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Applied Medical Sciences BSc
Applied Medical Sciences degree overview
Our main aim is to develop science graduates with a strong medical background, combining exceptional academic education with a focus on practical and thinking skills that will equip graduates for the highly competitive jobs market. This will give our graduates a huge advantage over current straight science and should equip them to drive research and innovation forward within medical research.
Course benefits
- UCL is internationally recognised for medical research. You will learn from experts who are currently conducting world-leading research in these specialist areas, and will also discover how the subjects overlap and interact. This will give your studies both breadth and depth.
- Learn the fundamentals of human biology and clinical medicine and gain a thorough understanding of how human physiology works, and how to treat it when it goes wrong.
- Enjoy a month-long work placement with a real employer.
- Benefit from collaborative on-and-offline learning methods and competitive team-based projects, as well as inspirational talks by external speakers on science, medicine and the arts.
- Join a thriving community of research scientists and clinicians working at the cutting-edge of their fields, and enjoy a diverse programme of talks and workshops by eminent scientists.
Career opportunities
Applied Medical Sciences differs from most biomedical science degrees as students develop a very strong understanding of the foundations of medicine, with an emphasis on fusing science with medicine. The BSc degree is angled towards the development of an appreciation of how science helps us to understand and treat various diseases.
This applied science degree will enable you to become a highly skilled scientist who can make medicine work for patients. Alternatively, you might like to use your knowledge to find a career in research. You will also be able to adapt your skills to a variety of other professions where an understanding of science and medicine are crucial.
We expect all our graduates to be capable of working in any of the biomedical sciences that they choose to pursue. We envisage that our graduates will play key roles in clinical trials, biomedical research, nanotechnology, drug design, the pharmaceutical industry, the regenerative repair industry and postgraduate research.
Student View
The degree brings you into regular contact with leading scientists and researchers in their fields, as well as notable guest speakers. You are encouraged to find what it is you 'want' to do - what really gets you interested. The Applied Medical Sciences degree will challenge you more than just intellectually.
Louisa Wilson - Applied Medical Sciences BSc, Second Year
Frequently Asked Questions
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN APPLIED MEDICAL SCIENCES AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES?
The first year of UCL Applied Medical Sciences (AMS) mirrors quite closely to the Year 1 MBBS, including a lot of anatomy, physiology etc, more so than Biomedical Sciences.
Both AMS and Biomedical Sciences students will focus on practical and laboratory skills during their studies.
However, because of the amount of input in both content and teaching from clinicians and clinician-scientists during the AMS degree programme, AMS graduates will be in a position to communicate with clinicians in their own language. This will put them at an advantage in the workplace.
