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Biomedicine

Course details
  • BSc (Hons)
  • 3 Years
  • Full-time
  • 28 September 2026
  • Undergraduate
Course location
Main Site

Course summary

Our BSc (Hons) Biomedicine degree programme provides you with an overview of all areas related to life sciences, before you start to take control of your own educational journey by choosing optional modules alongside exciting current areas, such as neuroscience and cellular science.

You can choose optional modules related to cells, genetics and infection or whole-body systems physiology depending on your interests and career aspirations. Whichever route you choose, you'll be studying exciting relevant content that has real world applications and can lead you down many career paths.

You'll be taught by subject experts and will develop lots of subject specific academic knowledge and technical skills, as well as numerous transferable skills that will help your career. Whether that is continuing in higher education, working in industry or moving into other areas of employment, our BSc (Hons) Biomedicine will provide the skills that you need to succeed and ensures that you can study the modules that interest you the most.

This course is also available with a foundation year.

Features and Benefits

  • This degree offers a flexible curriculum, providing up-to-date knowledge and skills in biomedicine allowing you to choose modules at Levels 5 and 6 that align to your career aspirations.

  • Benefit from hands-on practical experience and real-world applications through your final-year research project.

  • The full-time, four-year placement route provides the opportunity to go on a placement, where you can get a taste of professional life in a clinical or industrial setting.

  • We’ve invested over £115 million to transform the way we teach and the way our students learn. The new Dalton building is equipped with dynamic learning spaces, world-class teaching and research facilities and collaborative study zones. This means you’ll graduate with the skills and experiences employers look for.

  • Access regular online support, which provides additional explanations and guidance on a range of topics, including lab demonstrations and assessment guidance.

  • Our technical skills unit allows you to track your growing laboratory skills year by year, enabling you to demonstrate to employers that you have the skills needed for your graduate career.

  • Get involved in the pioneering research led by our experts, including  lifelong health and ageing, and microbiology and vascular biology

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:
BIM1
Institution code:
M40
Campus name:
Main Site
Campus Code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

Entry requirements

UCAS Tariff
112 - 120 points

A level
BBC

To include grade C in Biology or Human Biology (with a Pass in the Practical Assessment).

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

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (1080) in Applied Science

Pearson BTEC Extended Diploma (QCF) in Applied Science.

Access to HE Diploma

Pass Access to HE Diploma in Science with a minimum score of 106 UCAS Tariff points.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
26 points

- to include HL 5 in Biology and HL 4 or SL 5 in English and Mathematics.

GCSE grade C/4 or above in English Language or Pass in Level 2 Functional Skills English

and

GCSE grade C/4 or above in Mathematics or Pass in Level 2 Functional Skills Mathematics.

The level 2 requirements may also be met through the level 3 course requirements for the course; please contact the University directly if you require further information.

Contextual admissions

Universities and colleges consider more than grades when assessing applications and may make offers based on a range of criteria. Learn more about contextual offers.

At Manchester Met, our mission is to recruit ambitious students from all backgrounds and to inspire and support them to achieve their potential. Where applicants with WP flags receive an offer but don’t quite meet conditions, we may be able to look again at these applications. Where we are unable to offer a place on a chosen course, we may seek to make an alternative offer. For further information please click the link below.

Learn more on the Manchester Metropolitan University website

Historical entry grades data

This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course 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.

Not enough data available

We are unable to show previous accepted grades for this course. This could be because the course is new, it's a postgraduate course, there isn't enough historical data, or the provider has opted out of sharing their entry grades data for this course - learn more.

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

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

https://www.mmu.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/course/bsc-biomedicine/september-2026#fees

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