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Personalised Medicine with optional placement year

Course details
  • BSc (Hons)
  • 4 Years
  • Full-time
  • 21/09/2026
  • Undergraduate
Course location
Derry~Londonderry

Course summary

Personalised medicine is at the cutting edge of a new era in healthcare.

Our ability to understand how genes, lifestyle and environment can influence disease promises to revolutionise healthcare practices. Personalised medicine relies on the use of biomarkers (such as genes or proteins) to stratify (or organise) patients into groups of individuals who are at risk of developing a disease, or who are likely to respond better to one therapy over other alternatives.

It also focuses on the development of new technologies and systems to predict disease, select the best treatment, and reduce side effects for individual patients. This approach to streamlining healthcare provides more accurate clinical decision making tools to identify ‘the right treatment, for the right person, at the right time.’

To learn more about personalised medicine in practice and how Ulster University is using it to treat rheumatoid arthritis patients, on our website.

How to apply

Apply by
14 January

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:
8H21
Institution code:
U20
Campus name:
Derry~Londonderry
Campus Code:
M

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

A level - BBB

To include 2 science subjects – 1 from Group A and 1 from Group B Group A: Information Technology, Physics, Maths Group B: Biology, Chemistry, double award Science, double or single award Life and Health Science Provided the subject requirements are met you can substitute a combination of alternative qualifications recognised by the University for one A level Grade B.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - DDM

BTEC in an appropriate science discipline

Access to HE Diploma

Access Course (120 credits) with an overall mark of 65%, to include 65% in two Level 3 modules - 1 from Group A and 1 from Group B: Group A: Information Technology, Physics, Mathematics Group B: Biology, Chemistry Plus NICATs Maths (25 credits) or Maths 1 & 2

Scottish Higher - BBBCC

To include Grade B in 2 science subjects – 1 from Group A and 1 from Group B Group A: Information Technology, Physics, Maths Group B: Biology, Chemistry, Double Award Science

Scottish Advanced Higher - CCC

To include 2 science subjects – 1 from Group A and 1 from Group B Group A: Information Technology, Physics, Maths Group B: Biology, Chemistry, Double Award Science

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme - 26 points

To include minimum 13 at higher level to include 2 science subjects – 1 from Group A and 1 from Group B Group A: Information Technology, Physics, Maths Group B: Biology, Chemistry, Double Award Science

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)

120 UCAS Tariff Points to include 4 subjects at ILC Higher level and 1 at Ordinary Level. English and Maths at Grade H6 (HL) or Grade O4 also required. Higher levels must include 2 science subjects – 1 from Group A and 1 from Group B: Group A: Information Technology, Physics, Maths Group B: Biology, Chemistry Plus English and Maths Grade H6 or above (HL) or Grade O4 or above (OL) if not sitting at Higher Level.

GCSE/National 4/National 5

GCSE Profile to include Grade C or 4 or above in English, Maths and Biology or Double Award Science at grade C,C/4,4

English language requirements for international applicants
The minimum requirement for this course is Academic IELTS 6.0 with no band score less than 5.5. Trinity ISE: Pass at level III also meets this requirement

Ulster recognises a number of other English language tests and comparable IELTS equivalent scores.

Additional entry requirements

Health checks
A satisfactory health assessment is required for entry to this course.

Historical entry grades data BETA

This section shows the range of grades students (with UK A-Levels or Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diplomas) who received offers were previously accepted with (learn more). It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place. Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.

Data from:
This course
Date range:
2022-2024

Offer rate for UK school & college leavers

100% Students aged 17/18 who applied to this course were offered a place.

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Student Outcomes

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40 Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs)

80 Go onto work and study

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

LocationFeeYear
EU£17490Year 1
International£17490Year 1
Northern Ireland£4855*Year 1
Republic of Ireland£4855*Year 1
England£9535*Year 1
Scotland£9535*Year 1
Wales£9535*Year 1
Channel Islands£9535*Year 1

* This is a provisional fee and subject to change.

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.

Additional fee information

Please note that fees for Home and GB for 2026/27 have not yet been set by Department for the Employment in NI and will be subject to an inflationary increase from 2025/26.

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