Postgraduate Prospectus

This course has a start date in October.

This course provides an avenue for both scientists and clinicians to enter the field of reproductive biology; and for those already familiar with this area, an opportunity to gain greater appreciation of the biological processes of mammalian reproduction that are relevant to the manipulation of fertility and the treatment of reproductive disease.

The course was established in 1993, making it the longest running taught masters in the UK providing full-time training in human ART, runs for one academic year (October to September) and aims to furnish graduates with the formal theoretical and practical training necessary within this highly specialised discipline.

Designed to broaden knowledge of the underlying scientific principles and to enhance appreciation of the clinical management of infertility, it aims to encourage independent thought and a research orientated approach to the practice of assisted conception.

A major feature and strength of the course is that the primary components, in terms of reproductive physiology, research methods, clinical embryology and clinical medicine are all provided by experts who are highly active within their own areas of expertise, giving the information provided to the students an immediacy and relevance that it would be impossible to achieve using a more static and established teaching base.

• You will have the opportunity to observe work being carried out in NURTURE (Nottingham University Research and Treatment Unit), one of the UK’s leading infertility units.
• This is a laboratory-based, science degree course rather than a clinically-based infertility treatment course.
• This course does not involve direct contact with patients or tuition in gynaecological/ surgical procedures.
• This course benefits from input from other Units within the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, and substantial input from the School of Biosciences, based at the Sutton Bonington Campus.
  

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