Our Human Biology degree includes an opportunity to spend your third year on placement.

Professional placements vary from pharmaceutical laboratories, research in medical and biomedical sciences, relevant public sector organisations and sporting bodies.

Additional award

This course comes with the option to undertake a professional placement for a year, at the end of which you will gain a Diploma in Professional Studies (DPS). This is an additional award to the final qualification you will receive once you have successfully completed this course.

Student placement stories

Hear from students across our School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences as they talk about their placement experiences.

Students from our Human Biology course have undertaken placements with incredible organisations, including:

GSK (Industrial Placement), Institute of Cancer Research (Clinical Trial Assistant), Johnson & Johnson (Drug Safety Scientist), Leicester Centre for Diabetes Research (Clinic Placement), England and Wales Cricket Board (Science and Medicine Placement), Volac International (Product Development Assistant), British Army Army Health (Performance Research Placement), Estee Lauder (Microbiology Technician - Intern), GSK (Regulatory Affairs Industrial Placement), Nottingham Forest FC (Nutritionist Placement), Oxford Gene Technology (Placement Student Oncology NGS) and Pfizer (Oncology Marketing Undergraduate - Haematology).