Medical Science BSc (Hons)

Train to work at the forefront of modern medicine with our BSc Medical Science course.<br/><br/>Focus on the science that underpins medicine, and how medical science can lead to new ways of diagnosing and treating disease. This course covers topics such as biomedical laboratory research and frontline clinical care in order to improve patients’ lives.<br/><br/>Led by the School of Biological Sciences and the School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy, your learning is enhanced by:<br/><br/>**industry-specific training**. Designed in partnership with our local NHS partners to respond to career needs within the NHS, our course offers you the most relevant, practical content.<br/><br/>**teaching from medical experts.** You will be taught by academics whose research is aimed at understanding disease mechanisms, improving diagnoses, developing new therapies and advancing clinical practice. Everyone who teaches you has on-the-ground experience.<br/><br/>**practical experience.** Options to complete multiple small placements in primary and secondary healthcare settings, or healthcare industry, are built into your degree timetable. Ideal to show understanding and experience when applying for graduate medicine programmes.<br/><br/>Graduate well prepared to work in the NHS or a variety of other healthcare settings. Tailored pathway options allow you to specialise in topical, cutting edge areas of medical science:<br/>**Diseases pathway:** explore the genetic and physiological basis of major diseases and disorders and study how gene-environment interaction underpins disease.<br/>**Medical Devices pathway:** learn how modern technology is used to address previously insurmountable medical challenges.<br/>**Clinical and Medical Sciences pathway**: investigate the complex causes of major diseases and global epidemics, and study the multidisciplinary approach to their containment, treatment and prevention. <br/><br/>**For more information, please visit the programme page:** https://www.reading.ac.uk/ready-to-study/study/subject-area/medical-sciences-ug/bsc-medical-science-

There are so many reasons to choose the University of Reading in Clearing this year. Join a diverse and supportive community where lecturers will inspire you with their discoveries and guide you in making your own. Reading’s award-winning parkland campus offers the spaces and places you need to make the most of your studies and student life.<br/><br/>The University of Reading is a research-intensive university. It works with governments, international agencies, businesses, and charities to tackle some of the biggest problems facing the world today, such as climate change, heart disease, and international conflict.<br/><br/>Named The Sustainable University of The Year, 2025, this year Reading launched one of the UK's largest ever undergraduate scholarship schemes, designed to develop future Global Sustainability Leaders Scholarships. The scholarship offers £6000 per year (for up to 4 years of study) towards living expenses and will be available to apply to, for those entering Clearing and who meet the scheme's criteria. With over 150 clubs and societies, Reading knows how important life is beyond your studies too and with the student union in the heart of the campus, there's little doubt making the University of Reading your first call in Clearing will be one of the best decisions you ever made.