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Infectious Disease, Autoimmunity and Immunotherapies iBSc
UCAS code: Not applicable. Apply direct to King's.
Key information
Course type:
Single honours
Delivery mode:
Campus
Study mode:
Full time
Duration:
One year
Application status:
Open
Start date:
September 2024
Application deadline:
28 January 2024
***Internal application deadline - 28th January 2024*** ***External application deadline - 1st March 2024*** Infectious diseases, autoimmune diseases and cancer represent a significant burden to global health. These diseases kill millions of people every year and, as demonstrated by the COVID-19 pandemic, have the potential to severely impact society and devastate economies. Our intercalated Infectious Disease, Autoimmunity & Immunotherapies BSc explores how viruses and other pathogens cause disease. You will learn how an effective immune response protects us from infectious diseases and cancer, and what happens when the immune system goes wrong.
Key benefits
- One-year programme leading to an intercalated BSc.
- Opportunities to select a laboratory-based research path (‘Bench’ Stream) or an applied entrepreneurship path (‘Bedside’ Stream).
- Teaching by experts in the field.
Employability
This intercalated BSc programme will prepare medical students to understand how a variety of infectious and autoimmune diseases as well as cancer can be treated or prevented using antimicrobial drugs, vaccines and immunotherapies. Knowledge of infection and the immune response to it is required for many medical specialties and this programme will prepare students for career paths specialising in infection (infectious diseases, medical microbiology, medical virology, tropical medicine), allergy, immunology, sexual health and general practice.
This intercalated BSc programme will prepare medical students to understand how a variety of infectious and autoimmune diseases as well as cancer can be treated or prevented using antimicrobial drugs, vaccines and immunotherapies. Knowledge of infection and the immune response is required for many medical specialties and this programme will prepare students for career paths specialising in infection (genitourinary medicine, infectious diseases, medical microbiology, medical virology, public health consultants and specialists, tropical medicine), allergy, immunology, rheumatology, medical oncology and general practice.
https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles/doctors/roles-doctors/medicine/genitourinary-medicine
https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles/doctors/roles-doctors/medicine/infectious-diseases
https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles/doctors/roles-doctors/medicine/tropical-medicine
https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles/doctors/roles-doctors/medicine/allergy
https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles/doctors/roles-doctors/medicine/immunology
https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles/doctors/roles-doctors/medicine/rheumatology
https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles/doctors/roles-doctors/medicine/medical-oncology
https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles/doctors/roles-doctors/general-practitioner
Employability
This intercalated BSc programme will prepare medical students to understand how a variety of infectious and autoimmune diseases as well as cancer can be treated or prevented using antimicrobial drugs, vaccines and immunotherapies. Knowledge of infection and the immune response to it is required for many medical specialties and this programme will prepare students for career paths specialising in infection (infectious diseases, medical microbiology, medical virology, tropical medicine), allergy, immunology, sexual health and general practice.
This intercalated BSc programme will prepare medical students to understand how a variety of infectious and autoimmune diseases as well as cancer can be treated or prevented using antimicrobial drugs, vaccines and immunotherapies. Knowledge of infection and the immune response is required for many medical specialties and this programme will prepare students for career paths specialising in infection (genitourinary medicine, infectious diseases, medical microbiology, medical virology, public health consultants and specialists, tropical medicine), allergy, immunology, rheumatology, medical oncology and general practice.
https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles/doctors/roles-doctors/medicine/genitourinary-medicine
https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles/doctors/roles-doctors/medicine/infectious-diseases
https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles/doctors/roles-doctors/medicine/tropical-medicine
https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles/doctors/roles-doctors/medicine/allergy
https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles/doctors/roles-doctors/medicine/immunology
https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles/doctors/roles-doctors/medicine/rheumatology
https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles/doctors/roles-doctors/medicine/medical-oncology
https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles/doctors/roles-doctors/general-practitioner
Key information
Course type:
Single honours
Delivery mode:
Campus
Study mode:
Full time
Duration:
One year
Application status:
Open
Start date:
September 2024
Application deadline:
28 January 2024
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