This programme provides a broad-based education in life sciences related to medicine and medical research, and offers great flexibility of module choice so that you can tailor elements of your degree to your own particular interests.

This programme is particularly suitable if for you, whether you are unsure of which branch of the “biomedical sciences” you wish to follow, or you may be intending to apply for graduate entry into medical or dental schools, or perhaps you see yourself following a research pathway. This programme also prepares you for a wide range of other careers including scientific research and the pharmaceutical industry, plus many more pathways outside of science.

Programme in detail

In this programme you will choose to study from a wide range of content / modules from medically-relevant disciplines including Physiology, Pharmacology, Biochemistry, Genetics, Microbiology and Tropical Disease Biology. This programme provides the opportunity to establish a solid Life Sciences foundation in semester 1 upon which you will continue to focus on the “Biomedical disciplines”. There are very few module choices in year 1, so enabling you to experience to flavour of what we offer here at Liverpool. What you study in Year One will determine which options you can take in Years Two and Three. A typical student chooses modules in the first two years that concentrate on physiology, pharmacology and cellular biochemistry. In the third year specific disease areas are covered in much greater detail. You may decide during your C130 degree that you would prefer to focus on one particular degree discipline, rather than continue with the focussed blend of the Biological and Medical Sciences programme. The C130 programme allows you the opportunity to transfer to a single honours discipline, (at specific transfer windows) should your experiences guide you this way.

As a Life Sciences graduate from the University of Liverpool, you will have an excellent set of career options ahead of you. For those committed to a career as a professional scientist, higher degrees (MBiolSci, MSc, MRes, MPhil or PhD) at the University of Liverpool or elsewhere provide a flexible set of options for further study.

In the public sector, Life Sciences graduates are in demand in research institutes, government departments, the National Health Service, forensic science and the Environment Agency. Commercial sectors that actively recruit graduates from the Life Sciences include the pharmaceutical, food, biotechnology, water and agriculture industries.