Study Biomedicine and you’ll get to apply your passion for human biology to challenges such as stem cell biology, ageing, cancer, arthritis and cardiovascular disease – placing you right at the forefront of the battle to improve human health.
Our biomedicine degree has been designed to allow you to develop and apply your skills in the medically-related biological sciences. Our multidisciplinary approach takes from both biology and chemistry, combining the elements that are relevant to modern medicine.
The UEA biomedicine course will teach you how to apply cellular and molecular techniques to the understanding and treatment of human diseases. You’ll explore areas such as human physiology, antibiotic resistance, pathogens and genetics. And you’ll discover a host of additional topics including ophthalmology, metabolic disorders and gastroenterology. You’ll be learning to put your skills and knowledge to use in the fight against some of the most serious illnesses we face today.
You’ll be taught by world-class academics, hospital consultants and practicing biomedical scientists, and you’ll have access to some of the best facilities in the country, including our new £34 million undergraduate STEM teaching laboratories, the Biomedical Research Centre, the Bob Champion Research and Education Building, and the Norwich Medical School, which is based on campus. These facilities house a unique human tissue bio-bank facility to store DNA and tissue samples and host cutting-edge research into cancer, antibiotic resistance, and musculoskeletal and gastrointestinal disease. You’ll also benefit from our enviable position as an integral partner of the Norwich Research Park, which is also home to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, and independent, world-renowned research institutes such as the John Innes Centre, the Sainsbury Laboratory, the Earlham Institute (a genomics centre), and the new £75-million Quadram Institute (a food and health research centre combined with an integrated NHS endoscopy centre).
Our biomedicine course will give you comprehensive knowledge of the different areas of biomedical research, preparing you for work in industry, clinical research, or further academic study.
