Biochemistry is the use of molecular methods to investigate, explain and manipulate biological processes. The study of life at the molecular level continues to undergo dynamic expansion, leading to ever-increasing insights into topics as various as the origin of life, the nature of disease and the development of individual organisms. Powerful new techniques, such as those of molecular genetics and NMR spectroscopy, enable us to analyse biological phenomena in more and more precise molecular terms. These studies have led to valuable developments in drug design and synthesis, forensic science, environmental monitoring and a whole range of other areas. Furthermore, advances in biochemistry are largely responsible for the breakdown of traditional disciplinary boundaries between cell biology, medicine, physics and chemistry. For more information on this course please visit ox.ac.uk/ugbiochem.
A Level: A*AA | Including Chemistry and one other science or Maths, with A* in Biology, Chemistry, Maths, Physics or a closely related subject. Excluding General Studies (if taken) | Scottish Higher: {'start': ['A', 'A', 'A', 'A', 'B', None], 'end': ['A', 'A', 'A', 'A', 'A', None]} | Supplemented by two or more Advanced Highers. | Access to HE Diploma: 45 UCAS points | Access to HE Diploma | Access to HE Diploma | Some Access courses allow students to take one or two A-levels as part of the course. This option is strongly recommended for students who wish to apply to Oxford, especially for those courses which have specific subject requirements. If you would like to discuss the suitability of your Access course for entry to Oxford University, please contact the subject department that you’d like to apply to for further information. (Contact details are at ox.ac.uk/courses) | Scottish Advanced Higher: {'start': ['A', 'A', None, None], 'end': ['A', 'A', 'B', None]} | Including Chemistry and one other science or Maths. Conditional offers will usually be for AAB if a student is able to take three Advanced Highers; where this is not possible then a student would be expected to achieve AA in two Advanced Highers, as well as an A grade in an additional Higher course taken in Year 6. | International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme: 39 UCAS points | With 7 in HL Chemistry and 6 in two other relevant subjects at HL or SL. | Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016): {'start': ['D*D*D*'], 'end': ['DDD']} | Conditional offers would usually be: Extended Diploma with D*D*D to DDD, depending on the course. Diploma with DD plus an A grade at A-level, possibly with one or two * grades, depending on the course. Subsidiary Diploma with D plus two A grades at A-level, possibly with one or two * grades, depending on the course. | Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017): H1H1H2H2H2H2 | Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal: D2D3D3 | Pre-U subject requirements are the same as those for A-levels.
Minimum 7.0 per component Minimum component scores: Listening: 22 Reading: 24 Speaking: 25 Writing: 24 Overall score of 191 or above, with at least 185 in each component Overall score of 191 or above, with at least 185 in each component
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