Undertake cutting-edge research in contemporary biochemistry and gain expertise in areas such as biochemistry, biophysics, structural biology and synthetic biology, industrial biotechnology, cellular architecture and dynamics and infectious diseases.

Overview

Based in a research lab, you’ll undertake research on a project agreed with your Research Supervisor. On a research-focused Master's course, you will take an interactive approach to learning, rather than attending traditional lectures. Seminars, workshops and lab meetings will enable you to gain an in-depth understanding of the field.

Teaching and assessment

Assessment involves a mixture of practical classes, innovative continuous assessment to gain maximum transferable and professional skills, and examinations, depending on the optional modules selected.

Programme aims

The programme aims to:

• provide an excellent quality of postgraduate-level education in the field of biomedicine
• promote engagement with research into biomedicine and inspire students to pursue scientific careers inside or outside of the laboratory
• provide a research-led, inspiring learning environment
• provide a regional postgraduate progression route for the advanced study of biomedical science

Careers

A postgraduate degree in the School of Biosciences is designed to equip our graduates with transferable skills that are highly valued in the workplace. Our research-led ethos ensures that students explore the frontiers of scientific knowledge, and the intensive practical components provide rigorous training in cutting-edge technical skills.

Destinations for our graduates include the leading pharmaceutical and biotechnological companies within the UK and leading research institutes both at home and abroad.