Molecular Medicine

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The University of Essex is one of the UK´s leading academic institutions, ranked ninth nationally for research excellence following the last Research Assessment Exercise (RAE).

Our popular MSc Molecular Medicine gives you the necessary knowledge and skills to compete in the international marketplace, as well as the experience of producing a 12-week research project. Graduates can continue their careers in molecular medicine in hospitals, industry, universities and research institutes, and other parts of the public and private sectors. Our course also provides a solid foundation if you wish to study for your PhD.

Molecular medicine is a new and rapidly evolving discipline, which uses the modern life sciences and their methods to study the molecular basis of disease and the use of therapeutic influences to correct pathological alterations. Our overall focus is to equip you with a broad and up-to-date understanding of the molecular and genetic factors that underline human disorders.

A Masters course is an academically rigorous programme during which you explore your subject in depth, reaching a high level of specialist knowledge. You draw on knowledge and skills from your undergraduate study or your professional life to produce work of a high academic standard, informed by current thinking and debate.
A Masters course lasts for twelve months (full-time), starting in October, and consists of taught modules during your autumn and spring terms, and normally a research-based dissertation or other project-based work submitted in September. Your balance of modules and research varies according to the subject but, typically, your research counts for 60 credits and there are 120 credits of modules, varying from 10 to 40 credits each. (If you are from the EU, then our Masters courses are regarded as second-cycle qualifications under the Bologna Declaration and consist of 90 ECTS credits).
In some subjects, Postgraduate or Graduate Certificates and Diplomas are available, which last for six to nine months (full-time) and consist of 60 or 120 credits, respectively. These include the modules and assessed work of a Masters, without a dissertation. Our Graduate Diplomas equip those with a Bachelors with knowledge to proceed to a Masters in a different subject.
Please note that module information on our course finder provides a guide to course content and may be subject to review on an annual basis.

Modules
Core modules
Research Project: Msc Molecular Medicine

Compulsory modules
Gene Technology And Synthetic Biology
Genomics
Molecular Medicine And Biotechnology
Professional Skills And The Business Of Molecular Medicine

Optional modules
Advanced Medical Microbiology
Cancer Biology
Creating And Growing A New Business Venture
Human Molecular Genetics
Molecular And Developmental Immunology
Molecular Virology

Core modules must be taken and passed.
Core with options modules selected from limited lists must be taken and passed.
Compulsory modules must be taken.
Compulsory with options modules selected from limited lists must be taken.
Optional modules are selected from course specific lists.

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