Boost your career on a Biomedical Science PLACEMENT abroad
Go on a once-in-a-lifetime biomedical science elective 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 incredible travel experiences with new friends.
You are in total control — you tell us what you want to experience, and we'll tailor your overseas biomedical science placement to your specific interests. You choose everything from the destination down to the individual departments you want to get experience in.
You’ll find your biomedical science elective to be life-changing. And that’s true whether you’re undertaking your biomedical science placement as a student or graduate.
Why go on a biomedical science placement 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 will get a breadth of eye-opening experience alongside English-speaking clinical supervisors in low-resource hospital settings.
A biomedical science placement offers abundant opportunities in departments like general medicine, surgery, A&E, ICUs, anaesthesiology, OBG, and paediatrics.
Or, if you're interested in a particular speciality, you can explore everything from plastic and reconstructive surgery to anaesthetics.
If you're considering graduate medicine after completing your biomedical science degree, this is the perfect opportunity to get real-world experience.
Things you might see on placement:
- Different cultural attitudes towards care
- Religious beliefs affecting practice
- Extremely late presentations and advanced conditions
You also have flexibility regarding your shift patterns during your biomedical science elective. Most of our partner hospitals are open 24/7, so you can use your biomedical science placement to get experience working day shifts, night shifts, or both.
Spend time in the lab
If you're staying on the biomedical science track, you can use your placement to see how things like 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.
You can choose from relevant departments, including:
- Haematology
- Immunology
- Microbiology
- Pathology
- Biochemistry
- Immunology
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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 organise 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 elective choices while you're abroad. All of this means you can create a placement suited perfectly to you, without the risk of your elective plans falling through.
Once-in-a-lifetime travel
As a biomedical science student or graduate, your biomedical science elective 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
Explore your destination options below to get a real sense of opportunity for adventure.
Stay in an exclusive private property
While you’re with us, you’ll stay in one of our private, catered houses, reserved exclusively for healthcare students and graduates on a Work the World programme. You’ll share the experience with like-minded peers, creating a supportive home-from-home throughout your placement.
- Fun, social atmosphere
- Chill-out areas
- Make friends for life
- 24/7 in-country support team based in the house
- Security team for peace of mind
Think BBQ nights, karaoke, swimming pools, and a home-from-home to return to after a day on placement.
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 biomedical science placement.
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 elective when it suits you. Biomedical science placement durations start from one week.
DESTINATIONS
"Be true to yourself and seize whatever opportunities come your way!"
Daniel Okoto, University of Staffordshire 2025
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"Before I started placement, I was introduced to the hospital and staff, which really helped me overcome my anxieties about beginning my placement".
Lauren Grinstead, Manchester Metropolitan University 2024
Read moreHow do I apply for a biomedical scientist placement?
If you’re wondering how to apply for a biomedical scientist placement, don’t worry. You will automatically qualify for a placement if you are either studying or have recently completed a healthcare degree. Contact the Work the World team, and we will handle all of the logistics to secure your spot at a trusted partner hospital in one of our biomedical science elective destinations abroad.
