Guy’s Campus
Tucked next to London Bridge and the historic Borough Market, Guy's Campus is a close-knit home for health and science students. With cutting-edge labs and buzzing central location, it offers an inspiring and unique place to study.
Overview
Our health is shaped by complex interactions between our genetic makeup, lifestyle and environment. Genomics is transforming how we understand these interactions and how we diagnose, prevent and treat disease. From rare disease and cancer to cardiovascular disease, infection, neurodevelopment and mental health, genomic information is increasingly being combined with clinical and other health data to understand individual differences in disease risk and response to treatment. The Healthcare Genetics & Genomics iBSc gives you the opportunity to explore the rapidly evolving field of personalised and precision medicine in depth and develop skills relevant across healthcare, biomedical research and academic careers.
Key benefits
- Discover why genomics matters across healthcare. Develop knowledge relevant to a wide range of fields and specialties, whether your interests lie in medicine, dentistry, or veterinary medicine.
- Explore cutting-edge science and technology, including genomic sequencing, bioinformatics, epigenomics, multi-omics, precision medicine and gene-based therapies.
- Be a part of an international research environment. Undertake an original research project or investigation, developing knowledge and skills applicable to clinical and basic science research careers in the UK and internationally.
- Develop highly transferable research and analytical skills, including data interpretation, critical appraisal, research design and scientific communication.
- Learn from internationally recognised clinicians and researchers working at the forefront of genetics, genomics and biomedical science at King's.
- Build your academic profile. Previous students have presented their research at national and international conferences and have contributed to scientific publications.
- Prepare for your future career. Genomic knowledge and research skills provide a strong foundation for clinical and clinical academic careers across specialties, postgraduate research, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and healthcare innovation.
Course essentials
Genomics is increasingly relevant across traditional disciplinary and specialty boundaries. It informs areas including oncology, paediatrics, neurology, cardiology, infectious disease, reproductive medicine, psychiatry and population health, with growing applications across dentistry and veterinary medicine. In the UK, NHS England has placed genomics at the centre of its future healthcare strategy through the NHS Genomic Medicine Service and the ambitions of the NHS 10-Year Health Plan for England: Fit for the Future. The aims of the iBSc are also aligned with those of the Health Education England Genomics Education Programme, now incorporated within NHS England's genomics education and workforce strategy. These developments form part of a wider international transformation as healthcare systems increasingly adopt genomic technologies for diagnosis, prevention and precision treatment.
The programme combines fundamental principles of human genetics with contemporary genomics, bioinformatics, genomic medicine and translational research. You will explore both rare single-gene disorders and the complex genetic architecture of common disease, alongside emerging approaches to diagnosis, risk prediction, prevention and treatment.
Research is at the heart of the programme. Recent student projects have addressed diverse questions in Alzheimer disease, sickle cell disease, autoimmune and inflammatory disease, epigenetics, gene regulation and neurodevelopment. Through an extended research project or independent investigation, you can develop experience in how research questions are formulated, investigated, analysed and communicated.
Studying at King's places you within one of the UK's leading biomedical and clinical research environments, where advances in genetics and genomics are being actively translated into better understanding of disease and new approaches to healthcare.
What you will gain
By the end of the programme, you will have:
- developed a broad understanding of the role of genetics and genomics in health, disease, diagnosis, treatment and prevention;
- explored fundamental concepts in genome organisation, gene function and genetic and epigenetic regulation;
- developed an understanding of current genomic technologies, bioinformatics and their application in healthcare and biomedical research;
- examined both single-gene disorders and the genetic basis of complex disease;
- undertaken an original research project or independent investigation in laboratory, computational or literature-based research;
- developed transferable skills in research design, data interpretation, critical evaluation and problem-solving; and
- strengthened your ability to communicate complex scientific and genomic information clearly, both orally and in writing.
These skills provide a strong foundation for future clinical practice and for students considering clinical academic careers, postgraduate research or careers at the interface of healthcare, science and technology.
Applications for this programme will open on 1 October 2026.
Key Information
UCAS code:
Not applicable. Apply direct to King's.
Course type:
Single honours
Delivery mode:
In person
Study mode:
Full-time
Duration:
One year
Application status:
Start date:
September 2027
Application deadline:
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