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Undergraduate UK courses

A full list of current IBMS UK accredited Honours degree level biomedical science courses

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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)*


Worcester

University of Worcester

Liasion Officer

Dr Raymond Camilleri

Title of Awards

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science


Wrexham

Wrexham Glyndwr University  

Liaison Officer

Dr Neil Pickles

Title of Awards

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science FT and PT [2025]


York*

York St. John University

Liaison Officer

Dr Robert Sanders

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