Biochemistry with Research Abroad

Modules shown are for the current academic year, and are subject to change depending on your year of entry.

All students take the following modules, run in parallel, which provide the fundamental building blocks of biochemistry:

• Biological Chemistry
• Cell Biology
• Molecular Biology
• Proteins and Enzymes

In the second you will take five core modules and select two optional modules.

All students take the following core modules:

• Fundamentals of Molecular Biochemistry
• Genes and Genomics
• Integrative Cell Biology
• Protein Science
• Tutored Dissertation

You will choose one optional module from each of the groups below:

• Applied Molecular Biochemistry
• Challenges in Cell Biology
• Topics in Biotechnology

• Imperial Horizons
• Business for Professional Engineers and Scientists

The third year is spent conducting independent research abroad.

In the fourth year you choose one module from each group below, in addition to completing Science Communication and either a laboratory-based research project or a literature-based dissertation.

You can specialise by selecting modules and a research topic that fit your interests and future career intentions.

• Science Communication
• Laboratory-based research project/literature-based dissertation

• Damage and Repair in Biological Systems
• Macromolecules in Three Dimensions
• Medical Microbiology
• Neuroscience Research
• Plant Biotechnology and Development
• Stem Cells, Regeneration and Ageing

• Advanced Topics in Immunity and Infection
• Advanced Topics in Parasitology and Vector Biology
• Cancer
• Integrative Systems Biology
• Mechanisms of Gene Expression
• Metabolic and Network Engineering
• Symbiosis, Plant Immunity and Disease

• Biodiversity Genomics
• Bioinformatics
• Biotechnology Applications of Proteins
• Medical Glycobiology
• Molecular Basis of Bacterial Infection
• Synthetic Biology
• Systems Neuroscience