Postgraduate Prospectus

This course has a start date in September

This International MSc Biosciences is designed to equip you with the skills to develop a career in industry, academia or research. Students spend four months in the UK and eight months at the University's campus in Malaysia where the research project is conducted in one of the four specialist areas: biotechnology, crop improvement, ecology or tropical crop production.

At the end of the course all students taking this degree will have:

• an advanced knowledge and comprehensive understanding of the theoretical, practical and transferable skills in biosciences and allied industries based on the research and scholastic excellence of the academic staff and industrial contacts

• awareness of the latest developments in Biosciences and requirements of related industries

• the technical knowledge and practical skills required to undertake research and/or develop a leading career in biosciences
  

• The School of Biosciences is one of the largest and strongest Schools of its kind in the UK
• The School has consistently achieved high ratings in independent UK assessments of both research and teaching quality. The 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) confirmed our top position in the UK in terms of research Power and we received 23/24 in the latest Teaching Quality Assessment
• The course is based for four months at The University of Nottingham's Sutton Bonington Campus and eight months at the University's Malaysia Campus
• Specialist facilities include modern glasshouses and controlled environment growth rooms in which plants and tissue cultures can be raised
  

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