BSc (Hons) Health Sciences

Course Overview

The BSc (Hons) Health Sciences degree provides a broad base of scientific knowledge and skills applicable to many occupations and potential career opportunities. Graduate jobs include scientific and medical research roles and clinical and analytical laboratory set-up. Potential employers include health service organisations, government, local authorities, industry, and charitable and international organisations. The time spent on developing essential interpersonal and valuable transferable skills throughout the degree through a diverse range of activities (group work, presentation, interview, critical thinking, problem-solving, communication enhancement, analysis and statistics) makes you further employable to a range of career opportunities and occupations including:

Public Health, health promotion and surveillance

Corporate social responsibility

Industrial and graduate training programmes in health

General Eligibility

• 96-112 UCAS tariff points

• You must have GCSE English and Mathematics at grade 4 (grade C) or equivalent and have studied at least one relevant subject at Level 3. Eligible subjects include:

• Applied Science

• Biology

• Health Sciences

Typical Level 3 qualifications include:

• Levels (within a minimum of grade C from one relevant subject)

• BTEC Extended Diploma

• Access to HE Diploma

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

• International students must also provide evidence of English language skills equivalent to IELTS 7.0 (or equal).