Biochemistry (Hons) University of Nottingham

Overview

Within this Biochemistry (Hons) programme from the University of Nottingham you will be trained by tutors who are active in the fields of biochemistry and biology, ensuring that you leave university with the skills needed to be successful in your future career. The biochemists are experts in a wide variety of specialities, including human disease and cancer.

Through optional modules and research projects, you can tailor the course to focus on the specific areas of biochemistry that interest you.

Career opportunities:

On completion of the course, you will have developed a thorough understanding of the fundamental aspects of cell biology, biochemistry, and genetics. Your research skills will be at a level that allows you to compete for the best postgraduate positions. Throughout the course you will have built up a range of transferable skills in presentation, interpretation and criticism of scientific data. These are all skills valued by employers.

Job roles

• Audit trainee
• Business analyst
• Doctor (with a further Graduate Entry Medicine degree)
• Food analyst
• Laboratory analyst
• Medical laboratory analyst
• Pharmacovigilance services
• Police constable
• Other management roles
• Scientist within the biotechnology sector
• Scientific communication
• Technical assistant
• Trainee cellular pathologist
• Teacher