Your Biomedicine and Biomedical Science offer

Congratulations on your offer to study Biomedicine or Biomedical Science at Lancaster.

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Congratulations

Congratulations on your offer to study at Lancaster. Biomedicine and biomedical science lie at the forefront of understanding human health and disease - you’ll engage with cutting-edge research and use our excellent lab facilities to gain the skills to investigate the challenges facing modern healthcare.

When you study biomedicine or biomedical science at Lancaster, you will join our Department of Biomedical and Life Sciences. It’s where you will learn from renowned scientists, and where you will make life-long friends and memories in practical sessions. With courses ranging from biology to neuroscience, pharmacology to biochemistry, you will become part of our thriving community of like-minded students.

Professor Jackie Parry, Head of Biomedical and Life Sciences

Offer Holder Events

Discover Lancaster University for yourself at one of our events exclusively for Biomedicine and Biomedical Science offer holders and guests.

  • Saturday 7 February
  • Saturday 28 February
  • Saturday 21 March
  • Saturday 11 April

These events are a chance to experience our friendly and inclusive teaching environment first-hand. You’ll get to know our biosciences team and current students through subject talks, taster sessions and informal chats over a complimentary lunch.

At your Offer Holder Event, you will:

  • Learn more about the structure of your degree and our approach to teaching and learning
  • Experience life as a Biomedicine or Biomedical Science student through a hands-on laboratory taster session
  • Have the opportunity to chat with current students and staff, and find out answers to any questions you may have

We also host a variety of online events designed to give you a closer look at life within our biosciences community - whilst also exploring exciting career paths that could shape your future.

View Offer Holder Event programme

Once you have received an offer to study Biomedicine or Biomedical Science, you will be emailed a unique booking link to the email address used on your UCAS application. You can book your place on both the in-person and online events. If you have any questions, or haven't received your personal booking link, please email us.

Our flexible Biomedicine and our IBMS-accredited Biomedical Science degree courses are aimed at those with a broad interest in human life processes and disease and give you the opportunity to gain an in-depth understanding of the techniques and issues associated with modern biomedical research.

Why Lancaster?

In joining Lancaster, you will become a part of our biosciences community in a highly ranked department (8th in the UK for Biomedical Science, Complete University Guide 2027). Biomedicine is at the heart of modern medical and health research. Taught by internationally renowned academics, along with clinical and biomedical staff from local hospitals, you will focus on key aspects of modern-day biomedicine with an emphasis on the molecules and mechanisms fundamental to life processes and how these are disrupted by disease.

Taught by experts

You'll be taught by active researchers, whose work brings a positive benefit to the world. Additionally, practising Biomedical Scientists contribute to our Biomedical Science programme.

Accreditation

Our Biomedical Science course is IBMS accredited.

Core training or flexibility to explore your passions?

For our accredited Biomedical Science course, most modules are core, ensuring you receive a rigorous clinical training. With our flexible Biomedicine programme, you can explore your passions across themes such as ageing, pathobiology, pharmacology and neuroscience.

State-of-the-art labs

Our teaching laboratories are at the centre of your degree, where you'll gain hands-on experience needed to understand the fundamentals of the science of life.

Part of the community

Benefit from being part of a biosciences community, with courses from biology to neuroscience, and students from around the world.

Career opportunities

One of our degrees will give you the skills to pursue a career in your chosen area of the biosciences and will give you the transferable skills valued by a wide range of future employers.

Keep exploring

For further information about your course including modules and career opportunities, take a look at the course information page:

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Our students: Katie's love of learning

I didn’t really choose Lancaster, it chose me. From the second I stepped onto the campus for the first time, I knew I’d found my home for the next 3 years. It just felt right. The campus is so inviting, and the people are so friendly, it just feels like home. 

The diversity of modules taught throughout my Biomedicine degree have reignited my love for learning. It has allowed me to discover my enjoyment for topics such as genetics and follow that enjoyment from first year all the way to third year. I’ve felt so well supported by my lecturers and advisors alike that I’ve really been able to reach my full potential here.

Katie

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Our alumni: A springboard to a successful career in the NHS

My career has been one of rapid progression and continuous learning.

Graduating with an BSc in Biomedical Sciences and MSc Biomedicine (in 2021 from Lancaster), I started as a Medical Laboratory Assistant in Clinical Biochemistry at NHS Blackpool in early 2022. This early experience provided me with a strong foundation in laboratory practice. I was allowed to complete the IBMS registration portfolio and, buiding on this, I secured a place on the competitive Scientist Training Programme (STP) in the same laboratory as a trainee clinical scientist in September 2024. 

I absolutely feel that studying both my BSc and MSc at Lancaster specifically benefited my career progression. The courses’ rigorous curriculum provided a strong theoretical foundation, which was essential for understanding the complexities of laboratory diagnostics. The courses also emphasised critical thinking and data analysis, which has honed my ability to interpret complex scientific information, a skill directly applicable to both the IBMS portfolio and the STP. Furthermore, the hands-on experience I gained in the practical lab sessions translated directly to the skills needed in a clinical setting, allowing me to quickly adapt and contribute effectively.

The course structure, the learning environment, and the support from the faculty fostered a proactive approach to learning, which ultimately helped me pursue and achieve my goals in my professional career, including gaining HCPC registration and securing a place on the STP programme. 

Santosh

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