MSc Analytical Bioscience

at Birkbeck University of London

COMPULSORY MODULES

• NMR Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry

• Optical Spectroscopy and Atomic Spectrometry

• Separation Science

• Techniques in Clinical Analysis

OPTION MODULES

• Macromolecular and Cellular Electron Microscopy

• Principles of Protein Structure

• Protein Bioinformatics

• Protein Crystallography

• Protein Expression, Purification and Biophysical Characterisation

• Protein Structure Determination

RESEARCH PROJECT

• Analytical Bioscience Research Project

A second-class honours degree (2:2) or above in a scientific subject. Less qualified students may be accepted if they have appropriate work experience, or through registration on the Postgraduate Diploma with the possibility of upgrading to the MSc after achieving appropriate results in the first set of examinations.

Applications are reviewed on their individual merits and your professional qualifications and/or relevant work experience will be taken into consideration positively. We actively support and encourage applications from mature learners.

On your application form, please list all your relevant qualifications and experience, including those you expect to achieve.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS

If English is not your first language or you have not previously studied in English, the requirement for this programme is the equivalent of an International English Language Testing System (IELTS Academic Test) score of 6.5, with not less than 6.0 in each of the sub-tests.

• Full-time home students: £10170 pa

• Full-time international students: £16380 pa

Graduates can pursue career paths in the health sector, academic research, toxicology and pharmaceuticals. Possible professions include:

• analytical chemist

• biomedical scientist

• research scientist (life sciences)

• toxicologist

• clinical research associate

• science writer

• scientific laboratory technician.