MRes Medical and Molecular Biosciences

at Newcastle University

Modules

You will study modules on this course. A module is a unit of a course with its own approved aims and outcomes and assessment methods.

Compulsory Modules
 

• MRes Project
• Research Skills and Principles for the Biosciences

Optional Modules
 

• Global Health
• Biomedical Additive Manufacture and Biofabrication
• Contemporary Case Study in Biomedical Engineering
• The Biological Study of Behaviour
• Ageing & Health
• Experimental Medicine & Therapeutics
• Drug discovery and development
• Cancer Studies
• Chromosome Biology and Cell Cycle Control in Health and Disease
• Clinical Epidemiology
• The Biological Basis of Psychiatric Illness & Its Treatment
• Biology of Ageing
• Genetics of Common Disease
• Applied Immunobiology of Human Disease
• Molecular Microbiology
• Biomolecular Research in Health and Disease
• Sensory Systems
• Scientific Basis of Neurological Disorders
• Regenerative Medicine & Stem Cells
• Transplantation Sciences
• Genetic Medicine
• Developmental Genetics
• Toxicology
• Surgical Anatomy
• Mitochondrial Biology & Medicine
• Diabetes
• Cardiovascular Science in Health and Disease
• Bioscience Research Development and Enterprise
• Comparative Cognition: Information Processing in Humans and Other Animals
• Exercise in Health and Disease
• Applied Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare
• Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine
• Evolution and Human Behaviour
• Human Health and the Impact of Microbial Genomics
• Therapeutic Applications of Cell Signalling Pathways
• Oral and Dental Sciences
• Bioinformatics for Biomedical Scientists
• Enabling Technologies and Methodologies for Biomedical Research

Academic entry requirements

A minimum of a 2:1 honours degree, or international equivalent, in:
 

• a life science or related discipline
• or an MBBS/BDS degree

This programme accepts both medical and dental students wishing to take a master's degree as an intercalation. You will need to have successfully completed your third or fourth year of study.  

Practical laboratory work experience is desirable, although not essential. The modules you can study may depend on your academic background.

English Language requirements
Direct Entry: IELTS 6.5 overall (with a minimum of 6.5 in all sub-skills).

Fees and funding

Home students
£10,200

International students
£25,200

Tuition fee increases
If your studies last longer than one year, your tuition fee may increase in line with inflation.

Graduates from the Faculty of Medical Sciences MRes at Newcastle have undertaken a wide range of roles. This includes:
 

• project manager
• research associate
• associate consultant
• senior analysts
• research scientist
• Marie Curie early stage researcher
• clinical research associate
• medical information and patient safety executive
• medical writer
• medical doctor
• research laboratory technician
• sales representative
• immunology development manager