Cancer Biology and Therapeutics - MSc

at University of Kent

This programme has 120 credits of taught modules, of which 105 are compulsory.

Students must complete all compulsory modules and select 15 credits from a list of optional modules approved by the School of Biosciences. 

Students must complete all compulsory modules and select 15 credits from a list of optional modules approved by the School of Biosciences. 

Compulsory modules currently include
 

• BIOS8370 - The Molecular and Cellular Basis of Cancer (15 credits)
• BIOS8380 - Genomic Stability and Cancer (15 credits)
• BIOS8400 - Cancer Therapeutics: From the Laboratory to the Clinic (15 credits)
• BIOS8570 - Cancer Research in Focus (15 credits)
• BIOS8600 - Research, Ethics and Impact (15 credits)
• BIOS8590 - Practical Molecular Biology and Genome Editing (15 credits)
• BIOS8610 - Research skills in Cancer Biology (15 credits)
• BIOS8450 - MSc Project (60 credits)

Optional modules may include
 

• BIOS6003 - Science Communication and Public Engagement (15 credits)
• BIOS6200 - Frontiers in Virology (15 credits)
• BIOS6380 - Bioinformatics and Genomics (15 credits)
• BIOS6420 - Cancer Biology (15 credits)

Compulsory modules currently include
 

• BIOS8450 - MSc Project (60 credits)

Minimum 2:2 honours degree in a biosciences-related subject.

All applicants are considered on an individual basis and additional qualifications, professional qualifications and relevant experience may also be taken into account when considering applications. 

Fees
 

• Home full-time-£9300
• EU full-time-£15900
• International full-time-£21200

For students continuing on this programme fees will increase year on year by no more than RPI + 3% in each academic year of study except where regulated.

A postgraduate degree in the School of Biosciences is designed to equip our graduates with transferable skills that are highly valued in the workplace. Our research-led ethos ensures that students explore the frontiers of scientific knowledge, and the intensive practical components provide rigorous training in cutting edge technical skills that are used in the modern biosciences while working in areas of world-leading expertise within the School.

Destinations for our graduates include the leading pharmaceutical and biotechnological companies within the UK and leading research institutes both at home and abroad.

To give you an idea of possible career destinations, recent graduates have gone on to the following roles: Research Assistant at the Institute of Cancer Research and at Illumina, as Scientific Copy Editor at Spandidos Publications, Lab assistant at Givaudan, Cancer Care Coordinator at Macmillan Cancer Research, Clinical Trial Administrator or Medical Lab Assistant at NHS Trusts and onto PhDs at BRIC Copenhagen, University of Kent, Institute of Cancer Research and University of Leeds.