Course summary
Deepen your understanding and identify strategies to tackle global health challenges in areas including antimicrobial resistance, autoimmunity, inflammatory diseases and ageing, cancer and immunotherapy. Join our thriving community of biomedical scientists to develop your skills and creativity for identifying and developing solutions to existing and emerging global health challenges. What makes this course different? Help to tackle global health challenges with a Masters degree in Biomedical Sciences, learning and researching within the huge diversity of the UK’s largest healthcare region. This programme will develop and equip you with the necessary academic and research skills to be able to make a real-life impact on some of the most pressing biomedical-related health issues through subsequent contributions to the international workforce. A combination of taught and research components will expose you to cutting-edge research that spans cellular, molecular and whole-body systems and integrates basic, translational and applied clinical science.
- Expert Supervision: Get guidance from world-leading academics throughout your journey, mastering essential techniques and training.
- Benefit from being based at the Birmingham health campus, co-located with the University Hospital of Birmingham and the Birmingham Women’s Hospital, as well as the Institute of Translational Medicine and Institute of Biomedical Research.
- Work in a wide range of cutting-edge research lab spaces embedded in research facilities right across the university and the health partners co-located with us.
- The research project will allow you to practically apply the skills learned in a real-world research environment, with the potential to make a real difference.
- The programme will deliver career-focused skills that will enhance your employability – you will become a critical thinker who can work effectively in multi-disciplinary teams.
- In-depth training in critical academic and research skills, providing you with the expertise needed for advanced scientific enquiry and communication in the field of Biomedical and Health Sciences.
Modules
The course comprises of a series of taught core modules and a research project. Each of the six taught modules is worth 20 credits with the total taught component being 120 credits. The research project is worth 60 credits, bringing the total credits for the course to 180. Visit the course page on the University of Birmingham website for the most up-to-date module information.
How to apply
International applicants
If you are an international student, you will need to demonstrate you have a suitable level of English proficiency, usually through the form of an IELTS or equivalent qualification or a Presessional English course. For this course we require IELTS 6.5 with no less than 6.0 in any band, which is equivalent to: -TOEFL: 88 overall with no less than 21 in Reading, 20 Listening, 22 Speaking and 21 in Writing. -Pearson Test of English (PTE): Academic 67 with no less than 64 in all four skills. -Cambridge English: C1 Advanced - minimum overall score of 176, with no less than 169 in any component. -LanguageCert ESOL SELT (UKVI): B2 'Communicator' with no less than 33 in each skill. If you have a conditional offer for Birmingham where English is a requirement, you can take a Presessional English course as an alternative to retaking IELTS or a similar qualification. We offer on-campus courses all year round starting from September including additional online courses in the summer term. Teaching takes place in small classes with no more than 18 students to maximise class participation.
Entry requirements
You should have, or expect to obtain a 2:1 Honours degree in life science or biomedical science degree normally classified at 2:1 or above or equivalent. Examples of typical undergraduate degrees are Biochemistry, Biology, Biomedical Science and Laboratory Science, however other life sciences degree will be considered.
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
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Provider information
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT