iBSc Oncology

About the programme

One in two people born after 1960 will be diagnosed with cancer and doctors working across all medical specialties will be involved with their care. There has been a paradigm shift on how cancer patients are treated in recent years including the introduction of immunotherapy and personalized cancer medicine. 

The programme is delivered through the UCL Cancer Institute, which houses over 300 scientists and clinicians including Fellows of the Royal Society and of the Academy of Medical Sciences. 

The Integrated BSc in Oncology teaches technology and innovation in cancer research and clinical cancer management which is transferrable to other areas of medicine. This programme is delivered by world-class cancer researchers and clinicians and includes a variety of teaching methods and assessments. 

Core modules

• Cancer Medicine in Society (15 credits)
• Cancer Biology and Therapeutics (15 credits)
• Clinical Cancer: from Epidemiology to Diagnosis to Treatment (15 credits)
• Precision Cancer Medicine (15 credits)
• Cancer Clinical Trials - Undergraduate (15 credits)
• Cancer Biomedicine Research Project (30 credits)

Optional modules

• Paediatric and Young Adult Cancer: Basic Research and Clinical Applications (15 credits)
• Nutrition and Cancer Treatments (15 credits)
• Stem Cell Therapies (15 credits)
• Nanotechnology in Medicine (15 credits)
• The Biomedical Entrepreneur (15 credits)
• The Human Microbiome in Health and Disease (15 credits)

All students will undertake a unique research project which is laboratory or literature based in one of the world-class laboratories based in the UCL Cancer Institute. Projects undertaken by previous BSc and MSc students have lead to publications and presentations at national and international conferences. 

Application

Applications are accepted from external universities as well as internal UCL MBBS students and International Partnership Students.

UCL medical students

• Entry requirements: The successful completion of MBBS year 2.
• How to apply: All MBBS students are required to complete an application form which will be available on Moodle

UCL Internal Partnership Students 

• Entry requirements: The successful completion of a programme equivalent to MBBS Year 2 at a Medical School with a Partnership Agreement
• How to apply: You will be sent information in the summer prior to application.

External medical students

UCL Admissions accepts applications from external students for a limited period. Applications submitted after the deadline may still be considered subject to programme availability.