This degree offers you the chance to strengthen your skills, knowledge and confidence before you advance to stage one of your honours degree.
Gain a degree which could put you at the forefront of advances in medical health. We will equip you to excel in a career dedicated to prolonging life, improving health and combating disease.
- Start out with a foundation year which will give you the skills, knowledge and confidence to progress to honours degree studies
- Biosciences at Derby is ranked number one in the UK for student satisfaction with teaching and feedback, Guardian University Guide 2020
- This course is accredited by the Royal Society of Biology, demonstrating quality and a high professional standard
- Achieve your ambitions if you are considering a career change or seeking to immerse yourself in a new subject of study: the foundation year is your stepping stone to success
- Develop the practical and intellectual skills that will give you a head start in careers in medical research, the NHS, health charities and biomedical industries
- Explore how the human body is regulated, biological aspects of disease and illness, and the impact of environmental and socio-economic factors on human health
- Undertake an independent research project, supported by own expert teaching team renowned for groundbreaking investigations into human health and disease
- Select from a comprehensive range of optional modules to build a degree which reflects your own interests and career plans