Biomedical Sciences at York will open up your potential to become a future leading researcher, policymaker or administrator in biomedical sciences. You'll learn how to distil and critique information in the face of ambiguity and complexity. You'll also discover how to critically assess information to gain a balanced understanding, how to develop and test scientific hypotheses and how to present your findings clearly and concisely to experts and non-experts alike. This degree will provide you with the skills required to tackle current and future challenges to human health.
This integrated Masters course will allow you to use and further develop research and analytical skills. You'll gain experience in labs doing pioneering work with researchers at the forefront of their field. This experience will provide you with a platform to launch a career as a research scientist.
Our course is delivered by three University departments with outstanding biomedical research activity: the Department of Biology, the Department of Health Sciences and the Hull York Medical School. The combined teaching across these departments ensure you have the latest understanding of the most important topics in human biology and disease, infection and immunity, epidemiology, and neuroscience.
Adding a year in industry or a year abroad are both an option with this course too, so you can benefit from the advantages that a year away can bring. There are also opportunities for paid summer research internships. The Department of Biology will provide you with the opportunity to learn in new, spacious and modern teaching laboratories which provide excellent facilities for practicals and small group project work, alongside our state-of-the-art computing facilities.
