BSc (Hons) Biomedical Scientist Level 6 Degree Apprenticeship (Applied Biomedical Science) at Nottingham Trent University

Programme overview

The Biomedical Scientist Level 6 Degree Apprenticeship (BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science) is a four-year part-time, day-release degree apprenticeship delivered in blended mode at NTU's Clifton Campus. It combines academic and work-based learning in an IBMS-approved training laboratory and leads to the IBMS certificate of competence needed to apply for HCPC registration as a biomedical scientist.

What you will study

Year one modules include Professional Practice (1), Living Systems, Introduction to Biochemistry and Introduction to Microbiology. Apprentices attend on day release, mostly in term time, with online study equivalent to one day a week out of term. Assessment is integrated with an end-point assessment administered by NTU, after completion of the IBMS registration portfolio and Certificate of Competence.

Career pathways

Graduates work as HCPC-registered biomedical scientists, medical scientists and clinical scientists, at employers such as NHS Trusts, NHS Blood and Transplant and Coventry Pathology Service.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Typical offer 120 UCAS Tariff points. Applicants must be UK resident or have the right to work in the UK, hold a job or job offer in an IBMS-approved training laboratory, have employer support, and spend at least 50% of the working week in England. Applicants complete and upload the IBMS application form with their laboratory training contact and a copy of their IBMS training certificate; no interview is required. International applicants must have been ordinarily resident in the UK and Islands for at least the previous three years (not mainly for full-time education) with permission to live in the UK not for education only, and visa and contract covering the apprenticeship duration.

Intake: September 2026

Duration: 4 years part-time

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