Biomedical Science

Contribute to our understanding of the human body and our ability to control it during health and disease. Learn about everything from genes to whole-body systems, before putting your knowledge and skills into practice in the lab.

Why study this course?

• Top 10 in the UK for biomedical sciences (Complete University Guide 2025)

• Human anatomy teaching: We train our biomedical science students the same way we train our medics in our newly refurbished Medical Teaching Unit.

• Close links with the NHS: Complete research on cancer and ageing in partnership with the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals.

Our three-year BSc Biomedical Science course is about the human body and our ability to control it during health and disease, from genes to whole-body systems.

You'll study human physiology, pharmacology and molecular and cell biology before applying this knowledge to important issues in clinical medicine. You'll discover the basis of genetic diseases, the physiology of ageing and take on challenges like how to tackle antimicrobial resistance.

At Sheffield, you’ll be encouraged to be creative, think independently and express your ideas. You'll be in the lab completing in-depth practicals and studying human anatomy alongside our medics in our newly refurbished Medical Teaching Unit. You could be spending time interacting directly with patients, or developing IT solutions to handle clinical data. You'll even have opportunities to work with scientists from Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to diagnose cancer samples.

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.

No matter what areas of biomedical science you choose to study at Sheffield, you'll develop practical laboratory and transferable skills - such as project management, problem-solving, communication skills and data analysis - that make our graduates attractive to employers.

All this experience will prepare you for your third-year research project where you could be laboratory-based, focus on computer modelling, science education, or even science communication.

Gain extra experience as part of your degree
You can add an extra year of research experience with an integrated masters (MBiomedSci) or spend a year on a work placement and gain transferable skills working with a top employer.