Course summary

With constant developments across all disciplines, biomedical science is a fast-paced, ever-evolving field. Looking for a programme that will help you deepen your theoretical knowledge, hone your clinical skills and broaden your professional experience? We give you a suite of award pathways that allow you to explore different research areas, develop your specialisms and focus your study into a practical clinical research project. Key features:

• Tap into the expertise of academic lecturers and tutors actively researching and developing new techniques in modern biomedical science. Our programme has a strong international reputation in translational research, with significant financial investment in laboratory infrastructure.

• Hone your skills and critical thinking, and grow your clinical experience.

• Work with high specification, regularly updated facilities serving post-genomics and proteomics, cell biology and imaging.

• Enrich your learning with teaching, expertise and insight from our NHS partners, plus members of Plymouth University School of Biomedical and Healthcare Sciences.

• Deepen your understanding with modules that explore modern practice, emerging techniques and the impact of new technologies on research methods.

• Benefit from a programme that’s reinforced by the research, facilities and expertise of the Centre for Biomedical Research and the Systems Biology Centre. Attend research events and work with leading scientists in a wide range of fields, including immunology, haematology and genomics.

• Focus your specific interests under the guidance of your personal project advisor and develop an individual final project within the Centre for Biomedical Research and the Systems Biology Centre.

• Gain the skills needed to study at masters level on this part-time route with specialist modules on research techniques and project development.

• Choose to study full-time – this is particularly suitable if you are undertaking an intercalated degree from medicine or dentistry. Taught modules will be delivered in the autumn and spring terms, and your MSc will be completed over the course of one year.

• Join the programme if you're an intercalating medical student and have successfully completed your fourth year, or have already completed an undergraduate course. Take the course as a full-time intercalated degree programme for those wishing to interrupt their studies as a medical or dental student.