Course summary
The Biotechnology, Bioprocessing and Business Management MSc combines expertise in scientific knowledge and business acumen. Taught by leading academic staff in the School of Life Sciences and Warwick Business School, this MSc offers you the key business information, industry relevant expertise and science knowledge to prepare you for work in the sector. Course overview The bioprocessing and biotechnology industries are major components of global industrialised economies with impacts in medicine, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing and the food sector. Management of change requires a new calibre of technical specialist who will have business acumen and a scientific knowledge base. This master’s course equips you with the necessary tools and expertise to become an entrepreneur, offering key business information and industrially relevant knowledge. Leading centres of expertise, including staff from Life Sciences and Warwick Business School (WBS), form a multidisciplinary teaching faculty. The course is delivered by lecturers with internationally acknowledged academic, industrial and government expertise. Skills from this degree You will gain:
- The ability to understand the scientific, technical and financial basis of biotechnology systems
- The ability to understand the operation and management of biotechnology industries
- The ability to appraise and analyse financial and business implications in a global context
- Transferable skills including team working, communicating with peers and sector specialists, organising, planning and oral presentation
- Research skills including scientific report writing, numerical skills, logical reasoning, critical analysis and project work
Modules
Core modules
- The Fundamentals of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering
- Biochemical Engineering - Bioreactor Engineering and Unit Operations
- Entrepreneurship and Commercialisation
- Bioproduct Plant Design and Economic Analysis
- Dissertation/Project
- Drug Discovery and Biopharmaceutical Development
- Marketing Management
- Accounting and Financial Management
- Business Strategy
- Environmental Protection, Risk Assessment and Safety
- Innovations to Prevent and Treat Infectious Disease
- Essentials of Medical Genomics
- Microbiomics and Metagenomics
Assessment method
Assessments take place during or shortly after completion of each module and include essays, seminar presentations, poster presentations, short answer in-module tests and assessed group work. One third of your final mark will be derived from the project dissertation which is 10,000 words in length. Two thirds of your final mark will be derived from assessment of the eight core and two elective modules.
Entry requirements
Minimum requirements 2:2 undergraduate degree (or equivalent). Candidates must have obtained at least a second class honours degree, or an equivalent qualification, in Life Sciences, Engineering or Business Studies (students from an engineering or business background must be a high class student and demonstrate an interest in biological science). English language requirements You can find out more about our English language requirements on our website. This course requires the following: - Band B - 7.0 overall with minimum component scores of two at 6.0/6.5 and the rest at 7.0 or above International qualifications We welcome applications from students with other internationally recognised qualifications.
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
Please visit the University of Warwick website for the tuition fees for postgraduate courses:
https://warwick.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/funding/fees
Sponsorship information
We offer a variety of postgraduate funding options for study at the University of Warwick, from postgraduate loans, university scholarships, fee awards, to academic department bursaries. It's important that you apply for your postgraduate course first before you apply for a University of Warwick scholarship. Please visit the University's scholarship webpages.
Provider information
University of Warwick
Coventry
CV4 7AL