Boost your career on a Biomedical Science internship abroad
Go on a once-in-a-lifetime biomedical science internship abroad with Work the World and you’ll get career-boosting clinical experience in an overseas hospital. Then in your free time, you’ll have life-changing travel experiences with new friends.
You are in total control — you tell us what you want to experience and we'll tailor your overseas internship to your specific interests. You choose everything from the destination right down to the individual departments you want to get experience in.
You’ll find your biomedical science internship to be life-changing. And that’s true whether you’re undertaking an internship for biomedical science students or graduates.
Why go on a biomedical science internship abroad?
- Unique experience that puts you ahead of your peers
- Stand out to employers
- Strengthen your academic profile
- Build a network to tap into during your career
- Gain perspective that reframes your view of the NHS
- Boost confidence by stepping out of your comfort zone
"I got a breadth of experience across anatomical pathology, general surgery, emergency medicine, and plastic and reconstructive surgery." - Shane, University of Newcastle
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Eye-opening clinical Placement
On your overseas biomedical science placement, you could get a breadth of course-relevant experience in low-resource hospital laboratory settings.
You can get experience in areas including hematology, immunology, microbiology, pathology, biochemistry, pharmacology, virology, immunology...
You could see how infectious and tropical diseases are diagnosed and treated, and gain an understanding of parasitology, all while liaising with related clinical departments to see how conditions are handled at multiple levels.
Things you might see on placement:
- Different cultural attitudes towards care
- Religious beliefs affecting practice
- Patients who can’t afford even the most basic treatment
- Extremely late presentations and advanced conditions
You also have flexibility when it comes to your shift patterns during your biomedical science internship. As the majority of our partner hospitals are open 24/7, so you can undertake day shifts, night shifts, or both.
Go beyond biomedical science
You can certainly choose to focus purely on biomedical science, but you don't have to. You can broaden your experience by spending time in multiple hospital departments and specialties. This might be of particular interest if you're thinking about undertaking graduate medicine after a biomed degree.
You can choose from relevant departments including:
- General medicine
- Internal medicine
- Emergency
- Oncology
- Infectious diseases
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Tap into our hospital partnerships
Our long-established international hospital partnerships let us tailor your placement down to a level of detail that would be impossible if you were trying to organize your trip independently.
The partnerships also allow us to guarantee things like your hospital placement, supervision, and your choice of departments. You'll get detailed information on all of the above long before you travel.
You also get an exceptional level of flexibility should you want to amend your biomedical science internship choices while you're abroad. All of this means you can create a placement suited perfectly to you, without the risk of your internship plans falling through.
Once-in-a-lifetime travel
As a biomedical science student or graduate, your biomedical science internship abroad is the focus of your trip. But your free time in the afternoons and weekends will be packed full of experiences like:
- Relaxing on palm-lined, white-sand beaches
- Getting close to elephants, lions, and giraffes on safari
- Swimming with curious sea turtles on warm tropical reefs
- Hiking (or paragliding!) through the Himalayas
- Spending a weekend hopping between paradise islands
But it's the people you share it with that make your Work the World trip memorable. You'll live with other healthcare students and graduates in a big private house.
What's included?
The service you get with us is end-to-end. That means we will support you before, during, and even after your trip.
You'll get:
- Fully tailored biomedical science placement
- English-speaking supervision
- Private, catered accommodation
- 24/7 in-country team
- Airport pick up and drop off
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Arrivals are every Sunday, 52 weeks of the year — travel on your biomedical science internship when it suits you. The duration of placements starts from one week.
DESTINATIONS
"Travelling to Ghana and having this experience is something I will forever cherish"
Katie Hodnett, James Cook University 2025
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"I had the pleasure of witnessing two caesarean sections, which I found so interesting watching the babies being brought into the world".
Melissa Critchley, University of Sheffield 2025
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"I had the pleasure of witnessing two caesarean sections, which I found so interesting watching the babies being brought into the world".
Paris Sharma, Nottingham Trent University 2025
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"It has been fantastic to get to know many different students from around the world during my stay."
Grace Carr, University of Sunderland 2025
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"Living with other healthcare students has been a fantastic way to share placement experiences."
Alex Russell, Griffith University 2025
Read moreWhat do our biomedical science electives offer?
A Work the World biomedical science elective gives you the chance to undertake a clinical placement in the developing world. You will spend time in a low-resource hospital and see unfamiliar practices and advanced conditions. You can even choose the departments you want to rotate through. Learn more here.
What are the benefits of a Work the World biomedical science elective?
The benefits of our biomedical science electives include:
- Expanding your clinical knowledge and skill set
- Becoming more confident, independent and resourceful
- Making yourself more attractive to employers
- Doing some proper travelling
- Building your personal and professional network
- Sharpening your language and communication skills
- Renewing your perspective on the NHS
What kind of cases will I see on a Work the World biomedical science elective?
You will see cases like:
- Tropical infectious diseases like malaria, dengue fever, and chikungunya
- Advanced conditions that have been left untreated
- A high number of cases of HIV, sickle cell and other haematological diseases
- Much higher numbers of RTAs than you’re used to at home
- Conditions arising from socioeconomic issues, like pesticide-induced renal failure (at epidemic levels)
How long is a Work the World biomedical science elective?
A biomedical science elective is as long as you want it to be. Our minimum placement duration is one week, but biomedical science students typically travel on their biomedical science electives for 4 - 6 weeks. There is no upper limit to how long you can travel.
What is a biomedical science elective?
A biomedical science elective is a clinical placement that biomedical science students undertake as part of their degree. Some sources suggest as many as 80% of biomedical science students in the UK choose to travel abroad for their electives. If you want to undertake your biomedical science elective overseas, get in touch with us today.
