Integrated Foundation with Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Biomedical Science

A four year route opening with a foundation year, covering science and study fundamentals before three years of biomedical science at degree level.

This foundation route asks IELTS 6.5 rather than the 7.0 the direct entry biomedical degree demands, which is a genuine and unusual concession.

Integrated Foundation with Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Biomedical Science is taught at the Birmingham City University, a UK university with degree awarding powers. Because the biomedical science foundation route is a degree, it supports an application under the UK Graduate Route, which gives two years of unsponsored work in Britain after the biomedical science foundation route ends, or three years for a doctorate. To claim it after the biomedical science foundation route you must be inside the UK on a valid student visa when you apply. One limit applies to the biomedical science foundation route as to every taught course in Britain: the rules introduced in January 2024 stop taught students bringing a spouse or children as dependants, so the biomedical science foundation route cannot support a family move.

The academic bar for Integrated Foundation with Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Biomedical Science is Class 12 or equivalent with 50 percent. The English requirement is IELTS 6.5 with no band below 6.0, and tuition for the biomedical science foundation route is recorded at GBP 18,570 a year. BCU charges no application fee, so applying for the biomedical science foundation route costs you nothing, and no scholarship is recorded against it. the biomedical science foundation route lists three September entry windows, in 2026, 2027 and 2028. Apply Study Visa manages the the biomedical science foundation route application, the deposit, the offer, the CAS and the UK student visa as one process.