Are you interested in studying Health Sciences at university, but not quite sure what it involves?
Health Sciences is a wide subject area that includes many different degrees, leading to varied career options across the healthcare sector.
As a student of Health Sciences, you’ll learn about how to prevent, diagnose, and treat medical conditions, and focus on how to improve health in general. Medicine is probably the best known Health Sciences degree, but there are lots of other options!
For example, you might want to study Physiotherapy so you can help people to recover from illness or injury.
Alternatively, you might want to study Occupational Therapy and learn how to support people with physical or mental difficulties, or help people with long-term illnesses get back to work.
There are all kinds of aspects of healthcare to be interested in. With Kaplan, you can gain entry to a degree in this subject at a number of UK universities.
Brighton and Sussex Medical School
At the University of Brighton International College, international students can take advantage of an exciting new route to a Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery (or BMBS for short) degree at Brighton and Sussex Medical School. This is possible through the Foundation Certificate in Science (Life Sciences pathway).
Ranked 19th in the UK for Medicine (Guardian University Guide 2025), Brighton and Sussex Medical School is run jointly by the University of Brighton and the University of Sussex.
If you’d like to study the BMBS at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, you’ll need to sit the BioMedical Admissions test (BMAT) when you arrive in Brighton to start your Foundation Certificate.
The test has no pass or fail mark, but your score may be considered alongside the result of your interview with the university, if you attend one.
If you successfully complete the Foundation Certificate in Science, following the Life Sciences pathway, you are guaranteed an interview at Brighton and Sussex Medical School.
This interview is a normal part of the application process for a medical degree at the School, and if you’re successful, you’ll be able to enrol on the BMBS degree.
If you’re interested in studying at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, get in touch.
This isn’t your only option, however. The same Foundation Certificate could also lead you to a degree in Physiotherapy at the University of Brighton, which is ranked 3rd in the UK for the subject (Guardian University Guide 2025).
University of Liverpool
The University of Liverpool is ranked 5th in the UK for Physiotherapy (Complete University Guide 2025). Based in the lively city of Liverpool, it also offers degrees in Diagnostic Radiography, Occupational Therapy and Orthoptics.
You can reach these degrees through the Health Sciences pathway of the Foundation Certificate in Science and Engineering at University of Liverpool International College.
University of Nottingham
The University of Nottingham is ranked an impressive top 20 in the UK overall (QS World University Rankings 2025). It’s a great study destination for the Health Sciences.
It’s also 6th in the UK for Physiotherapy (Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023), and 38th internationally for Nursing (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024).
You can progress to a degree in one of these subjects through a Foundation Certificate in Science (Life Sciences pathway) at the University of Nottingham International College.
UWE Bristol
UWE Bristol is ranked among the top 50 universities in the UK for student satisfaction (Guardian University Guide 2024), and 17th in the UK (Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024) for Physiotherapy.
At the University, you could also progress to a degree in Nursing, Radiotherapy and Oncology, or Occupational Therapy.
You just need to successfully complete a Foundation Certificate in Science and Engineering on the Life Sciences pathway. You can follow this path on campus, at UWE Bristol’s International College.
Study Health Sciences with Kaplan
If you’re interested in studying for a Health Sciences degree through any of the pathways above, contact us and we’ll be happy to help!
