Biomedical Science (including a Foundation Year)

This IBMS-accredited course enables you to gain an in-depth understanding of human health and disease, in addition to developing the essential laboratory skills needed to become an employable Biomedical Scientist within the NHS, or researcher within academia, industry or the healthcare sector.

Our course is taught by enthusiastic academic and professional staff who will provide continuous support throughout your studies at Chester Medical School; they are research active and continually strive to promote research within all areas of biomedical science. Our lecturers have published research findings and discussed their work at national and international conferences, and you will have the opportunity to join a research team to undertake your dissertation in the final year. With strong links with local hospitals and NHS pathology labs, the course will further develop your understanding of the profession and prepare you for a number of careers in and out of science, such as research into disease mechanisms and cell biology, or medical writing.

Foundation Year courses have been designed for students who do not have the necessary academic qualifications needed to enter directly into the first year of a degree but who have the ability and commitment to do so. Once the Foundation Year has been completed successfully, you can then go on to complete your degree.

For the latest example of curriculum availability on this degree programme please refer to the University of Chester's Website.

Learning is assessed by a balanced combination of examinations and coursework. Coursework assessments may consist of laboratory reports, data handling exercises, essays, and poster and oral presentations, allowing a full range of skills to be developed. The end-of-module assessment is normally by examination, consisting of a combination of multiple choice questions (MCQs) and both short and long answer questions.

Coursework assessments may consist of laboratory reports, data handling exercises, essays, poster and oral presentations, allowing a full range of skills to be developed.

The end-of-module assessment is normally by examination, consisting of a combination of multiple choice questions (MCQs), short answer or long answer questions.