Our new Biomedical Science curriculum
From September 2021, our Biomedical Science programmes will give you increased flexibility. This will allow you to study optional modules to complement your core learning, with the opportunity to investigate a different area of biology that you’d like to learn more about.
Over the last year we’ve been working hard to enhance our Biomedical Science courses to give our students the freedom to explore topics from across the full breadth of bioscience as part of their degree.
From September 2021, our Biomedical Science programmes will give you increased flexibility in what you can choose to study.
What does this mean for you?
- Nothing’s been taken away. You’ll still have all the exciting opportunities available to you that we told you about previously, from learning through full body cadaveric dissection, to working with our world-leading academics on your own research projects.
- We’ve expanded the range of optional modules available to you which are informed by our latest research, giving you greater choice across the breadth of bioscience.
- You can choose to focus solely on biomedical science, or study complementary topics from across the biosciences alongside this, such as genetics, microbiology, evolution or biochemistry. We’ll support you to tailor your degree to your interests and career goals.
From the start of your degree you’ll study a range of Biomedical Science modules. To complement this core learning, you’ll also have the opportunity to study optional modules from areas of biology that you’d like to learn more about, including biodiversity and climate change or the molecular biosciences. All these modules are underpinned by the latest research discoveries and throughout your course, you’ll learn from top scientists who are working on global challenges such as tissue regeneration, cancer, embryonic development, drug discovery, antibiotic resistance, and even frontline research into COVID-19.
The new course structure will make it even easier to tailor your degree to match your interests. Whether you decide that you wish to remain focused on Biomedical Science, or you are attracted by a different career, the degree will provide the training you need.
Dr Mark Bass
Director of Recruitment, Biomedical Science
Skills training has always been at the heart of our courses. Our programmes now include an enhanced skills module so from your very first week you’ll begin to learn the core practical laboratory skills that you’ll use throughout your time at Sheffield and beyond. We’ll also help you to develop the key transferable skills like data visualisation and writing that make our graduates attractive to employers.
We’ll give you plenty of opportunities to apply your new skills and knowledge too. You’ll be in the lab completing in-depth practicals, learning about the human body through cadaveric dissection, and even sharing your own knowledge and benefiting from others' expertise through peer assisted study sessions. As you progress through your degree you’ll be able to specialise in key areas such as Stem Cells and Cancer, Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology; and Developmental and Cell Biology.
Find out more about our new course structure
Dr Mark Bass, Director of Recruitment for Biomedical Science said, "The highest priority of the coordinators of the Biomedical Science degree is that our graduates should be equipped for successful careers in the area that interests them most. One third of our students continue with further education, such as a PhD or postgraduate medicine, one third go directly into the NHS or bioscience industry, but the final third go into alternative careers such as marketing or government.
“The new course structure will make it even easier to tailor your degree to match your interests. Whether you decide that you wish to remain focused on Biomedical Science, or you are attracted by a different career, the degree will provide the training you need. Critically, these are choices that you can make as you go along so you can discuss your aims and choices with your tutor and do not have to commit to a final destination when you start."
If you have any questions about our new course structure or any other queries about what it’s like to study at Sheffield, you can email us at bmsadmissions@sheffield.ac.uk.