Undergraduate · Biology & Life Sciences
Bachelor of Biomedical Science
Bond University, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia
About this program
Bond's Bachelor of Biomedical Science is a two-year accelerated degree, made possible by studying across all three of Bond's trimesters rather than the usual two-semester academic year, a genuine time saving for students planning to go on to medicine, physiotherapy or another postgraduate health program where a biomedical degree is the entry pathway rather than the destination.
Students choose between two majors partway through the degree. The Pre-Health/Professional major is aimed at students heading toward clinical postgraduate study, pairing a Health Communication subject with electives chosen from nutrition, exercise and sports science, psychology or health innovation. The Laboratory/Research major instead trains students in advanced bioscience laboratory technique and molecular diagnostics, culminating in a two-semester individual research project, closer to what a student heading into medical research or a PhD would want on transcript. Both majors share a common science core in the first year, so the choice doesn't have to be locked in on day one.
Cost & duration
English test scores
Course structure
6 terms of coursework
- Core (Year 1): Human Anatomy, Human Physiology, Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Medical Microbiology, Introduction to Biostatistics
Major choice (80CP)
- Pre-Health/Professional: Health Communication plus electives from nutrition, exercise and sports science, psychology, or health innovation
Major choice (80CP)
- Laboratory/Research: Advanced Bioscience Laboratory Techniques, Molecular Diagnostics, a two-trimester Individual Research Project
- Shared upper-level subjects: Pathophysiology, Pharmacology, Immunology
- Capstone subject in final trimester tied to the chosen major
Completed across 3 trimesters/year
- typically 2 years full-time
Admissions
Completion of Australian Year 12 (or equivalent) with strong results in Chemistry and Biology; Bond applies its own admission score.