Arts and Sciences with Study Abroad

Description

This programme is designed to give you a good grounding in both the basic science of processing and of the management of new emerging technologies in healthcare. You will develop an understanding of the latest biomedical and diagnostic advances, together with the business skills necessary for health and clinical research management.

Degree benefits

• This BSc is a truly interdisciplinary programme which draws on the knowledge of experts from across UCL in science and engineering, management and humanities.
• The department has the most modern and comprehensive biochemical engineering facilities of any university in the world. Constructed at a cost of £30 million, they attract leading industrial competitors.
• Our teaching is designed to help you both to work at a detailed analytical level, and to see the bigger picture in terms of addressing environmental and ethical issues.
• We have been pioneers in providing our undergraduates with training to help them understand the business environment in which life science industries operate, thus better preparing you for your future career.

In the first year, you will study the basics of how a drug is created, made at scale and what the challenges of creating new medicines are. You will also study the prerequisite management principles in running an organisation and dealing with the accounts, as well as the fundamentals of data management.
In year two, you will study the internal and external factors that govern pharmaceuticals production, with emphasis on clinical needs and their constraints. A wide spectrum of knowledge is encompassed from statistical analysis to legal and ethical concerns, together with an understanding of the role of the internet in globalisation and access to medicines.

The third year addresses a more in-depth understanding of global practices, business planning and the feasibility and economics of creating therapeutics and vaccines in both developed as well as developing markets. You will also undertake an independent research project within the context of globalisation of health.

Your learning

You will be taught using a combination of lectures, case studies, team-based projects and experiments. Leading industrialists and researchers regularly visit the department to provide guest lectures. Case studies are conducted in small teams, and your personal and departmental tutors are available to offer individual support.

Assessment

Written examinations, individual reports, coursework and oral presentations all contribute towards your assessment.

Opportunities

The core science, engineering, business and leadership skills that you acquire on the programme will provide you with excellent and diverse career prospects. In addition to your core subject knowledge, the programme will provide you with skills such as innovative thinking, team working and computing.

The excitement of advances towards new medicines and greener sustainable processes is creating an ever-growing need for biochemical engineering graduates to work in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, biofuels, chemical, environment and food industries.

You may be based in a university, or work in company research and development activity involved in the design of facilities and issues of creating safe materials. The programme teaches skills such as systematic thinking and precise calculation, which leads some graduates to enter the financial sector and particularly those companies which invest in healthcare.

Destinations

The first cohort of students admitted to the Bioprocessing of New Medicines (Business and Management) BSc programme are due to graduate after 2015. Therefore, no information about career destinations for students on this programme is currently available.

Detailed Course Facts

• GBP 9000 Year (EEA)
• GBP 20100 Year (Non-EEA)

• English

Course Content

In each year of your degree you will take a number of individual courses, normally valued at 0.5 or 1.0 credits, adding up to a total of 4.0 credits for the year. Courses are assessed in the academic year in which they are taken. The balance of compulsory and optional courses 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).

Year One

Compulsory courses

• Accounting for Business
• Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Communication & Behaviour in Organisations
• Introduction to Biochemical Engineering
• Introduction to Biochemical Engineering Processing and Design
• Introductory Statistical Methods and Computing
• Understanding Management

Optional courses

You will select 0.5 credits from a range of options.

Year Two

Compulsory courses

• Evaluation and Planning of Business Opportunities in Bioprocessing and Life Sciences
• International Development and Public Policy
• Introduction to Bioprocess Design Principles
• Language
• Law for Managers
• New Medicines for the 21st Century
• Strategic Human Resource Management

Optional courses

You will select 0.5 credits from a range of options.

Final Year

Compulsory courses

• Bioprocess Design Study
• Bioprocess Research Project
• Business Planning in Bioprocessing and Life Sciences
• Project Appraisal for Bioprocessing
• Project Management
• Vaccine Bioprocessing

Optional courses

You will select 0.5 credits from a range of options.

Requirements

A Levels

• A*AA-AAA

• Biology required.

• For UK-based students a pass in a further subject at AS level or equivalent is required.

• English Language and Mathematics at grade C. 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

• 38-39

• A total of 18-19 points in three higher level subjects preferably including at least one from Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics or Physics, with no score below 5.

International qualifications

In addition to A level and International Baccalaureate, UCL considers a wide range of international qualifications for entry to its undergraduate degree programmes.

Undergraduate Preparatory Certificates

UCL offers intensive one-year foundation courses to prepare international students for a variety of degree programmes at UCL.

The Undergraduate Preparatory Certificates (UPCs) are for international students of high academic potential who are aiming to gain access to undergraduate degree programmes at UCL and other top UK universities.

For more information see our website: www.ucl.ac.uk/upc

English language requirements

If English is not your first language you will also need to satisfy UCL's English Language Requirements. A variety of English language programmes are offered at the UCL Centre for Languages & International Education.

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

Related Scholarships*

• Academic Excellence Scholarship

  "The Academic Excellence Scholarship can provide up to a 50 % reduction in tuition per semester. These scholarships will be renewed if the student maintains superior academic performance during each semester of their 3-year Bachelor programme. The scholarship will be directly applied to the student’s tuition fees."

• Access Bursary

  Bursary for UK students all subjects where the variable tuition fee rate is payable.

• Alumni Bursary

  Alumni Bursary for UK Undergraduate students

* The scholarships shown on this page are suggestions first and foremost. They could be offered by other organisations than University College London (UCL).

Funding

Scholarships and funding

UCL offers a range of financial awards aimed at assisting both prospective and current students with their studies

Specific funding notes

Several major international companies have established a Trust Fund with the department. This fund provides five bursaries, each worth at least £1,500, which are open to all applicants of this programme.

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/scholarships