The program aims to create a knowledgeable and creative workforce primarily to sustain the health-related sector like medicine and dentistry, private and publicly funded research in biomedical sciences, and the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Students graduating from the Biomedical Science program will be very well prepared to enter these fields. A deep understanding of biomedical sciences, such as molecular and cell biology, genetics and genomics, and microbiology, is important for medical research, as well as the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. Understanding biomedical sciences facilitates health professionals such as medical doctors to comprehend the basis of disease and follow developments in diagnosis and treatments – helping to advance the knowledge needed to improve overall human health.