Personalised Medicine with optional placement year BSc (Hons)

Program Overview

Ulster University's BSc (Hons) in Personalised Medicine provides a comprehensive understanding of biomedical innovation, equipping graduates with multi-disciplinary skills in biomedical science, data science, and clinical practice. The program emphasizes professional development through collaboration with industry partners and offers an optional placement year for practical experience. Graduates are well-positioned for careers in research, healthcare, and the pharmaceutical/diagnostics industries, aiming to improve patients' quality of life through personalized medicine.

Program Outline

• Graduates are equipped with a multi-disciplinary skill set across biomedical science, data science and clinical practice.
• This equips them for careers on the cutting edge of scientific and medical progress in research, healthcare, or the pharmaceutical/diagnostics industries.
• The program incorporates professional skills development in collaboration with an Industrial Liaison Committee, comprising over 30 industrial partners.
• Graduates are positioned to improve patients' quality of life through better healthcare and smarter technologies for diseases like heart disease, diabetes, neurological disorders, cancer, and immune disease.
• The program is delivered by research-active academics with PhDs and relevant professional body recognition.

Outline:

• Year One:
• 6 modules establish a foundation in physiology, cell biology, immunology, data analytics, genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics.
• Year Two:
• Year Three:
• Optional placement year provides experience in professional practice and project management in an industrial, hospital, or university environment.
• Year Four:
• Essential experience in neurology, clinical decision making and health economics.
• Completion of a research project with one of the active research groups (data analysis, clinical science or basic science).

Modules:

• Year One:
• Biochemistry and Cell Biology
• Anatomy and Systems Based Physiology
• Mathematical Methods
• Genetic Inheritance and Genetic Variation in Human Disease
• Biocomputing and Programming
• Inflammatory and Immunological Disease
• Year Two:
• Pharmacology and Pharmcogenomics
• Statistical and Computing Methods
• Cellular and Molecular Pathophysiology
• Biomedical Informatics
• Ethics, Regulatory process and Clinical Trial Design
• Year Three (optional):
• Placement: Diploma in Professional Practice (International) (DPP/DPPI)
• Year Four:
• Multi-omics and Systems Biology
• Clinical or Fundamental research design
• Clinical decision making and health economics
• Clinical Research Project
• Applied Bioinformatics
• Personalised Medicine: Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

Assessment:

• Assessed through a combination of class tests, coursework, lab practicals, and formal examinations.
• Feedback provided on all coursework assessments.
• Module assessments vary and are defined in each module specification.

Teaching:

• Delivered through lectures, tutorials, and laboratory classes, with presentations from industry and healthcare professionals.

Careers:

• Graduates find employment in research, the health service, and the pharmaceutical and diagnostics industries.
• Specific examples include:
• Research Science
• NHS Laboratories
• Industrial Science
• Data Analytics
• Clinical Trial Management
• Policy Making
• Software Development
• Graduates are employed by companies such as Fusion Antibodies, Health and Social Care Trust (HSC) NIRandox, NI Clinical research - Royal Hospital, Analytics Engines, Bio Search, and Genuity Science.

Other:

• The program boasts 100% overall satisfaction in the 2023 National Student Survey.
• 90% of graduates were in full-time work or study within 6 months of graduation.
• The program has optional placement years available in year three.
• The program is delivered by a team of experienced and active research scientists, with contributions from industry experts and hospital doctors.
• The course has received 100% overall satisfaction in the 2023 National Student Survey.