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Which one is a better course to study Biomedical science or Biological science

I've been struggling in deciding which one to study and I've been trying to weigh out the pros between both of them, for biomedical it gives me a chance to get a job more quickly and to enter the NHS depending on the university I got to and biomedical does cover thing like molecular biology and genetics just not as in depth, but for biological I have always liked the pure biology side without the medicine part of it. the only problem is that universities who do biomedical and are accredited by the NHS don't have that big of a selection of biology courses so switching would be a problem.
Original post by Michael125678
I've been struggling in deciding which one to study and I've been trying to weigh out the pros between both of them, for biomedical it gives me a chance to get a job more quickly and to enter the NHS depending on the university I got to and biomedical does cover thing like molecular biology and genetics just not as in depth, but for biological I have always liked the pure biology side without the medicine part of it. the only problem is that universities who do biomedical and are accredited by the NHS don't have that big of a selection of biology courses so switching would be a problem.

What do you want to enter the NHS to do?
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Original post by stilllearning123
What do you want to enter the NHS to do?

Biomedical Science
Original post by Michael125678
Biomedical Science

Yes, what job? Like a labs worker?
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Original post by stilllearning123
Yes, what job? Like a labs worker?

Yea lab worker
Original post by Michael125678
Yea lab worker

Sorry for the confusion, I thought you might have been talking about graduate entry medicine 😅
Well obviously biomedical science would be better, but there probably wouldn't end up being a real difference.
If you want to work in biomedical sciences after uni, but you don't like biomedical sciences as much as another course, you could just see about becoming a biologist, flat out,
Best of luck in whatever you decide to go on and do!

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