Biological sciences is more data driven than ever before and bioinformatics is now central to modern biological research. Our degrees in Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology will prepare you with in-demand skills for this growing area. You will build a strong foundation for PhD training or a rewarding career in the biotechnology, life sciences, environmental and pharmaceutical sectors doing roles such as consultancy, management, research, software development, data analytics or finance.
You will be taught by world-leading academics who are actively engaged in developing bioinformatics tools and who have specialist expertise in genome sequencing, proteomics, evolution, ecology, psychology, cancer, diabetes and other diseases. The majority of our lecturers on this programme are part of ground breaking research, advise on projects and more.
The taught modules of our courses provide rigorous training in the computational skills, including DNA assembly, next-generation sequencing technologies, CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing, cell-free synthetic biology, directed evolution, bioinformatics and coding. These are highly useful genomic skills that will allow you to write software which analyses and visualises data for you. Unlike some Master’s courses, there is no programming experience needed as our courses are specifically designed for students with bioscience or natural science backgrounds.
During the first semester with the teaching modules, there is a lot of opportunity to interact with the other students, you will learn primarily through a combination of lectures and tutorials, in addition to a significant amount of independent study and research.
For the research projects on all of our MSc’s you become a fully integrated member of a research group and will work alongside PhD students and our world leading academics.