Course summary

Our BSc Bioscience with Management gives you the chance to learn the fundamental knowledge and applications of modern bioscience, while equipping you with essential management skills. This particular combination of skills and knowledge prepares you for future work at the interface of many scientific and business careers. Why choose this course?

• The course provides you with a sound understanding of modern bioscience together with management skills, enabling you to work effectively in the bioscience industry across a range of roles.

• You will benefit from extensive experience of advanced data analysis relevant to the bioscience sector.

• You will have the opportunity to complete a final-year project that is supervised by a member of academic staff who is an internationally recognised expert in their field.

• biochemistry

• cell biology

• drugs and drug discovery

• genetics

• microbiology

• physiology.

• Birkbeck provides state-of-the-art, specialist laboratories and facilities for studying biological sciences in the heart of academic London.

• In the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF), in a joint submission with UCL, Biological Sciences at Birkbeck were ranked 11th in the UK.

• You will be taught by internationally distinguished experts who work with governments and institutions around the globe to extend the boundaries of knowledge.

• Working in close collaboration with the Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, a joint institute between Birkbeck and UCL, we are recognised for the excellence and international impact of our research.

• analysis, critical evaluation and synthesis of evidence, concepts and principles

• data analysis and problem-solving

• practical laboratory skills

• high-level oral and written communication skills

• research skills.

• pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies

• NHS laboratory analysis

• civil service

• biosciences academic research.