Medical Sciences (Top-up degree) BSc

Our Medical Sciences degree provides a one year route to a full BSc for home and international students with an HND, FdSc, or equivalent qualification in bioscience. Covering key biomedical subjects from haematology to cancer biology, this degree enhances your learning through workshops, authentic assessments, and a short integrated placement.

Why choose this course?


• Enhance your qualifications by converting your HND, FdSc, or equivalent into a full BSc (Hons) in Medical Sciences in just one year



• Innovative and relevant assessments are designed to provide you with a diverse range of key employability skills and attributes



• A wide range of research project choices will enable you to develop key skills in hypothesis-driven study design, data collection and analysis



• Our comprehensive programme of academic and professional development workshops will support you in acquiring and reflecting on key employability skills aligned with your career goals



• Boost your employability with a qualification recognised and valued across the healthcare and life sciences sectors



Our Medical Science Top-up programme explores the key pathology disciplines of haematology, clinical biochemistry and medical immunology, as well as more specialist areas of clinical pathology including reproductive science and toxicology.

Optional modules allow you to broaden your understanding of biosciences, covering areas like host-microbe interactions, infectious disease control, molecular oncology, and emerging therapeutic strategies.

You’ll enhance your subject knowledge and develop advanced research skills by undertaking an authentic, hypothesis-driven research project. This includes designing and executing investigations, analysing results, and critically evaluating current scientific literature.

To support your transition to BSc level study, you’ll also complete a zero-credit 'Academic and Professional Development in Bioscience' module. This includes targeted workshops and tutorials focused on literature research, scientific communication, and academic integrity.

Throughout the year, you'll benefit from guest lectures, alumni career talks, and weekly research seminars delivered by world-leading researchers and educators working at the forefront of bioscience.

About Keele

Keele University was established in 1949 by the former Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University. Founded to meet the needs of a changing world, Keele has always had a pioneering vision to be a different kind of university.

We excel in both teaching and research, with some of the most satisfied students in England, and research that is changing lives for the better at a regional, national and global level.

Our beautiful 600-acre campus is one of the biggest in Britain – but all the most important services and facilities are on your doorstep, with accommodation, teaching spaces, facilities including a medical centre, sports centre and pharmacy, and a range of shops, eateries and entertainment venues – including the Students’ Union – clustered around the centre.

Career focused courses, a vibrant student community and a beautiful 600-acre campus – this is Keele.

Whether you’re a passionate natural scientist, or eager to explore law, business, humanities or social sciences, our innovative courses are designed with your future in mind. Many of our courses offer a placement opportunity – just one of our initiatives that prepare you for real-world success.

Recognised for outstanding student experience and teaching quality, we were ranked a Top 10 UK university for student satisfaction across 15 subjects (National Student Survey 2025, broad-based English universities) and achieved Double Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework (2017 and 2023).

Located in the Staffordshire countryside, but within easy reach of a bustling town, vibrant city and our noisy neighbours of Manchester and Birmingham, Keele truly offers the best of both worlds: a close-knit campus community and an exciting local area to explore.

We’d love to see you on campus soon.