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BSc Biomedical Sciences with Entrepreneurship

Tetr School of Biosciences × The University of Manchester

Overview

Course overview

  • Learn how biology-based science is applied to medicine through research, diagnostics, health monitoring and treatment, and how those ideas become real products and companies.
  • Gain wide-ranging training across medically related disciplines while living and studying in Dubai, India, China and Ghana, with research and industry immersions in Denmark, Italy, Japan and Singapore.
  • Spend your final year at The University of Manchester, combining a world-class biomedical science education with the entrepreneurial training of Tetr.
Structure
3+1
Years 1–3
Tetr campuses in Dubai, India, China & Ghana
Year 4
The University of Manchester, UK
Immersions
Denmark, Italy, Japan, Singapore

Please note

[Degree award and accreditation statement — to be confirmed with The University of Manchester]

Course details

Course description

The BSc Biomedical Sciences with Entrepreneurship gives you a grounding in the disciplines that sit underneath modern medicine, including chemistry, biochemistry, cell biology, anatomy and physiology, genetics, immunology, pathophysiology, pharmacology and epidemiology, and it does so while you live and learn in the places where these sciences are being turned into treatments and businesses.

You begin in Dubai with the foundations of life, move to India to study how disease happens and how it might be fixed, and then spend a full business year at the Tetr School of Business in China and Ghana, where you build and launch real ventures. Along the way you step inside research labs and companies in Copenhagen, Sardinia, Kyoto and Singapore, so every concept you meet in a lecture is matched by something you have seen working in the world.

Your final year is spent at The University of Manchester, where you complete advanced biomedical units and an honours project. You graduate with the scientific depth to pursue research, healthcare or further study, and with the practical experience of having pitched, funded and run something of your own.

Teaching and learning

You will learn through a wide range of methods chosen to suit each course unit. These range from lectures, seminars and small-group tutorials to laboratory practicals, field research, case files and term projects that end in a pitch to scientists, clinicians or investors. Each semester also includes a research immersion, an industry immersion and a cultural immersion in a partner country, and Year 3 is taught through Tetr's learn-by-building model in which every term ends with a live venture.

Coursework and assessment

Assessment methods vary to suit each course unit and each stage of study.

  • Lecture-based units are assessed through a mix of written exams, short assignments and in-class work.
  • Practical units are assessed through lab reports, data-analysis tasks and practical skills checks.
  • Term projects are assessed through a presentation or pitch together with a written report.
  • The proportion of independent and project-based work increases each year.

Year 1

[Assessment approach and weighting for this year — to be confirmed]

Year 2

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Year 3

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Final year (Manchester)

[Assessment approach and weighting for this year — to be confirmed]

Assessment in the final year follows The University of Manchester's regulations, including the honours essay and problem papers and the final-year project.

Course unit details

This course is modular. In each year you study compulsory course units, and in later years you choose from optional units. The course unit details below are subject to change and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.

Year 1 · Dubai

Course content for year 1

Foundations of Life

“How does life work?”

Year 1 gives you a broad and rigorous introduction to the science of life, starting with the molecules that make it possible and finishing with the whole human body and the genes, habits and environments that shape how long and how well we live. You also build the core laboratory and data skills that every biomedical scientist relies on, and you take your first steps in spotting real health problems worth solving.

Key concepts include:

  • chemistry for life scientists
  • biochemistry and metabolism
  • cell biology
  • human anatomy and physiology
  • genetics, molecular biology and epigenetics
  • data and statistics
  • innovation and enterprise

Semester 1 · Dubai — Molecules to Cells

How do molecules become cells that capture and use energy?

Term project

Lab Foundations Bootcamp

Build your core lab skills through game-style challenges, then design your own follow-up experiment after Denmark.

Semester 2 · Dubai — Genes, Bodies & Long Lives

How do genes, bodies and lifestyles shape a long, healthy life?

Term project

From Twins to Villages

Explore how genes and lifestyle shape a long, healthy life, from case files to fieldwork in Sardinia.

Course units for year 1

Immersions for year 1

Europe Immersion · Denmark (Semester 1)

Research · Copenhagen

A zebrafish facility and an organoid lab; see how animals and lab-grown mini-organs model human biology, then design a follow-up experiment (observation only).

Industry · Copenhagen

An insulin manufacturer such as Novo Nordisk; follow insulin from gene to vial.

Culture · Denmark

Cycle the city, visit design museums to understand hygge, share a Nordic meal with local students.

Europe Immersion · Italy (Semester 2)

Research · Sardinia

A healthy-ageing team at a Sardinian university; field measurement, survey design, ethics, and a seminar on how longevity is studied.

Industry · Sardinia

A traditional food producer or community health provider; see how food, work and community shape healthy ageing.

Culture · Sardinia

Hill villages, the UNESCO-listed Su Nuraxi di Barumini nuraghe, and making pane carasau with local cooks.

