On this course, you’ll follow the same programme as our MSci Biochemistry students, but you will spend your third year studying abroad at a partner university in Europe, Asia, Australia, USA or Canada. You will experience and learn from the differences in teaching, research and culture – and make valuable contacts for your career. Our biochemistry degrees are taught jointly by the Schools of Biological Sciences and Chemistry. This dual approach means that in all elements of the course you benefit from subject-specific experts who inform our undergraduate teaching.  Both Schools have research environments recognized to be internationally excellent and with researchers generating outputs of international standing. 

Our research makes use of a wide array of facilities such as multi-photon and laser scanning confocal microscopes for the study of cells and tissues at the molecular level, high-field nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers and X-ray diffractometers for the study of molecular structure, mass spectrometers, liquid and gas chromatography systems, and fluorescence and electron microscopes.  

You will benefit from our enviable position as an integral partner of the Norwich Research Park, which is also home to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and independent, world-renowned research institutes such as the John Innes Centre (research in plant and microbial sciences), the Sainsbury Laboratory (plant-microbe interactions), the Earlham Institute (computational biosciences and biotechnology) and the Quadram Institute (gut health, microbiology and food science).  

PLACEMENT YEAR AND STUDY ABROAD

This course gives you the opportunity to live and study abroad in your third year at one of our partner universities in Europe, Australia, Asia, Canada or the United States. It’s a fantastic chance to show future employers you have what it takes to succeed in an international setting.  

AFTER THE COURSE

Your MSci Biochemistry with a Year Abroad could lead to a broad range of employment and postgraduate opportunities. You may go on to work in forensic science, the brewing and food industries, medical biochemistry, science patenting or teaching.  

Alternatively, you might choose to progress to a PhD and a successful research career. A number of our graduates have gone on to doctoral study and then have taken up posts in university, medical or industrial research laboratories.  

We work with UEA’s Careers Service to offer you support at every stage of your course, from choosing a career through to applying for graduate jobs and further study.  

CAREER DESTINATIONS

Examples of careers that you could enter include: 

• Forensic science 

• Brewing and food industries 

• Medical biochemistry 

• Science patenting 

• Teaching  

• Medical or industrial research