The discipline of Medical Science provides the basis for a career in biomedical research and is an appropriate first degree for students planning to enter graduate medical or paramedical programs.

Medical science is the area of science which underpins the practice of medicine. It incorporates study of the structure and function of the human body (anatomy and physiology) as well as the way in which our form and function is inherited (genetics) and then develops from the fertilised ovum (embryology). It deals with the chemistry of living organisms (biochemistry) with particular reference to man, the role of bacteria, viruses and other microorganisms in disease (microbiology), as well as drugs which are used to cure human diseases (pharmacology), the natural defenses of the body (immunology), and the general process leading to disease (pathology).

Studying Medical Science at UNSW

The Faculty of Science (www.science.unsw.edu.au) offers a three year full-time degree program, the Bachelor of Medical Science. An Honours year may also be available to high achieving students.