Career Prospects

Career options:
Medical laboratory science (Public and private sectors)
Medical biotechnology
Pharmaceutical industry
Environmental science
Agricultural and food testing industry
Research and further study at postgraduate level

Curriculum Overview
The BSc (Hons) in MLS programme requries a student to complete 125 academic credits and 10 clinical credits for work
integrated education attachment for graduation. The academic credits include General University Requirement (GUR)
subjects, Discipline Specific Requirement (DSR) subjects and electives.
Semester1 Semester2 Semester 3 (Summer)

Year1 Exploring Medical Laboratory Science Clinical Laboratory Instrumentation

Human Anatomy General Chemistry
Human Physiology Introduction to Medical Microbiology
Laboratory Techniques & Safety

Year2 Cells in Health & Disease Biostatistics Clinical Attachment

Human Biochemistry
Immunology
Introduction to Clinical Chemistry
Interpretative & Practical Medical Microbiology
Medical Microbiology: Concenpts & Principles
Clinical Chemistry: Concepts & Principles
Interpretative & Practical Clinical Chemistry
Introduction to Haematology
Molecular Biology in Medicine

Year3 Haematology: Concepts & Principles
Interpretative & Practical Haematology
Introduction to Cellular Pathology
Introduction to Clinical Research
Pathophysiology
Cellular Pathology: Concepts & Principles Clinical Attachment
Interpretative & Practical Cellular Pathology
Medical Virology

Year4 Current Topics in Laboratory Medicine Honours Project

Human Genetics Legal and Ethical Issues in Healthcare
Molecular Diagnosis of Human Disease Cellular Technology for Biomedical Research (elective)
Bioinformatics for Molecular Diagnostics (elective)
Medical Informatics (elective)

Entrance Requirements
JU PAS - General entrance requirements Preferred subjects with highest weighting
in admission scores calculation
HKDSE Level
requirement • Chinese Language
Chinese language 3 • English Language
English language 3
Core subjects • Mathematics
Mathematics 2
Liberal studies 2 • Mathematics (M1/M2)
Electives Elective 1 3 • Biology
(including Ml/M2) Elective 2 3
• Chemistry
Normal colour vision is not one of the admission criteria. but
• Combined Sci ence (Biology and Chemistry)
applicants should note that normal colour vision may be required for
employment in medical laboratory profession.