About Mres Pharmacology And Biotechnology in Sheffield Hallam University

• Undertake taught modules and an extended research project in a professional lab.
• Explore the fundamental principles of molecular pharmacology and biotechnology.
• Enhance your laboratory skills from experimental design through to interpretation of results.
• Learn how to synthesise new drugs, or produce them from genetically modified microorganism.
• Develop as an autonomous learner capable of reflecting on learning, knowledge and professional practices.

This course has been designed to respond to the increasing need for professional pharmacologists  and biotechnologists. You’ll learn to translate laboratory medical research into clinical applications, and study topics such as diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of disease. Throughout, you'll learn to apply medical biotechnology, biopharmaceutics and drugs.

You'll undertake a research project aligned with the current research interests of an academic member of staff, within our professional laboratories of the Biomolecular Research Centre.

You'll work within a real research group, fully supported throughout by your academic supervisor. The project will include a critical review of the literature relevant to your research project, the development of a project proposal, the development of research methods and the analysis, presentation and interpretation of experimental data.  Since the project extends over two semesters, it allows you to have the opportunity to fully immerse yourself in the project and to have the time to collect meaningful data, thus enabling an authentic research scientist experience.

Future careers

This course has been designed to incorporate the most up-to-date knowledge and technologies in the field and our graduates are working in most prestigious institutions and industries. This course will give the opportunities for the working the pharmacology and biotechnology expanding marketplace..

This course prepares you for a career in

• academic research
• the industrial biotechnology sector
• the health biotechnology sector
• the pharmaceutical industry
• environmental sector

Previous graduates of this course have gone on to work for

• AstraZeneca
• Danone
• Eli Lilly
• Certara
• BD Biosciences (San Francisco Bay Area, US
• PhD Researcher at St George’s University of London
• Associate member at Higher Education Academy (UK)
• HR Operations at Deloitte India (Offices of the US)

All of our courses require different levels of qualifications for entry and the details provided below are for guidance only.

Postgraduate taught programmes (masters)

The following qualifications will be considered for entry on to postgraduate taught programmes,

• three year Bachelor Degree with a minimum score of between 55 to 60 per cent or above (from a reputable university)
• four year Bachelor Degree with a minimum score of 55 per cent or above (from a reputable university)
• Successful completion of a recognised pre-masters course

English Language entry requirements are listed in the entry requirements section of the online prospectus. The information provided below is intended to help you understand the different English Language qualifications we will accept.

Courses at NQF Level 6 and above (includes BA, BSc, MA, MSc, MPhil, PhD)

We consider the following English language qualifications for courses at degree level (NQF Level 6) or above requiring

an IELTS for UKVI* 6.0 or equivalent entry requirement (*IELTS may be accepted if you do not require a Tier 4 student visa)

IELTS for UKVI*      

• IELTS for UKVI* 6.5
• Listening: minimum level 5.5
• Speaking: minimum level 5.5
• Reading: minimum level 5.5
• Writing: minimum level 5.5

TOEFL 

• Internet based    90
• Listening: minimum level 17
• Speaking: minimum level 20
• Reading: minimum level 18
• Writing: minimum level 17

Pearson    

• PTE 60
• Listening: minimum level 51
• Speaking: minimum level 51
• Reading: minimum level 51
• Writing: minimum level 51

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