Forensic science and biomedical science

I'm currently a Year 12 student looking at universities and courses. I have an interest in forensic science and biomedicine, but at the moment, I'm leaning more towards biomedicine, but I'm still not fully certain. I haven't decided my 5 choices for uni yet, but I plan to have a mix of IBMS accredited and non accredited unis in my application. I've heard you can do forensic science after studying biomedical science, but does the degree have to be IBMS accredited to allow you to specialise in another subject? Any advice is appreciated, thank you!

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DerDracologe

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Maybe spend some time researching around your interests in both subjects so you can choose between them. You could do an online course or two, watch some documentaries or/and read some articles/books on topics which interest you within each discipline. Then look at courses which have modules on topics you enjoyed learning about. I recommend looking at Springpod as they have quite a few biomed taster courses i think and at least one on forensics last time i checked.
Research some careers you’d like to do within each discipline and see if you need accreditation for them.

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JiyaForensicSci

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by diana.xo8

I'm currently a Year 12 student looking at universities and courses. I have an interest in forensic science and biomedicine, but at the moment, I'm leaning more towards biomedicine, but I'm still not fully certain. I haven't decided my 5 choices for uni yet, but I plan to have a mix of IBMS accredited and non accredited unis in my application. I've heard you can do forensic science after studying biomedical science, but does the degree have to be IBMS accredited to allow you to specialise in another subject? Any advice is appreciated, thank you!

Hi Diana.xo8,

First of all, fantastic choice of degrees! You can actually do the them together. The courses go by many names, with the most common two being, "Forensic Medical Science" or "Biomedical & Forensic Science". There are plenty of courses that offer both forensics & biomedicine. Here are a few that I found & have linked:

https://www.hull.ac.uk/faculties/subjects/biomedical-and-forensic-science

https://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/courses/biomedical-sciences-bsc/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22048016623&gbraid=0AAAAADxpzNErJ9dF3Ot2D3rAJYIXPHRok&gclid=CjwKCAjwmenCBhA4EiwAtVjzml1-YNaIkGumXmlBON4AAKtDfkM5UaD_JcpsrsyIQ1gP4MnNe103bxoCDDwQAvD_BwE

https://www.manchester.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/2025/00532/bsc-biomedical-sciences/

https://www.coventry.ac.uk/course-structure/ug/hls/biological-and-forensic-science-bsc-hons/

https://www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/coursefinder/courses/forensic-medical-sciences-msc/

I hope that these help. Let me know if you need any further guidance!

Kind regards,
Jiya Mahmood (Jiya Constancia Windsor)
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by diana.xo8

I'm currently a Year 12 student looking at universities and courses. I have an interest in forensic science and biomedicine, but at the moment, I'm leaning more towards biomedicine, but I'm still not fully certain. I haven't decided my 5 choices for uni yet, but I plan to have a mix of IBMS accredited and non accredited unis in my application. I've heard you can do forensic science after studying biomedical science, but does the degree have to be IBMS accredited to allow you to specialise in another subject? Any advice is appreciated, thank you!

Hi @diana.xo8

IBMS-accreditation has nothing to do with being able to specialise in another subject, so you could likely do a MSc in Forensic Science after pretty much any relevant non-accredited bioscience degree. The IBMS-accreditation is related specifically to the career pathway of becoming a Biomedical Scientist in the NHS.

Lancaster does offer an IBMS-accredited Biomedical Science degree. The main thing to consider is that IBMS-accredited degrees have very little flexibility in modules, and usually offer little to no optional modules. This is so they meet the standards set by the IBMS.

Honestly, I personally would recommend choosing a broader subject such as Biomedical Science rather than picking a more specialise subject at a BSc level. I think it would be more beneficial to learn a wider range of relevant scientific topics and techniques so you can be confident that you want to specialise into Forensic Science. However, this will be your degree and the decision will be personal to you.

Please let me know if you have any questions you think I might be able to help with, I'm a biochemistry student at Lancaster and I'd be happy to help.

Rebecca (Lancaster Student Ambassador)

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