Disease Mechanisms and Therapeutics MSc

Program Overview

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Overview

This course is no longer accepting applications for September 2023 entry. Two new courses will be coming soon for 2023, Mechanisms and Therapy in Cancer MSc and Mechanisms and Therapy in Infection and Inflammation MSc.

The Disease Mechanisms and Therapeutics MSc is a dynamic master’s programme, allowing you to gain hands-on experience as you delve into present-day medical understanding and try to create real advances in disease treatment and prevention.

You’ll choose a specialist biomedical area and will learn about the molecular mechanisms leading to major human diseases and their current treatments. You'll also work towards identifying medical advancements and possible innovative therapeutic approaches using technological developments.

The specialist areas to choose from include cancer biology and therapy, genomic technologies, vaccine and immunisation, and radiation, toxicology and pollution.

You’ll identify areas where there are knowledge gaps in current medical understanding. Throughout the course, you'll be encouraged to address these gaps by looking at existing research and literature and conducting your own research.

At Brunel, we recognise that strong practical skills in all fields of biomedical sciences are important to employers. For this reason, we have a large practical element to the course. You’ll gain experience of different modern laboratory techniques and consider the legislative and ethical aspects linked to the discipline. You’ll learn computational skills and be trained on critical analyses of the molecular problems leading to human disease and to identify intervention opportunities. In addition, you’ll receive training in statistics and bioinformatics which are fundamental to the biomedicine sector.

In our 'Scientific Communication' module, you’ll learn how to disseminate medical information to a range of audiences. Your writing skills will be developed to target a diverse range of audiences, from medical practitioners through to the general public. You'll learn to write your research findings in an academic style and a journalistic style - skills that will be invaluable in a range of biomedical careers.

Dean’s International Scholarship:

This course is eligible for a £2,000 fee waiver, per academic year, subject to availability. This Scholarship is for full-time international students only. Find out more.

Commonwealth Shared Scholarship:

You may be eligible for a full tuition fee waiver, as well as a range of other financial incentives, on this course.

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British Council Scholarship for Women in STEM:

In partnership with the British Council, we are offering five fully-funded scholarships for female students from the Americas region (eligible countries only). The deadline to apply for this scholarship is 7th April 2023 at 11.59pm –

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Program Outline

Course content

This biomedical sciences postgraduate course has been tailored to provide you with specialist knowledge of molecular biology and its impact on biomedicine. Particular attention is placed on innovative therapeutic potential and on statistics and computational biology.

This course can be studied 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time, starting in September.

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Year 1

Please note that all modules are subject to change.

Read more about the structure of postgraduate degrees at Brunel

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Careers and your future

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Assessment and feedback

You'll be asked to produce self-directed learning presentations or reports on a particular aspect of human diseases. There'll be a dissertation project exploring a specific subject area in-depth, using research methods, strategic experimental design, and critical data analysis.

Read our guide on how to avoid plagiarism in your assessments at Brunel.