Bachelor of Biomedicine

• Learn from award-winning experts in one of the world's top biomedical research hubs.
• Tackle big, world-changing problems in health, from pandemics to disease cures.
• Build a strong network with like-minded peers who will become your future professional connections.

With the Bachelor of Biomedicine, you'll learn from exceptional teachers, researchers, and clinicians. Our integrated curriculum truly emphasises the connections between the different biomedical science fields that form the foundation of modern medicine. This prepares you beautifully for the challenges of healthcare and research today. You'll also learn alongside fellow students who share your passion, and they'll become your valuable professional network in the years to come.

Highlights of the Bachelor of Biomedicine experience

Solve big problems

Biomedicine is about world-changing research, thinking about how to respond to pandemics, finding cures for diseases, uncovering the fascinating ways the human body works, and analysing global health patterns. As we understand more about how all biological systems are linked, the world increasingly needs people like you who can work across different disciplines. It's about recognising patterns in the processes that create, sustain, and sometimes threaten life.

Study abroad and exchange

As a Biomedicine student, we highly encourage you to complete some of your studies abroad through our Exchange or Study Abroad programs. You can spend a full semester at one of our partner universities or choose a single subject as a summer or winter intensive. These opportunities offer invaluable academic, cultural, and personal growth, and they will significantly increase your understanding of the global nature of healthcare and biomedical research.

Master complexity

Today's healthcare is multifaceted. It requires combining skilled patient care with preventive health programs and strong technological know-how. If you're considering biomedicine, you likely have a special interest in becoming a doctor or a health professional – and these roles are all essential to biomedical research and global healthcare.

By exploring several fields during your degree, your broad knowledge will prepare you for the challenges of modern healthcare, no matter which professional direction you choose.

Your connections

The Melbourne Curriculum connects students with each other, the University community, and the wider world.

In the Bachelor of Biomedicine, you'll join a community of passionate students who want to make a difference. Whether you're building your network in class or at events held by the active Biomedicine Students’ Society (BSS), these experiences will be shared with your cohort of lifelong professional peers.

We encourage every student to get involved with organisations outside the University through practical placements, applied research projects, and exciting overseas study programs. Our graduates are highly sought after: we're even ranked #8 in the world for employability More than 250 Australian and international organisations actively recruit on campus each year.

Meet our talented students

Our students are incredibly diverse and inspiring. You’ll be joining a community filled with individuals like:

• Alina Ouyang – finding purpose in patient interaction
• Ally Forman – looking ahead to a career in optometry
• Audrey McDonald – keeping an open mind to where biomedicine can lead
• Clemet Chang – from Neuroscience major to mastering dental detail
• Evakshi Nichani – a lifelong fascination with the human body
• Georgia Stevens – making the most of hands-on learning and social activities
• Hendrick Lin – building a bridge between patient care, research and policy
• Leanne Duong – putting theory into practice in the Anatomy Lab
• Mary Hoang – forming a sense of belonging as an international student
• Qing Zhu – performing cadaver dissections to shape a surgical future

Your learning spaces

You'll learn in incredible, modern spaces! At our Western Edge life sciences complex, more than 700 students each day in STEMM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine) will be learning in a four-level, 6-star Green Star certified building on Royal Parade. To find out more about this amazing building and the innovative project behind it, you can view the Western Edge Bioscience video.

Access to unprecedented resources

You'll have access to a wealth of incredible resources. Our three Museums – the Medical History Museum, The Harry Brookes Allen Museum of Anatomy and Pathology, and the Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum – directly contribute to your teaching in Anatomy and Pathology, and supplement your learning experience in Dentistry and Medical History. Plus, the School of Biomedical Sciences is home to Australia's largest room-scale Virtual Reality teaching space, the Virtual Reality Learning Studio.

Biomedicine Student Society (BSS)

Run by students for students, the BSS is one of the most active and inclusive student groups at the University. If you're looking for study groups, a mentor program, charity support, or fun social events, just search "Biomed Bear" on Instagram!