Biomedical and Molecular Sciences with Business MSc

Master

In Dundee

£ 7,300 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Dundee (Scotland)

  • Duration

    12 Months

  • Start date

    September

Pharmaceuticals and the products of biotechnology have a positive impact on the lives of millions of people around the world, offering new and improved treatments for many diseases. The biotechnology and biopharmaceutical industries which lie behind these advances offer a variety of rewarding career opportunities. For many of the jobs in such companies, it is important to have both a solid grounding in research and industry standards and a strong understanding of the business side of these vibrant industries.

On this course you will explore leadership and decision making and gain a critical understanding of the role, responsibilities and competences of leadership. You will also gain an understanding of economic concepts and principles underpinning business strategy and economic-decision making.

Facilities

Location

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Dundee (Dundee City)
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University of Dundee, Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4HN, Scotland, UK

Start date

SeptemberEnrolment now open

About this course

The knowledge and skills you’ll develop in research will be supplemented by the business acumen you’ll gain through our business modules and the entrepreneurship elements of the course. Depending on your module choices, you will explore leadership and decision making, international business strategy, marketing, strategic and organisational management, and business start-ups – areas of particular importance in the biotech and biopharmaceutical sector.

You’ll also have the opportunity to develop your business skills during a bio-business project, where you will focus your business ideas on a promising bioscience research development, allowing you to apply what you have learned to a real life project.

Employers in the biotechnology and biopharmaceutical industries expect their postgraduate recruits to have advanced technical and communication skills, to be confident team-workers, independent researchers, good project-managers and be at the leading edge of their specialism. Our degree courses are designed to respond to these demands.

Our courses provide the framework which can set you on the path to careers embracing options such as clinical trial coordination, regulatory affairs, marketing, management, commercial practice and entrepreneurship. Our graduates can expect to work in small and large multinational companies in the biosciences sphere, or to continue in academic research.

You’ll be able to make use of the University's dedicated careers service to help you to confidently present yourself to the world's top employers.

Applicants should normally have, or expect to have, a first or upper second class BSc honours degree or an equivalent qualification in a scientific discipline in the field of biological, biochemical or biomedical sciences.

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Subjects

  • Business Strategy
  • Decision Making
  • Leadership
  • Biotechnology
  • Biomedical
  • Therapeutics
  • Bio-business
  • MSc Bio-business
  • Cell Biology
  • Genomics

Course programme

You will take the following compulsory modules
  • BS51009 - Scientific Method and Skills
  • BS52008 - Project Proposal and Associated Skills
  • BS52009 - Therapeutics
  • BS53003 - MSc Bio-business Research Project
  • BU51016 - International Business Strategy
  • BU52033 - Leadership and Decision Making And choose one of the following optional modules
  • BS51007 - Cell Biology and Disease
  • BS51008 - Molecular Basis of Diseases: Genetics, Epigenetics and Genomics
How you will be taught
  • Lectures
  • Workshops
  • Talks by invited speakers
  • Journal clubs
  • Demonstration and practical classes
  • Bio-business research project
How you will be assessed
  • A mixture of online coursework and exam-based assessments including:
  • Patient case studies linked to analysis of research papers
  • Oral presentations
  • Multiple choice questions
  • Scientific writing exercises
  • Poster presentations
  • Mock job application
  • Data analysis exercises

Additional information

Overseas students (non-EU) Fee - £20,950 per year of study

Biomedical and Molecular Sciences with Business MSc

£ 7,300 VAT inc.