Congratulations on your offer to study one of our bioscience degrees at King’s College London! We're thrilled to welcome you and look forward to you joining our community.

As you may know, your chosen course is one of these seven courses with the same first year:

• Anatomy, Developmental & Human Biology
• Biochemistry
• Biomedical Science
• Medical Physiology
• Molecular Genetics
• Neuroscience
• Pharmacology

This "common year one", as it's known, allows you to explore a variety of bioscience disciplines, giving you the flexibility to switch to another one of these seven courses after your first year. 

This is your main hub where you'll find useful tips and information to help you prepare for your studies and get a feel for your course. There are also ways you can keep connected including chatting to both staff and students via the Unibuddy platform.

• Explore our content below to find out more about your course, simply click on the button with the name of your programme.
• Chat 1-2-1 with one of our current students on unibuddy.
• Take an online tour of our Guy's Campus - home of our Bioscience courses.
• Alternatively, you can book an in-person campus tour here.
• Take a look at some further information below for offer holders such as our Accommodation guide and pre-sessional English language programmes.

Keep an eye out for details of offer holder events this spring. We have an on-campus event on Saturday 9 May, so please do join if you can. Alternatively there will be opportunities to join online events. You will receive emails about all of these closer to the time!

Our Common First Year Curriculum

During your first year, you will cover the core bioscience disciplines. As you are introduced to new fields of study, your academic interests and career aims may change or develop - You can read more about the curriculum here.

Browse the content below to find out more about what you can expect from studying Anatomy, Developmental and Human Biology BSc.

About the Anatomy Department

 Discover more about the Anatomy Department and our research here.

Anatomy Society (KCLSU)

Find out more about our Student Union's Anatomy Society, run by current students.

Browse the content below to find out more about what you can expect from studying Biochemistry BSc.

About the Biochemistry Department

Discover more about the Biochemistry Department and our research here.

Biochemistry Society (KCLSU)

Find out more about our Student Union's Biochemistry Society, run by current students.

Biochemistry Tutorial 

Dr Rebecca Beavil provides a tutorial on exploring protein structure using YASARA, a computer graphics program designed for looking at and manipulating the structure of proteins and nucleic acids.

Join Dr Rebecca Beavil in this tutorial and look at protein structures yourself by downloading YASARA software (for free). In addition to this, below you can download the complementary worksheet and all data files required to accompany you with the tutorial.

• Download YASARA for free
• Download the worksheet
• Copy and paste the below link in your browser to download the data files: https://kcl.ac.uk/lsm/assets/zip/protein-structures.zip 

Browse the content below to find out more about what you can expect from studying Biomedical Science BSc.

Biomedical Sciences Society (KCLSU)

Find out more about our Student Union's Biomedical Sciences Society, run by current students.

The Science of Life in Health and Disease

Browse the content below to find out more about what you can expect from studying Medical Physiology BSc.

Welcome message

A welcome message from Professor James Clark, our Head of Physiology and the BSc Medical Physiology course lead.

Offer Holder Course Overview

Hear from Admissions Tutor, Dr Sarah Chapple, and find out more about what to expect from studying Medical Physiology at King's in September.

This was a recording from 2023, please check our website for the most up to date programme information.

About the Department of Physiology

Discover more about the Department of Physiology here.

Physiology Society

Find out more about our Student Union's Physiology Society, run by current students.

Browse the content below to find out more about what you can expect from studying Molecular Genetics BSc.

About the Department of Genetics

Discover more about the Department of Genetics here.

Browse the content below to find out more about what you can expect from studying Neuroscience BSc.

Neuroscience Society (KCLSU)

Find out more about our Student Union's Neuroscience Society run by current students.

Browse the content below to find out more about what you can expect from studying Pharmacology BSc.

About the Department of Pharmacology

Discover more about the Department of Pharmacology here.

Blog Post

Read our blog post on what a typical day on placement might look like as a pharmacology student.

Research video: Signs of Sepsis & Preventing Septic Shock

Dr Manasi Nandi, Senior Lecturer in Integrative Pharmacology, talks about signs of sepsis & septic shock.