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

Robert Gordon University

Liaison Officer

Dr Emma Hector

Title of Awards

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science

Bangor

Bangor University

Liaison Officer

Dr Dylan Jones

Title of Award

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science

Bedfordshire

University of Bedfordshire

Liaison Officer

Dr Prasad Sreenivasaprasad

Title of Award

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science

Belfast

Queen’s University

Liaison Officer

Dr Laura McShane

Title of Award

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science

Birmingham

Aston University

Liaison Officer

Dr Charlotte Law

Title of Awards

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science with Placement Year

Bradford*

University of Bradford

Liaison Officer

Dr Kara Thornton

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*

University of Brighton

Liaison Officer

Dr Louise Mackenzie

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

Dr Lynne Lawrance

Dr Chris Moore

Title of Awards

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science with Foundation Year

Cambridge

Anglia Ruskin University

Liaison Officer

Dr Christopher O'Kane

Title of Award

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science

Cardiff

Cardiff Metropolitan University

Liaison Officer

Dr Victoria Bradley

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

Dr. Dave Griffiths

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

University of Gloucestershire

Liaison Officer

Dr Lynsay Cooper

Title of Award

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science FT and PT

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science (with Placement) FT, PT, SW

Chester

University of Chester

Liaison Officer

Dr Nilu Kannangara

Title of Award

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science

Coventry

Coventry University

Liaison Officer

Dr Natasha Marin

Title of Awards

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science

Derby

University of Derby

Liaison Officer

Dr Vadivel Parthsarathy

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

University of Abertay

Liaison Officer

Dr Kevin R Smith

Title of Awards

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science
MSci Biomedical science

Essex

University of Essex

Liaison Officer

Dr Selwa Alsam

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

Glasgow Caledonian University

Liaison Officer

Dr Linda P Walsh

Title of Awards

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science

Glasgow

University of Strathclyde

Liaison Officer

Dr Margaret Cunningham

Title of Award

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science

Greenwich

The University of Greenwich

Liaison Officer

Dr Laura Pellatt

Title of Awards

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science

Hertfordshire*

University of Hertfordshire

Liaison Officer

Mr Terry McLaughlin

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

Dr Richard J Bingham

Title of Awards

Sc (Hons) Biomedical Science

FT with optional placement year

[2025]

Hull

University of Hull

Liaison Officer

Mr Sean Frost

Title of Awards

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science

Keele

Keele University

Liaison Officer

Mr Glenn Hussey

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

Dr Jill Shepherd

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

Kingston University

Liaison Officer

Dr Simon Gould

Title of Award

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science

Lancaster

University of Lancaster

Liaison Officer

Dr Fiona Benson

Title of Award

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science (Placement Year)

Leeds

Leeds Beckett University

Liaison Officer

Dr Wayne Roberts

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

De Montfort University

Liaison Officers

Dr Marilena Ioannou

Eva Masiero

Title of Award

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science

Lincoln

University of Lincoln

Liaison Officer

Dr Matthew Simmonds

Title of Awards

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
MBio Biomedical Science

Liverpool*

Liverpool John Moores University

Liaison Officer

Dr Kenny Ritchie

Dr Emmanuel Babafemi

Title of Awards

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science with Foundation Year
BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science co-terminus

London East

University of East London

Liaison Officer

Dr Claudio Scotti

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

Ms Sheelagh Heugh

Title of Award

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science

London Middlesex

Middlesex University

Liaison Officer

Dr N Hall

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

University of Roehampton

Liaison Officer

Dr Robert Busch

Title of Award

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science

London Southwark

London South Bank University

Liaison Officer

Prof Eiman Aleem

Title of Award

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science FT

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science (with Placement) FT

London Westminister*

University of Westminster

Liaison Officer

Dr Ian Locke

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

Dr Lisa Coulthwaite

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

Teesside University

Liaison Officer

Dr Ahmad Khundakar

Title of Awards

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science (Extended)

Newcastle

Northumbria University

Liaison Officer

Mr Derek Stobo

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*

University of East Anglia

Liaison Officer

M.R.Williams@uea.ac.uk

Title of Awards

BSc (Hons) Healthcare Science Practitioner - Applied Biomedical Science

Degree apprenticeship*

[2025]

Nottingham*

Nottingham Trent University

Liaison Officer

Mrs Beverley Peel

Title of Awards

BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science
Part-time programme*
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science

Oxford

Oxford Brookes University

Liaison Officer

Dr David Meredith

Title of Awards

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science

Paisley

University of the West of Scotland

Liaison Officer

Dr Fiona Menzies

Title of Awards

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science

Portsmouth

University of Portsmouth

Liaison Officer

Mr Gavin Knight

Title of Awards

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science Apprenticeship Pt*

Preston

University of Central Lancashire

Liaison Officer

Dr Dave Griffiths

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

University of Plymouth

Liaison Officers

Dr Tracey Madgett

Dr Paul Laurance-Young

Title of Awards

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science fulltime (including with optional placement)
BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science fulltime

Reading

University of Reading

Liaison Officer

Dr Mike Fry

Title of Award

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences with Industrial Experience

Salford*

University of Salford

Liaison Officers

Dr Sara Namvar

Dr Lucy Smyth

Title of Awards

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science with Professional Studies
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science (Pathology Laboratory Based)*

Sheffield*

Sheffield Hallam University

Liaison Officer

Dr Laura Cole

Title of Awards

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science*
BSc (Hons)/MSci Biomedical Sciences

Southampton

Solent University

Liaison Officer

Dr Amr Abdelgany

Title of Awards

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science

Staffordshire*

Staffordshire University

Liaison Officer

Dr Sarah Williams

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

University of Suffolk

Liaison Officers

Dr Nick Tucker

Title of Awards

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science with foundation year

Sunderland*

University of Sunderland

Liaison Officers

Dr Noel Carter

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

University of Surrey

Liaison Officer

Dr Alison Cottell

Title of Awards

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science

Ulster

Ulster University

Liaison Officer

Dr Declan McKenna

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*

University of Wolverhampton

Liaison Officer

Kathryn Dudley

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)*