Medical Biochemistry MBiol, BSc at University of Leeds

Medical biochemistry studies the structure and function of living things in relation to their application to medicine, covering biochemistry topics but with a focus on areas relating to human health and disease.

You could go on to have a huge medical and societal impact by both improving our fundamental understanding of complex diseases such as cancer, but also by developing effective medicines and technologies to facilitate their discovery.

You’ll be taught by our internationally renowned academics, instilling skills in you that are highly valued by employers. You’ll gain detailed scientific knowledge through topics in protein folding disease, oncology and immunology.

Career opportunities

As well as providing you with subject-specific knowledge, we aim to equip you with the best possible skills for a variety of future careers. All of our degrees have a strong emphasis on practical based teaching, small group teaching, online learning and problem solving.

Throughout the degree, you’ll gain a wide range of transferable skills which are highly valued by employers. Supported by the faculty student opportunity team, Leeds for Life scheme and your academic and personal tutor, you’ll be ideally placed to focus on your personal development and make the most of your time at university.

Similar to biochemistry graduates, medical biochemistry graduates find employment in the pharmaceutical and fine chemicals industries, where the development of new, green biocatalysts and the continuing expansion in nanotechnology, synthetic biology and tissue engineering promises excellent and exciting opportunities for many years to come.

A Leeds biochemistry degree is respected by employers from many different walks of life, particularly given the analytical, technical and numeric properties of the course. Our courses enable graduates to obtain employment in scientific and non-scientific careers alike. We emphasise the development of transferable graduate skills throughout our courses.

Typical graduate careers include:

• Academic researcher

• Biomedical Scientist

• Biotechnologist

• Clinical Research Associate

• Forensic scientist

• Teaching

• Science communication

Examples of recent graduate destinations include:

• Molecular Biologist

• Medical Sales Representative

• Graduate Entry Medicine

• PGCE - Teaching

• PhD Biological Sciences