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This is biomedical sciences

tackling illness with science and technology

Learn to diagnose and treat diseases with our Biomedical Sciences courses.

You’ll discover NHS treatment techniques alongside experimental technologies to diagnose, monitor and treat disease. Explore human health and the causes of major global diseases.

Why Bradford? You’ll benefit from our longstanding expertise as the first UK university to offer Biomedical Science as an undergraduate degree. All our Biomedical Sciences courses are accredited by the Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS).

You’ll spend 50 weeks learning from science and health professionals on NHS lab placements. On graduation, your skills will be highly desired by employers including hospitals, medical research companies, universities and research institutes.

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Courses in this subject

We have 2 courses in this area.

You get to learn how your body works on a molecular level and see how disease affects your natural body processes, how everything fits in together so nicely and works in harmony.

Viktorija, BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science

Our facilities

Our Microbiology Lab is home to research which focuses on understanding how bacterial pathogens cause disease, and investigating the way in which colonisation of people and surfaces can be reduced.

Meet our students and alumni

I hope to inspire the next generation of scientists and make students aware of the variety of career options that a biosciences degree offers. There are a large number of lab-based careers such as in NHS and public health labs, research and development, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, and food and water industries.

Dr Mark Sutherland, Assistant Professor, BSc Biomedical Science graduate

Where Biomedical Sciences can take you

Graduates have options to continue in education or research, or pursue a career in specialist healthcare science sectors. Some roles our recent graduates have taken include:

  • biomedical scientist
  • clinical trials assistant 
  • healthcare technical officer
  • medical lab assistant
  • laboratory technician
  • teacher
  • research assistant 
  • micro analyst
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