Biochemistry
C702 BSc Biochemistry (3-year full-time)
C703 BSc Biochemistry (4-year thick sandwich)
Overview
Biochemistry provides a fundamental understanding at the molecular level of all life processes. With an increasing emphasis on front-line research as the course progresses, this course will allow students to enter a wide variety of academic, industrial and medically-related careers.
Course structure
The course is designed to be as flexible as possible and to meet your needs as your interest in Biochemistry develops. After gaining a strong, broad base in the common first year, a vast majority of the units that comprise the course are optional, meaning you can customise the content of your degree to suit your interests.
For further information about the course content and structure see the programme summary (PDF), course programme catalogue and programme specification (PDF), linked to on the right hand menu of this page.
Placements
In the BSc students have the opportunity to complete a 12 month placement in the third year of their course. In the Mbiochem two six-month placements are taken - one in each of the second and third year. These are periods of employment in bioscience research, administration or management that are increasingly valued by employers. We run more placements than any other life science department in the UK, and opportunities exist both at home and abroad, including placements at top UK companies such as GlaxoSmithKline, research institutes, and overseas universities such as Harvard or other Ivy League institutions.
Course aims
Our Biochemistry programmes aim to:
- offer a stimulating environment that will encourage students to develop their full academic potential
- instruct students in ways of approaching and analysing problems, so that they can reach considered and appropriate conclusions, and communicate these conclusions to others
- equip students with skills that are both of value to future employment in molecular and cellular biology and transferable to other avenues of employment
Careers
Our graduates are highly sought after in the graduate market place and many go on to research careers through further study.
Typical employers include: universities; pharmaceutical industries; veterinary and medical services; animal nutrition and fisheries research; food manufacture, preparation and preservation industries; the water industry; microbiological and agrochemical industries; environment and conservation industries; biotechnology industries and agricultural, medical and chemical laboratories.
You can also find out about recent graduate destinations.
How to apply
All applications are made online via UCAS - see http://www.ucas.com for more details. The university’s admissions pages have further advice about how to apply and further information for international students can be found here.