Biomed at Uni of Birmingham

Hi,
Has anyone studied this with plans to be a biomedical scientist? Asking bc the course isn't accredited by the IBMS and i wanted to know how long/difficult/costly the process would be to get it accredited after i finish the course.
thanks

I also have the same question, so would really appreciate an answer!

there was a response not sure where its gone now but it basically said its more time and cost effective to go for an IBMS accredited biomed degree like aston's
im going to apply for both but speak to my careers advisor after half term

As far as I remember, you need an IBMS accreditation if you plan to work in the NHS as a clinical biomedical scientist, but not if you plan to go into research. Someone please confirm/deny!

How good is Aston's biomed course? I haven't looked into Aston yet.

Thanks for your reply!

im not sure about accreditation for research
they have an open day on the 12th november x
also they have a biomed top up course you can do if you've completed a non IBMS accredited biomed degree at a different uni, i think it takes a minimum of 12 months tho looking at the website.
but may as well as go to aston in the first place instead of going to uni of bham and wasting an extra year to get accreditation :-\

From what I've seen, you don't need accreditation for research, but again, I'm not fully sure.

Unfortunately, I won't be able to visit on their open day. Will you be going?

I don't have any plans to do an IBMS-acccredited degree, but its nice to know I have options.

Thanks!

How good is Aston's biomed course? I haven't looked into Aston yet.

yh i wudn't know cos i wanna do more in hospital testing than research

i went in june but missed the biomed talk, and i can't go on the 12th, but i think they're ranked in the top 5 in the uk for biomed research
https://www.aston.ac.uk/study/courses/biomedical-science-bsc/september-2023
also their entry requirements are a bit lower than uni of birmingham's
which unis do u plan on applying to?

all for the same course?? thats kinda scary (hope that doesn't put u off lol if you know for sure u wont change ur mind its fine)
tbh i wudve done the same with just one course but since im only applying to 2 unis, i was able to apply for 3 different courses even tho im pretty sure i wanna do biomed
good luck with ur applications, hope u get into ur first choice xx

after i put biomed and biochem at aston and uob
then i added economics at uob to use the last slot just in case i have a *midlife* crisis between now and accepting offers (i do study economics now tho so its not completely random)

How are you writing your PS then? Biomed and econ are pretty different from each other.

yh ur right
it was just a last minute descison yesterday, just to use the last choice on UCAS, i still expect to choose biomed so it doesn't rly matter if i dont get an offer
my college UCAS deadline is monday so i just left my personal statement the same since i didn't want to make my PS vauge and less specific for the sake of a course i almost definitely won't take xx

no its ok x
ive applied for biomed at the only unis i want to go to (im staying close to home ), and im fairly confident that ill work hard enough to get onto one