BSc Biotechnology
Entry requirements
A Level: AAB to include specific subjects - see below for details. IB: 6,6,5 to include specific subjects - see below for details. BTEC: BTEC Extended Diploma, Diploma and Extended Certificate are accepted, but subjects are considered on a case-by-case basis. Please contact us for further guidance
About this course
Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology, a biosciences degree focused on biological and technological approaches. Core topics include Data Analysis and Critical & Analytical Thinking. The programme requires students to complete a final-year practical project or literature review. The first year covers core foundations through Molecular Biosciences and Microbiology, Cell Biology & Physiology, and Genetics I. The second year introduces specialized studies such as Genetic Engineering and Data Science, Proteins in Biotechnology, and Microbiology: Medicine, Environment, and Industry. The final year offers advanced optional modules spanning Bacterial Gene Regulation, Cancer Biology, and Molecular and Cellular Immunology, alongside a substantial practical project or literature review component.
Modules
- Molecular Biosciences and Microbiology
- Discovering Biosciences Skills and Enterprise
- Cell Biology & Physiology
- Ecological Concepts and Plant Sciences
- Genetics I
- Chemistry for Biochemists I
- Introduction to Evolution and Animal Biology
- Communication and Enterprise
- Genetic Engineering and Data Science
- Microbiology: Medicine, Environment, and Industry
- Genetics II
- Proteins in Biotechnology
- Membranes, Energy and Metabolism
- Plant Sciences: from cells to the environment
- Topics in Medical Biosciences
- LH Evidence-based literature review and critical analysis informed project proposal
- LH Introduction to Teaching Biosciences in Schools with Evidence-Based Literature Review
- LH Practical Project
- LH Bacterial Gene Regulation
- LH Cancer Biology
- LH Cellular Neurobiology
- LH Conservation Practice: Genes to Ecosystems
- LH Current developments and advances in Eukaryotic Genetics
- LH Eukaryotic Gene Expression
- LH Experimental design, analysis & interpretation of biochemical data
- LH Microbial Pathogenicity and Disease
- LH Molecular and Cellular Immunology
- LH Omics for Biomedical Research
- LH Responses to Global Environmental Change
- LH Structures of Destruction: the structural biology of pathogenicity