Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Study Details: 1 year full-time, up to 4 years part-time
Research in biotechnology offers new solutions for the many medical, veterinary, agricultural and environmental challenges that humankind faces in the 21st century.
This course will focus on developing your laboratory-based research skills in a biotechnological area of your choice, while equipping you for a future academic or industry-based career. Our lecturers have specialist knowledge and research experience in environmental, microbial, plant and animal (including human) biotechnology, and you will also be taught by visiting lecturers who are leaders in their respective fields.
You will take six taught but research-focused modules that aim to equip you with key theoretical and practical skills, and introduce you to examples of current and future applications of biotechnology. You will then select a laboratory-based research topic that interests you with a supervisor of your choice. In certain cases this may involve collaboration with industrial partners.
Relevant undergraduate. 2.2. A 3rd honours degree may be mitigated by experience.
The University has an award-winning Careers and Employability service which provides a variety of employability-enhancing experiences; through the curriculum, through employer contact, tailored group sessions, individual information, advice and guidance.
Careers and Employability aims to deliver a service which is inclusive, impartial, welcoming, informed and tailored to your personal goals and aspirations, to enable you to develop as an individual and contribute to the business and community in which you will live and work.
Core Modules:
Research and Analytical Skills (20 Credits)
Applied Molecular Biology (20 Credits)
Emerging Molecular Therapies in Medicine (20 Credits)
Business of Biotechnology (20 Credits)
Biomimetic Nanotechnology (20 Credits)
Biotechnological Approaches towards Sustainable Development Goals (20 Credits)
Optional Modules:
Research Dissertation (60 Credits)
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