UK degrees are three years long whereas in China they are four, therefore we do accept students with certain qualifications directly into Year Two, which is the start of the main academic programme. Most students, however, enter into Year One, which provides you with a range of interesting modules, language classes, and core skills for your degree. In addition, students who enroll for the BSc Biological Science programme will study two subject-specific modules (Introductory Biology, and Key Skills for Biologists) and select additional elective modules.

Year Two provides the basis for the subsequent years of the programme. You will be introduced to the history and theory of architecture, building science, structure and construction as well as building technology.
Experimental studio modules introduce you to the presentation, modelling and design of architectural spaces and small buildings.

• Biodiversity of Animals, Plants and Microbes
• Experimental Design and Analysis
• Cellular and Molecular Biology
• Chemical Principles of Life
• The Biology of Microbes
• Introduction to Biochemistry
• Introduction to Evolution and Genetics
• Molecular Biology Techniques
• Introductory to Organic Chemistry for Non-Chemists
• Introduction to Statistics

• Genome Expression and Maintenance
• Biochemical Methods
• Pathogenic Microbiology
• Advanced Genetics
• Cell Biology Techniques
• Practical Bioinformatics
• Proteins in Action
• Cell Signalling
• Microbial Biotechnology
• Structure and Dynamics of Biomolecules
• Fundamentals of Virology

• Biology of Disease
• Biochemical Messengers
• Final Year Project
• Gene Expression and Genome Analysis
• Molecular Immunology
• Protein Structure and Function