Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Study Details: 1 year full-time
On this course, you’ll gain up-to-date knowledge and skills in several areas of human physiology, with particular emphasis on neuroscience, cardiovascular science, and exercise physiology. You’ll assess how these areas impact, and are impacted by, the ageing process and how this relates to disease.
You’ll have the opportunity to deep dive into a topic of your choice with an independent research project. This allows you to tackle the issues that fascinate you most – exploring areas that match your personal interests and career ambitions.
Every strand of medical practice and research starts by understanding the systems of the human body. So, while physiology is a specialist subject, it’s also a versatile foundation for a broad range of different futures.
Our MSc Human Physiology will allow you to pursue a range of career paths when you graduate. From progressing to PhD level or becoming a physiologist in a healthcare setting, to pursuing a role in teaching, management or scientific writing.
As 15th in the UK for the power of our health and biomedical research (REF 2021), our teaching team includes researchers with expertise across a range of specialisms. They’re pioneering new ideas with real-world, global application in areas such as:
Epigenetics
Musculoskeletal health and disease
Metabolism and metabolic disorders
Nutritional health
Cardiovascular physiology
Metabolic disorders
Their expertise and clinical experience directly influences your learning. This ensures you gain industry-relevant knowledge of the most recent advances in the field.
You’ll be joining a collaborative community dedicated to improving health and wellbeing, making a positive difference to people's lives.
You’ll need a UK honours degree – normally a 2:2 – or the international equivalent, in physiological, biological, or biomedical science. We might also consider your application if you have an equivalent professional qualification or relevant professional experience.
International students please see mmu.ac.uk/international
Overseas applicants will require IELTS with an overall score of 6.5 with no less than 5.5 in any category, or an equivalent accepted English qualification.
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This masters offers an avenue into a range of specialist fields, particularly within the physiology and healthy ageing industries. The topics you’ll cover can also lay the groundwork for careers in research, education or clinical settings, and can support your progression towards a PhD.
We ensure you graduate with the skills and understanding that employers look for. This is thanks to our close partnerships across the NHS and our work alongside expert clinicians. It helps keep our courses industry-relevant and ensures you’re ready for the workplace.
Career prospects include, but aren’t limited to:
Graduate entry medicine
Physician associate
PhD research
Careers in the bioscience industry
Exercise and sports scientist
Alternatively, this is a stepping stone to becoming a healthcare scientist via the Scientist Training Programme. This can be in a variety of specialisms such as:
Cardiac science
Gastrointestinal physiology
Respiratory and sleep sciences
Vascular science
Neurophysiology
Audiology
Core modules
Project
Research Methods and Ethics in Biomedical Science
Physiology of Ageing and Disease
Developmental Biology
Lifestyle Medicine
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