Undergraduate UK courses
A full list of current IBMS UK accredited Honours degree level biomedical science courses
IBMS accredited undergraduate programmes are for individuals who wish to qualify in biomedical science. As an accredited course, they meet the academic requirements to become registered as a Biomedical Scientist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
Some programmes (coterminous) have integrated clinical laboratory training. Graduates are eligible for the award of a Certificate of Competence on completion of their degree and can apply to the HCPC for admittance onto the register.
Other biomedical science degrees are to be used in conjunction with laboratory training (during the degree or post-graduation) for completion of the Institute’s Certificate of Competence Registration Portfolio. Universities marked with an asterisk* have an accredited biomedical science apprenticeship route.
Non-accredited biomedical courses
All applicants seeking a route to HCPC registration who hold a non-accredited science degree will be required to have their degree assessed by the IBMS. It may be necessary for individuals to undertake additional learning to acquire the requisite level of knowledge. The exact requirement will depend on the content of the applicant’s honours degree.
Please use the links below to access information about IBMS accredited courses in the UK. For more details use our attached Accredited Course Honours Guide or contact the university or the liaison officer.
Aberdeen
Liaison Officer
Title of Awards
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science
Bangor
Liaison Officer
Title of Award
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science
Bedfordshire
Liaison Officer
Title of Award
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
Belfast
Liaison Officer
Title of Award
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
Birmingham
Liaison Officer
Title of Awards
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science with Placement Year
Bradford*
Liaison Officer
Title of Awards
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Healthcare Science (Life Sciences) (Blood Sciences)*
BSc (Hons) Healthcare Science (Life Sciences) (Infection Sciences)*
BSc (Hons) Healthcare Science (Life Sciences) (Cellular Sciences)*
BSc (Hons) Healthcare Science (Life Sciences) (Genetics)*
Brighton*
Liaison Officer
Title of Award
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science with Foundation Year
MSci (Hons) Biomedical Science FT/SW
Bristol
University of the West of England
Liaison Officers
Title of Awards
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science with Foundation Year
Cambridge
Liaison Officer
Title of Award
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
Cardiff
Cardiff Metropolitan University
Liaison Officer
Title of Awards
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Healthcare Science
BSc (Hons) Healthcare Science (Blood Sciences)
BSc (Hons) Healthcare Science (Infection Sciences)
BSc (Hons) Healthcare Science (Cellular Sciences)
BSc (Hons) Healthcare Science (Genetic Sciences)
Central Lancashire
University of Central Lancashire
Liaison Officer
Title of Award
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science Ft/Sw
BSc (Hons) Healthcare Science (Life Sciences) (Blood Sciences, Infection Sciences, Cellular Sciences) Ft/Pt
BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science Degree Apprenticeship*
Cheltenham
Liaison Officer
Title of Award
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science FT and PT
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science (with Placement) FT, PT, SW
Chester
Liaison Officer
Title of Award
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
Coventry
Liaison Officer
Title of Awards
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science
Derby
Liaison Officer
Title of Awards
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science Ft [2025]
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science with Foundation Ft [2025]
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science with Industrial Placement Year Ft [2025]
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science with Foundation and Industrial Placement Year Ft [2025]
Dundee
Liaison Officer
Title of Awards
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science
MSci Biomedical science
Essex
Liaison Officer
Title of Awards
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science (NHS placement)
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science (including placement)
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science (including year abroad)
Glasgow
Liaison Officer
Title of Awards
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science
Glasgow
Liaison Officer
Title of Award
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
Greenwich
Liaison Officer
Title of Awards
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science
Hertfordshire*
Liaison Officer
Title of Awards
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science with a Year Abroad
BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science (work based)*
Huddersfield
University of Huddersfield
Liaison Officer
Title of Awards
Sc (Hons) Biomedical Science
FT with optional placement year
[2025]
Hull
Liaison Officer
Title of Awards
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
Keele
Liaison Officer
Title of Awards
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science with international year
BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science (with work-based placement year)
Kent
University of Kent at Canterbury
Liaison Officer
Title of Awards
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science with a sandwich year
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science with a Professional year
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science with a year abroad
Kingston
Liaison Officer
Title of Award
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
Lancaster
Liaison Officer
Title of Award
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science (Placement Year)
Leeds
Liaison Officer
Title of Award
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences (Medical Microbiology Pathway)
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences (Medical Biochemistry Pathway)
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences (Pharmacological Sciences Pathway)
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences (Molecular Biotechnology Pathway)
BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Sciences integrated degree
Leicester
Liaison Officers
Title of Award
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
Lincoln
Liaison Officer
Title of Awards
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
MBio Biomedical Science
Liverpool*
Liverpool John Moores University
Liaison Officer
Title of Awards
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science with Foundation Year
BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science co-terminus
London East
Liaison Officer
Title of Awards
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science with Placement Year
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science (in conjunction with Metropolitan College Athens and Thessaloniki)
London Metropolitan
London Metropolitan University
Liaison Officer
Title of Award
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
London Middlesex
Liaison Officer
Title of Awards
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science (sandwich)
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science with foundation
BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science
MSci Applied Biomedical Science
London Roehampton
Liaison Officer
Title of Award
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
London Southwark
Liaison Officer
Title of Award
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science FT
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science (with Placement) FT
London Westminister*
Liaison Officer
Title of Awards
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science Pt (apprenticeship)*
Manchester*
Manchester Metropolitan University
Liaison Officer
Title of Awards
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Healthcare Science*
BSc (Hons) Healthcare Science (Blood Sciences)*
BSc (Hons) Healthcare Science (Cellular Sciences)*
BSc (Hons) Healthcare Science (Infection Sciences)*
MbioMed Sci (Hons) Biomedical Science
Middlesbrough
Liaison Officer
Title of Awards
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science (Extended)
Newcastle
Liaison Officer
Title of Awards
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science ft International Pathway (delivered by Business Management School, Sri Lanka)
Norwich*
Liaison Officer
Title of Awards
BSc (Hons) Healthcare Science Practitioner - Applied Biomedical Science
Degree apprenticeship*
[2025]
Nottingham*
Liaison Officer
Title of Awards
BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science
Part-time programme*
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
Oxford
Liaison Officer
Title of Awards
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science
Paisley
University of the West of Scotland
Liaison Officer
Title of Awards
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science
Portsmouth
Liaison Officer
Title of Awards
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science Apprenticeship Pt*
Preston
University of Central Lancashire
Liaison Officer
Title of Awards
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Healthcare Science
BSc (Hons) Healthcare Science (Life Sciences) (Blood Sciences)
BSc (Hons) Healthcare Science (Life Sciences) (Infection Sciences)
BSc (Hons) Healthcare Science (Life Sciences) (Cellular Sciences)
Plymouth
Liaison Officers
Title of Awards
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science fulltime (including with optional placement)
BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science fulltime
Reading
Liaison Officer
Title of Award
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences with Industrial Experience
Salford*
Liaison Officers
Title of Awards
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science with Professional Studies
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science (Pathology Laboratory Based)*
Sheffield*
Liaison Officer
Title of Awards
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science*
BSc (Hons)/MSci Biomedical Sciences
Southampton
Liaison Officer
Title of Awards
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
Staffordshire*
Liaison Officer
Title of Awards
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science
MSci (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Healthcare Science (Infection Sciences)*
BSc (Hons) Healthcare Science (Cellular Sciences)*
BSc (Hons) Healthcare Science (Blood Sciences)*
BSc (Hons) Healthcare Science (Genetics)*
Suffolk
Liaison Officers
Title of Awards
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science with foundation year
Sunderland*
Liaison Officers
Title of Awards
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Healthcare Science
BSc (Hons) Healthcare Science (Blood Sciences)
BSc (Hons) Healthcare Science (Infection Sciences)
BSc (Hons) Healthcare Science (Cellular Sciences)
BSc (Hons) Healthcare Science (Genetic Sciences)
BSc (Hons) Healthcare Science Practice (Blood Sciences)*
BSc (Hons) Healthcare Science Practice (Infection Sciences)*
BSc (Hons) Healthcare Science Practice (Cellular Sciences)*
BSc (Hons) Healthcare Science Practice (Genetic Sciences)*
Surrey
Liaison Officer
Title of Awards
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
Ulster
Liaison Officer
Title of Awards
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science by distance learning (level 6)
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science with DIAS
BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science with DPP (Pathology)
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science with DPP
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science with DPP (I)
Master of Biomedical Science (level 7 distance learning)
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science (Life Sciences) distance learning
Graduate certificate in Biomedical Science distance learning
Wolverhampton*
Liaison Officer
Title of Awards
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science (Apprenticeship)*
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science (Pathology laboratory based)*
Worcester
Liasion Officer
Title of Awards
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
Wrexham
Liaison Officer
Title of Awards
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science FT and PT [2025]
York*
Liaison Officer
Title of Awards
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science (with placement)
BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science Apprenticeship*
*Please note
Universities marked with an asterisk* have an accredited biomedical science apprenticeship route