What do I do? (Biology & Engineering) Further Education

Hi there guys.
I am a student currently doing his A levels. I have just started my 2nd year, and my school have been encouraging us to complete our UCAS statements.
However I do not feel I can write a strong statement when I am confused about what course I want to do, or whether University would be the best choice for me.

Therefore could you guys help me with some sort of course recommendations? - it would be much appreciated.

I'll give some information to help.
I am studying Physics, Maths and Biology. Last year I had a faint idea of what i wanted to do after A level. I had my mind set on Prosthetics & Orthotics because I believed it would be a unique course in which I could apply Engineering and Biology at the same time. After visiting the Unis that offered the course, and taking part in work experience - I had learnt that what I was looking at wasn't really what I expected it to be, largely because it was very low-tech and based around plastic molding.

This brings me to now. I am still keen to study or pursue technology in the future, based around manufacture moving machines and/or their application to the human body (Biology).

However, like I said I do not know which route to take from.
Should I go to University?
What course should I do? - There are many types of Engineering.
Would I need to do a master's at some point?

I'd like to say thanks a bunch for those of you who reply with genuine effort, this means a lot to me.

Hi there guys.
I am a student currently doing his A levels. I have just started my 2nd year, and my school have been encouraging us to complete our UCAS statements.
However I do not feel I can write a strong statement when I am confused about what course I want to do, or whether University would be the best choice for me.

Therefore could you guys help me with some sort of course recommendations? - it would be much appreciated.

I'll give some information to help.
I am studying Physics, Maths and Biology. Last year I had a faint idea of what i wanted to do after A level. I had my mind set on Prosthetics & Orthotics because I believed it would be a unique course in which I could apply Engineering and Biology at the same time. After visiting the Unis that offered the course, and taking part in work experience - I had learnt that what I was looking at wasn't really what I expected it to be, largely because it was very low-tech and based around plastic molding.

This brings me to now. I am still keen to study or pursue technology in the future, based around manufacture moving machines and/or their application to the human body (Biology).

However, like I said I do not know which route to take from.
Should I go to University?
What course should I do? - There are many types of Engineering.
Would I need to do a master's at some point?

I'd like to say thanks a bunch for those of you who reply with genuine effort, this means a lot to me.

Mechanical engineering might be a good shout. Perhaps Sheffield's Mechanical Engineering with Biomechanics might be a good shout.

https://www.shef.ac.uk/mecheng/prospectiveug/courses/biomechanics

Although I'm not sure the true extent that which biology is involved in this side of things. Engineering and biology are quite different, and I'm not sure how much biology engineers working on such things utilise. But it's not my field.

Thanks for the reply.
I've had a look at that course which really does sound ideal to me. It implements both fields of what i'm looking at. The problem is the grade requirements are too high for my liking. I'd say ABB or below is about right.

Hey there,

I am in my 2nd year of A-levels too and am doing exactly the same subjects as you are. I want to go into Biology and Engineering too therefore i'm planning on doing Biomedical Engineering. This is a mix of the two subjects and are clearly the subjects that you would like to go into in life. I would recommend doing Biomedical Engineering at university. Going to university will mean that you will be able to keep your options open it terms of where you want to specialise in this industry and you will be able to get a degree in the two subjects that you are interested in. With the university that i am planning on applying to (which is Aston) they do a masters course for biomedical engineering so it makes sense that i might as well apply to it to also get a masters out of it. I believe that a masters might help in career and employment prospects but it's your choice really.

Any sort of mechanical engineering degree should be suitable for designing machines. There are courses out there that are within your grade requirements.

Thanks for the reply.
I know that studying at university will allow me to specialize in the industry as you said, but would you care to explain what advantages it would have over an apprenticeship, lets say. Apologies if you consider this basic knowledge.

I've had a look at the ranking tables for UK Universities, and was quite surprised to see Aston (which I hadnt heard of prior) was above Queen Mary in London overrall (which my peers look up to highly). Also the requirement grades are definitely within my grasp. I'll have a look further into this university, thank you for the reccomendation.