| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2023-09-01 | - |
Program Overview
Overview
Newcastle University is a global leader in ageing research. We work across the full spectrum of age-related challenges.
You can take this as a stand-alone qualification or as an entry route onto a PhD or MD.
You'll develop your own bespoke course with our broad range of taught modules. You'll then complete a 24-week research project.
Our teaching is research-informed. Course content changes to reflect developments in:
Ageing and health is a competitive research area. Your studies will be centered around academia. You'll also have an opportunity to access industry experience in some cases.
Watch our introduction on an International Perspective
Our suite of MRes courses
The Ageing and Health MRes is closely linked to a suite of MRes courses that you may also be interested in:
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Program Outline
What you'll learn
You'll study subject-specific content in ageing and health research. You'll add to these modules from a broad range of complementary options. You'll also have training in general research principles, professional and key skills.
Your 24-week research project comprises the major element of the course. You'll receive supervision from an expert academic researcher in the field.
Watch our introduction to MRes Research Project
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.
Course content changes
Module information is intended to provide an example of what you will study.
Our teaching is informed by research. Course content changes periodically to reflect developments in the discipline, the requirements of external bodies and partners, and student feedback.
Full details of the modules on offer will be published through the Programme Regulations and Specifications ahead of each academic year. This usually happens in May.
Optional modules availability
Some courses have optional modules. Student demand for optional modules may affect availability.
To find out more please see our terms and conditions.
Ageing and Health modules
| Compulsory Modules | Credits |
|---|---|
| MRes Project | 110 |
| Research Skills and Principles for the Biosciences | 10 |
You are also required to take either Ageing and Health or Biology of Ageing
| Optional Modules | Credits |
|---|---|
| Global Health | 20 |
| Biomedical Additive Manufacture and Biofabrication | 20 |
| Contemporary Case Study in Biomedical Engineering | 20 |
| The Biological Study of Behaviour | 20 |
| Ageing & Health | 20 |
| Experimental Medicine & Therapeutics | 20 |
| Drug discovery and development | 20 |
| Cancer Studies | 20 |
| Chromosome Biology and Cell Cycle Control in Health and Disease | 20 |
| Clinical Epidemiology | 20 |
| The Biological Basis of Psychiatric Illness & Its Treatment | 20 |
| Biology of Ageing | 20 |
| Genetics of Common Disease | 20 |
| Applied Immunobiology of Human Disease | 20 |
| Molecular Microbiology | 20 |
| Biomolecular Research in Health and Disease | 20 |
| Sensory Systems | 20 |
| Scientific Basis of Neurological Disorders | 20 |
| Regenerative Medicine & Stem Cells | 20 |
| Transplantation Sciences | 20 |
| Genetic Medicine | 20 |
| Developmental Genetics | 20 |
| Toxicology | 20 |
| Surgical Anatomy | 20 |
| Mitochondrial Biology & Medicine | 20 |
| Diabetes | 20 |
| Cardiovascular Science in Health and Disease | 20 |
| Bioscience Research Development and Enterprise | 20 |
| Comparative Cognition: Information Processing in Humans and Other Animals | 20 |
| Exercise in Health and Disease | 20 |
| Applied Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare | 20 |
| Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine | 20 |
| Evolution and Human Behaviour | 20 |
| Human Health and the Impact of Microbial Genomics | 20 |
| Therapeutic Applications of Cell Signalling Pathways | 20 |
| Oral and Dental Sciences | 20 |
| Bioinformatics for Biomedical Scientists | 20 |
| Enabling Technologies and Methodologies for Biomedical Research | 20 |
| MRes Project | 100 |
| Research Skills and Principles for the Biosciences | 20 |
Additional optional module information
Surgical Anatomy is only open to intercalating medical students.
The MRes Project (MMB8099) and Research Skills and Principles for the Biosciences (MMB8100) modules will not be available for 2022 entry for external students.
Some combinations of modules may not be available due to timetabling constraints. In exceptional circumstances the running of some modules may be determined by student demand.
