**Designed for students who want to pursue a career in industrial or academic research, this course involves a major research project in your fourth year. The first three years of your course have the same structure as the BSc.**
**Contribute to our understanding of the human body and our ability to control it during health and disease, and become part of the future of clinical medicine. Gain invaluable research experience in your final year working alongside world-leading academics.**
Studying biomedical science at the University of Sheffield is a deep dive into h...
**Designed for students who want to pursue a career in industrial or academic research, this course involves a major research project in your fourth year. The first three years of your course have the same structure as the BSc.**<br/><br/>**Contribute to our understanding of the human body and our ability to control it during health and disease, and become part of the future of clinical medicine. Gain invaluable research experience in your final year working alongside world-leading academics.**<br/><br/>Studying biomedical science at the University of Sheffield is a deep dive into human physiology and pharmacology, molecular and cell biology. Our four-year masters degree gives you an opportunity to focus on a major research project that builds on the broad and vibrant spectrum of modules you’ve studied in your first three years.<br/><br/>From your first year you’ll study a range of biomedical science modules, with the freedom to explore optional topics from across the whole of bioscience. You’ll study the basis of genetic diseases, the physiology of ageing and take on challenges like how to tackle antimicrobial resistance.<br/><br/>At Sheffield, you’ll be encouraged to be creative, think independently, and express your ideas. In addition to completing in-depth lab practicals, you will have opportunities to study human anatomy alongside our medics, work with the National Health Service to diagnose cancer samples, interface with patients directly, or develop IT solutions to handling clinical data.<br/><br/>As you progress through your degree, you’ll have the option to specialise in key areas such as stem cells and cancer, neuroscience, physiology and pharmacology, and developmental and cell biology. Whichever path you chose, you will have opportunities to work with research labs and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals to carry your specialism through to research and clinical practice.<br/><br/>Your final year is devoted to a major research project in the lab or in the field. You’ll work alongside our world-leading academics and explore a topic of your choosing in depth.<br/><br/>**Why study this course?**<br/>- **Four year course** - finish with a masters degree, with your fourth year focused on a major research project of your choosing.<br/><br/><br/>- **4th in the UK for research quality** - the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 rated 98% of research and impact from the School of Biosciences as world-leading or internationally excellent.<br/><br/><br/>- **Make the course your own** - you have the freedom to focus on a specific area such as neuroscience or stem cells and cancer, or cover the full range of human biology.<br/><br/><br/>- **Human anatomy** - we train our biomedical science students the same way we train our medics, using the best training methods from around the world.<br/><br/><br/>- **State-of-the-art facilities** - including multi-million pound microscopy equipment, and facilities for genomics, proteomics and metabolomics research.<br/>
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Course Details
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Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
4 Years
Start Date
29/09/2025
Campus
Main Site
Application deadline
Provider Details
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Course Code
B909
Institution Code
S18
Points of Entry
Year 1
UCAS TariffNot Accepted Access to HE DiplomaD:39,M:6,P:0 Award of Access to HE Diploma in Science, with 45 credits at Level 3, including 39 at Distinction (all in science units*), and 6 at Merit (*science units can include Biology, Chemistry, Maths and Physics) International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme36 with 6 in two Higher Level science subjects (science subjects include Biology, Chemistry, Maths, Physics, Psychology or Geography) Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)D*DD D*DD in Applied Science (Basic, Biomedical Science, or Analytical & Forensic Science streams only), or Health and Social Care. Additional module requirements also apply. Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)H2,H2,H2,H2,H2,H2 including two science subjects (science subjects include Biology, Chemistry, Maths, or Physics) GCSE/National 4/National 5GCSE Maths and English grade 4/C Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)DD in Applied Science + A at A Level Scottish Advanced HigherA,A in two science subjects + AAABB in Scottish Highers (science subjects include Biology/Human Biology, Chemistry, Maths, Physics, Psychology or Geography / Biology and Human Biology are not accepted in combination as the two sciences) Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (first teaching September 2015)A + AA in two science subjects at A Level (science subjects include Biology/Human Biology, Chemistry, Maths, Further Maths, Physics, Psychology or Geography / neither Biology and Human Biology, nor Maths and Further Maths are accepted in combination as the two sciences) A levelA,A,A including two science subjects (science subjects include Biology/Human Biology, Chemistry, Maths, Further Maths, Physics, Psychology or Geography / neither Biology and Human Biology, nor Maths and Further Maths are accepted in combination as the two sciences) T LevelNot Accepted |
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