MSci Microbiology with Professional Placement
Entry requirements
A Level: AAA including Biology / Human Biology + 1 from Chemistry / Physics / Maths / Further Maths / Statistics / Geology / Geography / Psychology. IB: 6,6,6 including Biology / Human Biology + 1 from Chemistry / Physics / Maths: Analysis and Approaches / Maths: Applications and Interpretation/ Statistics / Geology / Geography / Psychology. BTEC: BTEC Extended Diploma, Diploma and Extended Certificate are accepted, but subjects are considered on a case-by-case basis. Please contact us for further guidance
About this course
Master in Science in Microbiology with Professional Placement MSci, a biology and microbiology degree focused on microbes and professional training. Core topics include Data Analysis, Research Methods, Fieldwork, and Critical & Analytical Thinking. The programme incorporates a dedicated industry placement year. The first year introduces foundational subjects through Cell Biology & Physiology, Molecular Biosciences and Microbiology, Genetics I, and Introduction to Evolution and Animal Biology. The second year develops techniques via Genetic Engineering and Data Science, Microbiology: Medicine, Environment, and Industry, Cell and Developmental Biology, and Human Structure and Function. The third year is spent on an industry placement, structured around Work Based Literature Review and Project Design and a Work Based Research Project. The final year allows students to explore advanced topics through modules such as Bacterial Gene Regulation, Arctic Microbiology, Molecular and Cellular Immunology, and Omics for Biomedical Research, alongside a major Practical Project.
Modules
- Cell Biology & Physiology
- Discovering Biosciences Skills and Enterprise
- Ecological Concepts and Plant Sciences
- Genetics I
- Introduction to Evolution and Animal Biology
- Molecular Biosciences and Microbiology
- Communication and Enterprise
- Genetic Engineering and Data Science
- Genetics II
- Microbiology: Medicine, Environment, and Industry
- Alpine and Glacial Ecology in Norway
- Cell and Developmental Biology
- Critical Issues for 21st Century Ecosystems
- Field Course: Adaptations to Aquatic Environments
- Human Structure and Function
- Plant Sciences: from cells to the environment
- Topics in Medical Biosciences
- Work Based Literature Review and Project Design
- Work Based Research Project
- LH Microbial Pathogenicity and Disease
- LH Evidence-based literature review and critical analysis informed project proposal
- LH Introduction to Teaching Biosciences in Schools with Evidence-Based Literature Review
- LH Practical Project
- Arctic Microbiology
- Bacterial Gene Regulation
- Conservation Practice: Genes to Ecosystems
- Current developments and advances in Eukaryotic Genetics
- Eukaryotic Gene Expression
- Molecular and Cellular Immunology
- Omics for Biomedical Research
- Responses to Global Environmental Change
- Structures of Destruction: the structural biology of pathogenicity