Courses
The University of Westminster’s School of Life Sciences provides courses in a variety of disciplines for those looking for an undergraduate, postgraduate or research-based postgraduate qualification in the sciences and health.
Undergraduate and postgraduate courses
We concentrate our courses into specialised learning zones. These subject areas comprise courses that complement each other to make it easier for you to find the information you’re looking for.
There are videos, images, possible career paths and profiles of notable alumni to help you visualise what you could achieve with an academic grounding from the School of Life Sciences.
Subject areas
Short courses and continuing professional development
Looking to refresh your skills or learn something new?
We offer a range of short and professional development courses for biomedical, clinical and research scientists, and for clinicians, clinical governance facilitators, quality assurance staff, health and social care professionals and team leaders.
Tailored courses can be provided if you’re enquiring on behalf of an organisation. Take a look at our For business webpage.
Foundation courses
Foundation courses offer students who are unable to apply directly to a degree programme the opportunity to study the subject of their choice and progress to a level where they can enter an undergraduate course – upon successful completion.
These courses are suitable for both mature students who may not have formal qualifications, and students of any age without the entry qualifications for our named degree programmes.
The School of Life Sciences offers two foundation courses:
- The Biosciences foundation course: this provides an introductory year to the following full-time Honours degree programmes: BSc Honours Biochemistry, BSc Honours Biomedical Sciences, BSc Honours Biotechnology, BSc Honours Forensic Biology, BSc Honours Human and Medical Science, BSc Honours Human Nutrition, BSc Honours Microbiology, BSc Honours Molecular Biology and Genetics, BSc Honours Nutrition and Exercise Science, BSc Honours Physiology and Pharmacology
- The Complementary Medicine foundation course: this provides an introductory year to the following full-time Honours degree programmes: BSc Honours Acupuncture, BSc Honours Complementary Therapies, BSc Honours Herbal Medicine, BSc Honours Naturopathy and BSc Honours Nutritional Therapy
Applications for these courses should be made through UCAS, and advice about how to do this can be found on our How to apply webpage.
