Bachelor of Biomedical Science/Master of Data Science

In the first two years of this program, you will gain knowledge of a wide range of biomedical disciplines and use these as the foundation for developing more advanced theoretical and practical skills in specialised biomedical science areas.

In the third year of the program, you will complete the embedded biomedical data analytics minor, preparing you to articulate into the Master of Data Science. The master will further your knowledge and skills in advanced biomedical data science, providing a deep understanding and practical experience in data modelling and interpretation.

As a graduate, you will have significant project-based experience and skills, enabling you to apply data science to solve complex problems in biomedical science and healthcare.

Customise your degree

Undergraduate component (Bachelor of Biomedical Science LV41)

As a Bachelor of Biomedical Science graduate, you will have a foundational knowledge of a wide range of biomedical discipline areas. This broad knowledge base will be the foundation for developing theoretical and practical knowledge in specialised biomedical science discipline areas.

You will have a high degree of course flexibility with the option to select a major or two minor areas of study that align with your interests and complement the embedded biomedical data analytics minor to prepare you for areas of current and emerging priority and employment.

The course significantly focuses on practical skills development; you will be in the laboratory from week one and working on real biomedical and scientific problems throughout the course.

Our flexible course design means you can shape the biomedical science portion of the course to suit your interests and career aspirations. Choose your major area of study from the list below.

Anatomical sciences

Build practical skills in organ identification, dissection, histology and medical image interpretation. Examine real examples from QUT’s extensive skeletal collection, film library, pathology museum, and human donor material.

Cell and molecular biotechnology

Study the cellular and molecular mechanisms that drive processes in normal and diseased tissues. Undertake laboratory research projects in cancer biology, tissue engineering, human stem cells and systems biology.

Human biochemistry

Study the structure, function, and properties of biomolecules and the molecular machinery that regulates the everyday workings of healthy cells and tissues at a metabolic level. Learn how diagnostic technologies and treatment strategies impact on biochemical processes in the cellular context.

Human physiology

Knowledge about how the human body systems work to maintain our health is essential to understanding the basis of disease, diagnostic technologies, and treatments. You can design and undertake a laboratory-based research project in human physiology.

Infection and immunity

Develop knowledge and understanding of infectious disease agents (bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites) and the role these organisms play in human health and disease, together with cutting-edge strategies of disease diagnosis, treatment, control, and prevention.

Postgraduate component (Master of Data Science IN31)

Applying bioinformatics, computer science, and statistical modelling continues to have a major impact on the biomedical sciences.

The Master of Data Science portion of this vertical double degree will prepare you for a future-focused career in the fast-paced, ever-changing world of data science. With a collaborative transdisciplinary curriculum, you will learn the theories and methods required to critically and collaboratively visualise, analyse and interpret real-world data to support informed decision-making across a range of applied areas.

You will study specialist units in advanced statistical data analysis, data mining techniques and applications, data manipulation, analytics for information professionals and advanced stochastic modelling.

The QUT Master of Data Science meets industry needs by integrating statistics, computer science, and business process management expertise to provide practical learning opportunities. In the Master of Data Science, you will:  

• build a significant project-based experience that allows you to apply your analytical skills to complex problem domains constructively
• experience applying high-order thinking strategies within data-rich contexts through synthesising multiple sources of information
• apply specialist abstraction and synthesis techniques to solve complex data analytics problems inspired by real-world scenarios.

As a graduate of the Master of Data Science portion of this vertical double degree, you will understand how data is ubiquitous in our society and value the need to act ethically, socially responsibly, and inclusively. You will have significant project-based experience and high-order thinking strategies, allowing you to apply data science skills to solve complex problems in biomedical science and healthcare.

Careers and outcomes

Professional recognition

Depending on the units selected in final year, graduates of the Bachelor of Biomedical Science will be eligible for membership into one or more of the following organisations: 

• Australian Society for Medical Research
• Australian and New Zealand Society for Cell and Developmental Biology
• Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Australian Association of Clinical Biochemists
• Australian Society for Microbiology, Australian Neuroscience Society
• The Endocrine Society of Australia, Society of Reproductive Biology
• Australian and New Zealand Association of Clinical Anatomists
• Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society
• Australian and New Zealand Forensic Science Society.

Course articulation

You will first enrol and study in the LV41 Bachelor of Biomedical Science component of the program. Approximately two weeks after successful completion of LV41 Bachelor of Biomedical Science you will receive an offer to enrol and study the Master of Data Science component of the program.