Is a-level maths really required for biomedical engineering at Russell group universi

Hi everyone,

I am currently a year 12 student aspiring to pursue biomedical engineering at a Russell group University.

As I've seen on many university's website they require a-level maths and currently I am not able to take maths at my school.

At my school the slots for a-level maths are full and even after discussing with the head of sixth form it seems it's not possible to take a-level maths at my school due to the time tabling issues and vacancy. Instead they replaced that with c tech(similar to btec) IT.

I am really passionate about biomedical engineering and I would like to attend a good or great University. May I please know if there is anyway to pursue this dream of mine with these current obstacles.

I know some foundation courses at qmul and ucl but I want to know if there are other possibilities as well as they're incredibly hard to get into.

Thank you everyone for reading and for any advice you may provide. 🙏

Hi everyone,
I am currently a year 12 student aspiring to pursue biomedical engineering at a Russell group University.
As I've seen on many university's website they require a-level maths and currently I am not able to take maths at my school.
At my school the slots for a-level maths are full and even after discussing with the head of sixth form it seems it's not possible to take a-level maths at my school due to the time tabling issues and vacancy. Instead they replaced that with c tech(similar to btec) IT.
I am really passionate about biomedical engineering and I would like to attend a good or great University. May I please know if there is anyway to pursue this dream of mine with these current obstacles.
I know some foundation courses at qmul and ucl but I want to know if there are other possibilities as well as they're incredibly hard to get into.
Thank you everyone for reading and for any advice you may provide. 🙏

Hi everyone,

I am currently a year 12 student aspiring to pursue biomedical engineering at a Russell group University.

As I've seen on many university's website they require a-level maths and currently I am not able to take maths at my school.

At my school the slots for a-level maths are full and even after discussing with the head of sixth form it seems it's not possible to take a-level maths at my school due to the time tabling issues and vacancy. Instead they replaced that with c tech(similar to btec) IT.

I am really passionate about biomedical engineering and I would like to attend a good or great University. May I please know if there is anyway to pursue this dream of mine with these current obstacles.

I know some foundation courses at qmul and ucl but I want to know if there are other possibilities as well as they're incredibly hard to get into.

Thank you everyone for reading and for any advice you may provide. 🙏

hey, maybe you could do further maths? I know it’s not ideal but even for university prospects it’s super desirable for any engineering course

People who do further maths would usually be doing regular Maths as well.

agreed but i know people who did stand alone further maths with other subjects. And also could take a level maths privately as well. Everyone who entered my degree with further maths usually exceed and i think it’s a good head start to university engineering which is good haha

Yes but it doesn’t look like OP is doing regular maths otherwise I would have agreed. But OP might have to sit maths privately as you say.