Teaching and learning

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Meet our educators

Discover the inspiring stories of our educators as they share their innovative and engaging teaching methods.

Where Learning Inspires

Welcome to BDI, whether you are considering a place with us or are already partway through your degree. The Biomedicine Discovery Institute brings together several hundred researchers working on the biology of human disease, from infection and cancer to neuroscience and regenerative medicine.

Our courses are built around inquiry and case-based learning, so you spend real time asking questions, testing ideas and working through problems the way scientists do, not just absorbing content.

If you are a prospective student, I hope this gives you a sense of what studying here is like: rigorous, connected to real research, and genuinely interested in where you end up. If you are already with us, thank you for being part of it.

Professor Chris Thompson
Director of Education at the Biomedicine Discovery Institute

Course Structure

Dive into the offerings of the Bachelor of Biomedical Science, Bachelor of Science, and explore the many pathways that align with your career aspirations.

Elective Information

Before choosing an elective, here are some important things to consider.

  • Unit Level

    As s first year student, you should only enrol into Level 1 units.You can tell which units are Level 1 based on the first number of the unit code.Year 1 unit - AAA1XXXYear 2 unit - AAA2XXXYear 3 unit - AAA3XXX

  • Prohibitions

    If there is a prohibition against a BMS core unit, it means you cannot enrol into this unit.  Prohibitions are found under the Rules tab for each unit in the unit handbook.

The Biomedical Learning and Teaching Building (BLTB)

In everything we do, Monash BDI looks to push, to explore, to find new levels of achievement.

Facts and figures

  • Innovative teaching and learning

  • Purpose-built, award-winning $100 million Biomedical Learning and Teaching Building

    $100M

  • Students encouraged to explore and participate
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Tour the BLTB

Already regarded as one of the most technologically advanced research institutes in the world, Monash BDI raised the bar even further in 2019 when our purpose-built, award-winning $100 million Biomedical Learning and Teaching Building (BLTB) opened its doors. Housing everything from interactive classrooms to flexible wet and dry laboratories, as well as informal and formal teaching spaces, all within an inspiring internal design, it complements our already magnificent facilities and research spaces. It’s design reflects the faculty’s shift away from “traditional” learning methods, in favor of a more innovative learning approach. The building is home to varied types of teaching, including allied health, nursing, and medicine.

Join Jeremy, a third-year biomedical science student, as he takes you on a tour of our stunning new Biomedical Learning and Teaching Building.

Hear from our students, alumni and educators

Student

"The learning experience at Monash Biomed has been amazing. It is both challenging but also incredibly interactive. I have thoroughly enjoyed how my biomed degree has tried to focus on interactive teaching through my labs and workshops which I always learn a lot in. I also feel incredibly supported throughout my biomed degree from the lecturers, TAs and other programs that offer academic support such as PASS."

Lauren Chee
Year 3 Biomedical Science Student

Alumni

"I learned at Monash that a Biomedical Science degree does not lock you into one career path. It opens the door to many. The analytical thinking, curiosity, and problem solving skills that you develop are valuable in so many different fields. Whether it be a traditional medicine pathway and research, or in management consulting, business operations…

You do not have to have your entire future mapped out from day one. The most rewarding careers I find are the ones that you discover along the way."

Rajnita Lyer
Double Degree Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences, Bachelor of Law
Head of Strategic Programs, Health Insurance

Educator

"The Monash biomedical science degree is designed not only to provide a strong scientific foundation, but also to develop the transferable skills employers value most - critical thinking, problem solving, teamwork, communication, digital literacy, ethical decision making and adaptability. These employability skills will prepare you to succeed in careers that exist today, as well as those that will emerge in the future."

Julia Choate
Director of Physiology Education
Biomedical Program Convenor