BScBiochemistry (Including Placement Year)

Study location	United Kingdom, Colchester Campus
Type	Bachelor courses, sandwich
Nominal duration	4 years
Study language	English
Awards	BSc
Course code	C701

Entry qualification	High school / secondary education (or higher) good results in Chemistry and a second science or Mathematics

Language requirements	English Accepted proof of proficiency: Cambridge English, IELTS, TOEFL or other equivalent IELTS: 6.0 TOEFL (IBT): 76 CAE: B2 with 52+ CAE (from Jan 15): 169+

Other requirements	At least 1 reference(s) must be provided.

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Overview

Interested? To learn more about this study programme, entry requirements and application process, please contact one of our consultants in a country nearest to you.

Programme structure

Year 1

Molecular Cell Biology
Genetics and Evolution
Microbiology
Biochemistry of Macromolecules
General and Organic Chemistry
Inorganic and Physical Chemistry
Scientific and Transferable Skills for Biosciences

Year 2

Biomolecular Science: Skills and Employability
Molecular Biology: Genes, Proteins and Disease
Genome Science
Cell Biology
Metals in Biology
Membrane Biology and Bioenergetics
Proteins and Macromolecular Assemblies
Metabolism

Final year

Research Project in Biomolecular Science
Issues in Biomolecular Science
Structural and Molecular Enzymology
Bioinformatics (optional)
Rational Drug Design (optional)
Human Molecular Genetics (optional)
Cancer Biology (optional)
Mechanisms of Neurological Disease (optional)

Career opportunities

You graduate ready to move into a wide variety of industrial and public sector environments, from the NHS to pharmaceuticals, forensic science, health and safety, teaching.

Our students have gone on to work in a number of laboratory-based roles in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, and in hospitals, clinics and healthcare companies. Others have gone on to work in sales, publishing and management, while others still have chosen to enhance their career opportunities by studying for MSc or PhD degrees.

Biochemistry and biomedical science courses also provide the ideal background for entry onto postgraduate medicine programmes, and eight of our 2011 graduates obtained places at medical schools across the UK.

Other recent graduates have gone on to work for the following high profile organisations:

Bupa
SAL Cambridge (microbiology samples)
Postgraduate Pharmacology
Postgraduate Nutrition