Why Choose Kingston
This degree is accredited by the Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS).
You’ll gain first-hand experience of a busy research or diagnostic laboratory.
There is an opportunity to do a placement year in NHS laboratories, research institutes or drug companies.
Our commitment to high quality teaching has been recognised with a Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Gold rating. The University has received an overall rating of Gold, as well as securing a Gold award in the framework's two new student experience and student outcomes categories.
About the Course
Biomedical Science covers a wide range of topics including immunology, microbiology, haematology and genetics; and more specifically, cancer screening, blood transfusion, control of infections, and cardiovascular diseases. If you enjoy investigating things in a laboratory and monitoring diseases, this accredited course in London’s only university to be ranked Gold in all three categories of the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) could be the ideal course to kickstart your future career. At the completion of your BSc degree, you may continue your journey with a Masters programme in Haematology, Microbiology or Cancer Biology at Kingston University. The University also offers teacher training courses if you want to follow that path.
You'll be introduced to principles of biomedical sciences, molecular and cell biology, physiology, anatomy, biochemistry, and relevant laboratory techniques. You'll also independently research a subject that interests you. This might include a laboratory-based project, a computer-based projects such as bioinformatics, analysis of survey information or a review of scientific literature.
We have updated our modules to enhance student-centred teaching and align course content with industry needs, helping you become a future-proof graduate. The Biomedical Science BSc (Hons) course is aligned with the latest QQA 2023 benchmarks for IBMS-accredited degrees.
Future Skills
Embedded within every course curriculum and throughout the whole Kingston experience, Future Skills will play a role in shaping you to become a future-proof graduate, providing you with the skills most valued by employers such as problem-solving, digital competency, and adaptability.
As you progress through your degree, you'll learn to navigate, explore and apply these graduate skills, learning to demonstrate and articulate to employers how future skills give you the edge.
At Kingston University, we're not just keeping up with change, we're creating it.
Career opportunities
This degree provides excellent preparation for careers in science, health and education, and postgraduate studies, such as medical and research degrees.
Please note that this is an indicative list of modules and is not intended as a definitive list.
Example modules:
For a full list of modules please visit the Kingston University course webpage.
Teaching includes lectures, practicals, case studies and tutorials.
Assessment includes coursework exercises, presentations, poster presentations, reports, tutorials and end-of-module exams.
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
This course is available in Clearing. If you have submitted an application, you can add this course. If you haven’t sent us an application yet, you can do this until 24th September 2026.
This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.
Kingston University has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
See why these ratings were awarded
What does this TEF outcome mean?
The following entry points are available for this course:
Find out more about qualification requirements for this course.
When assessing your application, we’re looking for evidence of your ability, potential, passion for your subject and the skills and experience you have to evaluate your suitability for a course.
Our course entry requirements include tariff ranges. We vary the required UCAS Tariff points in our offers as we consider each application individually and use a number of factors to build an offer that is tailored to you, this includes your personal statement and predicted grades.
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.
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