Our Medical Sciences degree aims to provide a science programme, related to medicine, with strong professional research elements. You’ll receive a firm foundation of scientific teaching, considering human health and disease at a micro and macro level. This enables you to develop, integrate and apply your knowledge at the interface of scientific discovery and clinical practice.

As a graduate, you’ll be equipped with a broad skill set, making the course an ideal 1st choice for those interested in a Health-based career but who want to keep their options open. It is also a perfect 5th choice for those whose primary aim is Medicine or Dentistry; for high-achieving students this degree may act as a stepping stone into Medical Schools as a graduate entrant.

Internships

Bangor University runs a paid internship scheme within the university’s academic and service departments.

Career

With integrated scientific knowledge and key skills such as critical appraisal, communication and problem solving, graduates have high employability in medical science-based areas.

Many of our students are interested in careers within a clinical environment and enter postgraduate training to become Physician Associates, Radiographers, Paramedics, Physiotherapists and other allied health professionals.

You will also be ideally placed for MSc and PhD programmes and for research positions within the NHS (including the NHS Scientist Training Programme).

To give you an idea of the breadth of interests our students develop, recent BMedSci graduates have gone onto MSc courses in Cardiovascular Science, Neuroimaging, Psychology, Infectious Disease Control and Health Promotion.

Still others enter the teaching profession, the armed forces and police, and graduate management positions.

Internships and work experience are encouraged and supported during your degree, to help you gain an insight into the world of work and give you a competitive edge. We offer the opportunity to take short work placements (over a summer holiday) or year-long ‘sandwich’ placements, with all of our degree programmes.

On successful completion of the BMedSci degree, high achieving students are eligible to apply for Cardiff University’s four year Graduate Entry Medicine Programme (MBBCh). If successful, you can study Medicine on the innovative C21 curriculum in Cardiff or Bangor. More information can be found on Cardiff University's web pages.

Please note to apply for this programme you will need to fulfil all of Cardiff University’s additional criteria, which include but are not limited to specific GCSE and A level achievement and successful completion of the entrance exam (GAMSAT)