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Antimicrobial Resistance at Coventry University - UCAS

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Course summary

These courses aim to produce, skilled practitioners, researchers and change-makers to lead the fight against antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and influence strategies in infection control to improve patient outcomes and global health. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that failure to address AMR means that by 2050 the global burden may reach 350 million deaths a year. Consequently, there is an urgent need for specific training and development of healthcare postgraduates and professionals in how to tackle AMR to prevent cross-infection and outbreaks, monitor AMR and increase public awareness. These courses aim to:

  • Develop your in-depth awareness and training in global infection prevention and control practice and antimicrobial stewardship; antimicrobial resistance mechanisms; novel antimicrobial developments; and research into how AMR arises and spreads
  • Offer rigorous training and practice in the research, analytical, evaluative and presentation skills valued in an independent professional laboratory scientist specialising in the epidemiology and analysis of antimicrobial resistance.
  • Allow you to develop creativity, leadership and management and to practise and enhance a range of transferrable skills to enhance employability, including communication skills; independence; digital competence; teamworking; organisation; time-management; problem-solving; evaluation and implementation of infection control and antimicrobial stewardship strategies; professionalism; reflective practice; global perspective; leadership; conflict resolution; adaptability; and interpersonal skills.


Entry requirements

An Honours degree in a biological sciences undergraduate course; with a minimum of a lower second class (2:2) classification or An equivalent appropriate qualification that includes substantial biological sciences content. It is essential that applicants have some understanding of microbiology, and we would expect to see the study of one or more of the following modules in the final year of an undergraduate degree: microbiology and virology; biochemistry; infection control.


Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

2025/26 fees TBC. Please see our website for latest information.
Antimicrobial Resistance at Coventry University - UCAS