BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences

Biomedical Sciences is about understanding human health and human disease. We study these areas so that, ultimately, we can develop new therapeutic strategies and refine government policy to prolong life and improve the quality of people's lives.

Biomedical Sciences at York will open up your potential to become a future leading researcher, policymaker or administrator in biomedical sciences. You will learn how to critically assess information to gain a balanced understanding, how to develop and test scientific hypothesis and how to present your findings clearly and concisely to experts and non-experts alike. This degree will provide you with the skills required to tackle current and future challenges to human health.

Our course is delivered by four University departments with outstanding biomedical research activity: The Department of Biology, The Department of Health Sciences, The Department of Psychology, and the Hull York Medical School. The combined teaching across these departments ensures you have the latest understanding of the most important topics in human biology and disease, infection and immunity, epidemiology, and neuroscience.

A levels
AAB including Biology and either Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics or Psychology.
Access to Higher Education Diploma 36 credits at Distinction and 9 credits at Merit or higher. Must include Biology modules at Level 3.
BTEC National Extended Diploma BTEC National Extended Diploma DDD. We consider BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Applied Science (2016 syllabus) with all 7 mandatory units plus 4-6 units from 8,9,10,11,12,13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23 and no more than 2 units from 15,16,21,22,24,25,26. We consider BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Applied Science (2010 syllabus), please contact us for information on the units we accept.
Cambridge Pre-U D3, D3, M2 including Biology and either Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics or Psychology.
European Baccalaureate 80% overall including 8.5 and 8 in Biology and either Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics or Psychology.
International Baccalaureate 35 points including 6 at Higher Level Biology and 6 at Higher Leve Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics or Psychology. If English is not your first language then we require 5 in English B.
IELTS (Academic and Indicator) 6.5, with a minimum of 6.0 in each component
TOEFL 87 overall, with a minimum of 21 in each component