Medical Sciences and Engineering

This new degree aims to give students a strong foundation in the human body and disease along with an understanding of design and engineering principles. The purpose of this is to combine innovation and technology with patient care. Students will be taught to apply a systems approach to engineering-related developments in healthcare, academia and business centres. This programme intends to develop multi-skilled graduates equipped to meet a rapidly expanding need.

In each year of your degree you will take a number of individual modules, normally valued at 0.5 or 1.0 credits, adding up to a total of 4.0 credits for the year. Modules are assessed in the academic year in which they are taken. The balance of compulsory and optional modules varies from programme to programme and year to year. A 1.0 credit is considered equivalent to 15 credits in the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS).

This degree is comprised of eight compulsory modules in both years one and two, which are split equally between engineering and medical science. In year three, students will be asked to personalise their education with four student-selected modules and four compulsory modules. 

Students are able to choose optional modules from a number offered throughout UCL. They will be encouraged to design their degree programme along an engineering, medical sciences or business/innovation theme.

Students will have the opportunity to experience UCL's cutting-edge research laboratories, as well as state-of-the-art hospital facilities.

Students will develop skills in information evaluation, integration, and its application to healthcare. They will be able to carry out a bioengineering system-related research project in their final year.

A levels

Grades

AAA-AAB

Subjects

Physics or Mathematics, and Chemistry or Biology, plus one other subject, are required.

GCSEs

English Language and Mathematics at grade B. For UK-based students, a grade C or equivalent in a foreign language (other than Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew or Latin) is required. UCL provides opportunities to meet the foreign language requirement following enrolment, further details at: www.ucl.ac.uk/ug-reqs

IB Diploma

Points

36

Subjects

A total of 17 points in three higher level subjects, with no score below 5, to include Physics or Mathematics, and Chemistry or Biology, plus one further subject.