience: Essentials and Beyond 20
Microbial Mechanisms of Human Pathogenesis 20
Proteins: Structure, Function and Biochemistry 20

List 2A:

Optional modules Credits
Chromosome Biology in Development and Disease 20
Bacterial Cell and Molecular Biology 20
Human Reproduction and Fertility 20
Introduction to Population and Public Health 20
Mitochondrial Biology and Function 20
Sensory Motor, and Cognitive Neuroscience 20
Principles of Cancer 20
Biochemistry of Gene Expression 20

List 2B:

Optional modules Credits
Bioinformatics for Biosciences 20
Cell Signalling in Health and Disease 20
Immunology of Health and Disease 20
Microbial Genomics and Genome Mining 20
Nature's Tinkerer: Mechanisms of Evolutionary Change 20
Protein Trafficking: Mechanisms and Roles in Disease 20
Business Enterprise for Bioscientists 20
Respiration and Digestion: Global challenges in Health and Disease 20

You will undertake an extended individual research project which begins in the final semester of Stage 3 and continues throughout your final year. Alongside this you will have an extensive choice of optional modules to help you tailor your degree to your interests.

These modules will be active for those students starting the programme in September 2026.

Compulsory modules Credits
Becoming a Bioscientist: Skills for Research and Beyond 20
Research Project for Stage 3 MSci 40

You take one optional module from each of the following lists:

List A:

Optional modules Credits
Rare diseases genetic variants to physiological function and therapies 20
Microbiota and Pathogens in Fundamental Research and the Clinic 20
In vivo Research 20
Neurodegenerative and Neurological Disorders of the Nervous System 20
Evolutionary Genomics in Fundamental Research and the Clinic 20
The Application of Bioinformatics Techniques to Biomedical Data 20
The Science of Ageing: From Biological Mechanisms to Societal Impact 20
Therapeutic Applications of Cell Signalling 20
Applied Technologies for Biosciences 20

List B:

Optional modules Credits
Biomedical Engineering & Biotechnology 20
Cancer Biology and Therapy 20
Antimicrobials – Mode of action, Discovery, and Resistance 20
Clinical Movement, Balance and Mobility Analysis 20
Bioethics and the Biosciences 20
Molecular Pathology 20
Molecular Oncology and Cancer Therapeutics 20
Neuropharmacology 20
Cardiovascular development and disease 20
Biochemistry of Disease 20

List C:

Optional modules Credits
Advanced Research Topics in Neuroscience 20
Human Disease Genetics 20
Mitochondrial dysfunction: A driver of rare and common disease 20
Omics and AI for emerging and future biomedicine 20
Patterns and Determinants of Disease in Human Populations 20
Precision Medicine, Genomics and Informatics 20
Translational Bioscience Research 20
Applied Biochemistry for Drug Discovery 20

You will undertake an extended individual research project which begins in the final semester of Stage 3 and continues throughout your final year. Alongside this you will have an extensive choice of optional modules to help you tailor your degree to your interests.

These modules will be active for those students starting the programme in September 2026.

Compulsory modules Credits
Research Project 80

You choose two optional modules from the list below:

Optional modules Credits
The Biological Study of Behaviour 20
Ageing & Health 20
Experimental Medicine & Therapeutics 20
Drug Discovery & Development 20
Cancer Studies 20
Chromosome Biology and Cell Cycle Control in Health and Disease 20
Clinical Epidemiology 20
The Biological Basis of Psychiatric Illness & its Treatment 20
Biology of Ageing 20
Applied Immunobiology of Human Disease 20
Molecular Microbiology 20
Biomolecular Research in Health and Disease 20
Sensory Systems 20
Scientific Basis of Neurological Disorders 20
Regenerative Medicine & Stem Cells 20
Transplantation Sciences 20
Genetic Medicine 20
Mitochondrial Biology and Medicine 20
Diabetes 20
Cardiovascular Science in Health and Disease 20
Bioscience Research Development and Enterprise 20
Comparative Cognition: Information Processing in Humans and Other Animals 20
Exercise in Health and Disease 20
Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine 20
Human Health and the Impact of Microbial Genomics 20
Therapeutic Applications of Cell Signalling Pathways 20
Bioinformatics for Biomedical Scientists 20
Mechanisms in Genetic Disease: from Genotype to Phenotype 20