Health & Wellbeing and Human Biology

Health and wellbeing and human biology is a combination that connects the scientific understanding of how the human body functions with the broader, interdisciplinary study of what determines health and how wellbeing can be promoted at individual, community, and population levels. Human biology examines anatomy, physiology, genetics, and cell biology, building a rigorous scientific picture of how the body works in health and disease. Health and wellbeing adds the social, behavioural, and policy dimensions, asking why ill health is so unevenly distributed, how environmental and lifestyle factors shape outcomes, and what effective health promotion looks like in practice.

At Liverpool Hope this four-year full-time programme includes a foundation year, giving you a preparatory stage to develop the scientific and academic foundations you need before entering the main degree. The programme is designed to produce graduates who understand the biological mechanisms underlying health alongside the social and systemic factors that drive health inequalities. You will study human biology in sufficient depth to understand the science of disease and physiological function, while the health and wellbeing strand equips you with the critical and practical tools to promote health beyond the clinical encounter.

A sandwich year, a year abroad, and work placement experience are all built into the programme, providing professional experience, international exposure, and a practical portfolio alongside your academic studies.

Graduates move into careers in public health, health promotion, health education, community health, NHS roles not requiring clinical registration, health policy, and research. Many go on to postgraduate study in public health, health promotion, epidemiology, or related fields, and some continue to further training in nursing, midwifery, or other health professions.