Year 2 · India

Course content for year 2

Disease & Discovery

“How does disease happen, and how could we fix it?”

Year 2 asks how disease happens and how we might fix it. In the first semester you study how the body defends itself, how it fails and how it can be rebuilt, from immunology and pathophysiology to stem cells, tissue engineering and genomics. In the second semester you follow a lab idea all the way to market, learning how drugs and ingredients act in the body, how safety is proven, how innovation is regulated and paid for, and how to communicate science to experts, investors and the public.

Key concepts include:

  • pathophysiology and disease biology
  • immunology
  • diagnostics and devices
  • epidemiology and research methods
  • stem cell therapies
  • tissue engineering
  • applied genomics
  • pharmacology and toxicology
  • ethics and law
  • healthcare and food markets
  • research methods
  • science communication

Semester 1 · India — Defend, Fail & Rebuild

How do bodies defend themselves, fail and rebuild?

Term project

Why Won't This Wound Heal?

Model a real clinical puzzle and pitch your treatment idea to scientists and clinicians.

Semester 2 · India — Living Cells at Scale

Can a lab idea become a safe, legal, fundable business?

Term project

From Plant to Plate

Turn a lab idea into a safe, fundable business and pitch it to investors and regulators.

Course units for year 2

Immersions for year 2

Immersion · Japan (Semester 1)

Research · Kyoto

A lab working with iPS (induced pluripotent stem) cells for regeneration; see how adult cells are reprogrammed and guided into repair cells, with quality control at each stage.

Industry · Japan

An antibody-medicine company; follow an antibody from discovery to patient and see how regulators shape the process.

Culture · Japan

Temples and gardens in Kyoto, how an ageing society approaches care, and meals with local students.

Immersion · Singapore (Semester 2)

Research · Singapore

A food-biotech or bioprocessing research group; see how cells are grown in bioreactors and what scale-up changes.

Industry · Singapore

A cultivated-meat producer such as Good Meat; learn how a company moves from lab to regulated product on sale.

Culture · Singapore

Hawker centres, food-tech labs and markets, and meeting local founders.

Year 3 · China & Ghana

Course content for year 3

Business Year at Tetr School of Business

Year 3 is spent at the Tetr School of Business, where you learn business by doing business. Semester 1 is a base camp in China focused on product design, AI and launching hardware; Semester 2 is a base camp in Ghana focused on economics, social ventures and fundraising for impact. Each semester ends with a live venture that has real targets, real customers and real money on the line.

Semester 1 · China — Tetr Base Camp: China

Term project

Kickstarter Launch

Launch a Kickstarter campaign for a hardware product you designed. Target: $20,000 from 100+ backers.

Semester 2 · Ghana — Tetr Base Camp: Ghana

Term project

NGO Pilot

Pilot an NGO for a local cause in Ghana. Target: reach 200+ lives through partnerships and fundraising.

Course units for year 3

Business immersions for year 3

Business immersions · China (3 of 5)

Industry · Shanghai

Automated production systems at scale at Tesla Gigafactory.

Industry · Hangzhou

The digital infrastructure behind modern commerce at Alibaba campus.

Industry · Shanghai

Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, home to some of China's most important AI and tech companies.

+ 2 more China immersions — to be confirmed

Business immersions · Ghana (3 of 6)

Industry · Ghana

Fairafric Chocolates — ethical sourcing, local manufacturing and sustainability in Africa's chocolate value chain.

Research · Ghana

Google AI Research Centre — AI research built for global and region-specific challenges.

Policy · Ghana

United Nations — international development, policy implementation and multilateral collaboration.

+ 3 more Ghana immersions — to be confirmed

Year 4 · Manchester, UK

Course content for year 4

The University of Manchester

Your final year is spent at The University of Manchester. You take the core honours units of the BSc Biomedical Sciences programme alongside optional units chosen from advanced biomedical topics, research and communication projects, and enterprise, so that the year brings together everything you have learned across science and business.

Course units for year 4

Mandatory

Optional

Showing 12 of 36 optional units, including 40-credit projects, advanced biomedical topics and enterprise units.

Immersions

Every semester in Years 1 and 2 includes a research, an industry and a cultural immersion in a partner country, and Year 3 includes business immersions in China and Ghana.

  • Year 1 · Dubai

    Europe Immersion · Denmark (Semester 1) · Europe Immersion · Italy (Semester 2)

  • Year 2 · India

    Immersion · Japan (Semester 1) · Immersion · Singapore (Semester 2)

  • Year 3 · China & Ghana

    Business immersions · China (3 of 5) · Business immersions · Ghana (3 of 6)

Disclaimer

The course unit details above are subject to change and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study. Locations, immersion partners and company visits may change due to visa, regulatory or geopolitical conditions. Final-year units are subject to The University of Manchester's regulations.

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