MSc Molecular Microbiology

All our courses are designed around key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.

You experience a vibrant, challenging, and supportive range of learning activities as you progress through the course. The overall aim of the program is to give you sound preparation for a career in microbiology.

This course covers subjects such as diagnosis, understanding, treatment, and prognosis of disease, and biotechnology applications such as the production of drugs, and environmental bioremediation.

Practical skills are developed throughout the course and you gain experience in molecular microbiology and other related techniques]\. All practical classes are led by academic staff whose research incorporates the latest microbiological and biotechnological techniques.

You learn through

• Lectures and seminars
• Workshops and tutorials
• Laboratory classes
• A research project
• Experience days

Applied learning

Live projects

Research skills and statistical analysis are developed throughout the program and applied to relevant microbiological problems/case studies. New elements of genomics and proteomics have been introduced allowing students to apply basic science knowledge and skills to experimental study design, and management and data analysis. In the final trimester, students apply their skills to a two-month research project, working with an academic who is a specialist in the field, and exploring a current microbiological application.

Field trips

Embedded in various modules are opportunities to visit organizations using microbiology practically in the healthcare, biotechnology, and food and beverage industries. For example, students studying microbial biotechnology have opportunities to visit a brewery, and students enrolled in medical microbiology modules will get the chance to visit a clinical microbiology pathology laboratory.

Modules

Module and assessment information for future years is displayed as currently validated and may be liable to change. When selecting electives, your choices will be subject to the core requirements of the course. As a result, selections may be limited to a choice between one of two or more specified electives in some instances.

Final year

Compulsory modules

• Advanced Laboratory And Research Practice: 30 credits
• Applied Laboratory Practice: 15 credits
• Fundamentals Of Microbial Biotechnology: 15 credits
• Fundamentals Of Molecular Microbiology: 15 credits
• Microbial Pathogenesis: 15 credits
• Research Project: 60 credits

Elective modules

• Advanced Applications In Microbial Biotechnology: 15 credits
• Case Studies In Infectious Disease: 15 credits
• Genomics And Proteomics: 15 credits

This course prepares you for a career in

• Academic Research
• The Industrial Biotechnology Sector
• The Health Biotechnology Sector
• Ph.D. Study
• The Pharmaceutical Industry
• Food and Beverage Industries