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MSc Biotechnology

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    MSc 1 year full-time

Course Description

With a focus on the application of engineering and technology to biological problems, this programme has been designed to further develop your scientific and engineering knowledge to meet the demand for highly skilled scientists within the biotechnology industry.

As a biotechnology-focused engineer, you’ll help to improve the world around us by tackling global issues in bioprocessing, healthcare and medicine. For example, by developing processes to make sustainable products such as biofuels or foods from biological resources, the manufacturing of vaccines and antibiotics, or the creation of medical and environmental technology solutions. This may also include developing new medicines using DNA technology or improving methods of drug delivery in order to improve healthcare for the population.

Entry Requirements

A 2:2 honours degree (or equivalent international qualification) in engineering or physical science.

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Fees

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Programme Funding

There are lots of options available to you to fund your master’s programme, from alumni bursaries to school and department scholarships and government loans.

Student Destinations

The programme will provide access to a broad range of career opportunities where you will play a key role in developing the technologies that will enhance our health and standard of living, such as the development of new bioprocesses and biotechnology based products or biomaterials.

The biggest employers for Biotechnology graduates is the rapidly expanding biotechnology industry including companies manufacturing diagnostics, healthcare products, pharmaceutical companies producing biomedicines for gene therapy and vaccines, consumer care product manufacturers (such as Unilever and Procter & Gamble), environmental engineering companies and the food sector.

Module Details

Semester 1

Compulsory Modules

  • Lab Techniques for Biotechnology and Biomedical Engineering
  • Fundamentals of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering
  • Research Methods

Optional Modules (select one)

  • Drug Delivery and Targeting
  • Biomedical Analytical Technologies

Semester 2

Compulsory Modules

  • Downstream Processing
  • Advanced Biochemical Engineering
  • Technological Entrepreneurship

Optional Modules (select one)

  • Product Design
  • Advances in Biomaterials
  • Basic Science and Regenerative Therapy

Summer

  • MSc Project

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