Medical Microbiology BSc at University of Sheffield

This course will give you a broad understanding of microbiology with an emphasis on topics of medical relevance, allowing you to understand how microbes live, as well as ways to disrupt disease processes, before putting your skills and knowledge into practice in the lab.

You'll study the importance of bacteria, viruses and other microbes in the environment and as pathogens.

You'll also learn about how we can manipulate their genetic makeup to put microbes to good use in biotechnology, allowing us to better understand and tackle the global threat of antimicrobial-resistant infections.

Our degrees all start with core subject and skills modules that provide the foundation for your studies. As you progress through your degree, you'll have a chance to explore your core subjects in greater depth, choose optional modules across the biosciences to help broaden your knowledge and skills and participate in a research activity. Moving to a different degree course is possible, especially in the first year, and depending on your qualifications.

If you want to study microbiology but don't meet the entry requirements to go straight into the first year, our Biosciences with a Foundation Year could be for you. After successfully completing the one-year programme, you'll progress onto the first year of your chosen degree.