Master

In London

£ 12,050 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    London

  • Duration

    1 Year

  • Start date

    Different dates available

This programme provides comprehensive knowledge and practical training in the spread of microorganisms (predominantly bacterial and viral pathogens), disease causation and diagnosis and treatment of pathogens significant to public health. The increasing incidence of microbial infections worldwide is being compounded by the rapid evolution of drug-resistant variants and opportunistic infections by other organisms. The curriculum reflects the importance of genomics and molecular techniques in both diagnostics and the study of pathogenesis.
LSHTM offers the opportunity for students who focus on viruses in their module and project choices to be awarded a master's degree in Medical Microbiology (Virology). This choice will depend on the module selection of the individual student in Terms 2 and 3 and choice of project.

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About this course

By the end of the programme students should be able to:

demonstrate advanced knowledge and understanding of the nature of pathogenic microorganisms (predominantly viruses and bacteria) and basic criteria used in the classification/taxonomy of these microorganisms
explain the modes of transmission of pathogenic microorganisms
demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the mechanisms of microbial pathogenesis and the outcomes of infections, including chronic microbial infections
distinguish between and critically assess the classical and modern approaches to the development of therapeutic agents and vaccines for the prevention of human microbial diseases
demonstrate knowledge of the laboratory diagnosis of microbial diseases and practical skills, including the isolation and characterisation of specific microbes in clinical specimens
carry out a range of advanced skills and laboratory techniques, for example the purification of isolated microbial pathogens and analyses of their proteins and nucleic acids for downstream applications such as gene cloning and sequencing studies
demonstrate research skills, including designing experiments, analysing results and troubleshooting and critically assessing the scientific literature.

Graduates from this programme move into global health careers related to medical microbiology in operational control programmes, applied basic research, academic fields, in medical establishments and in the pharmaceutical industry.

Below you will find just a few of the positions and organisations that our graduates from this course have entered:

Clinical Trials Administrator
Demonstrator
Head of Public Health
Healthcare Scientist
Laboratory Analyst
Lecturer
Medical Laboratory Assistant
Research Officer
Teacher
Associate Healthcare Scientist
Doctor
Microbiology Laboratory Technician

The normal minimum entrance qualification for registration at the School on a Master's programme is at least one of the following:

a second-class honours degree of a UK university, or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard, in a subject appropriate to that of the course of study to be followed
a registrable qualification appropriate to the course of study to be followed, in medicine, dentistry or veterinary studies

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Subjects

  • Biology
  • Microbiology
  • Project
  • Medical
  • Medical training
  • Genomics
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Course programme

Structure

The below structure outlines the proposed modules for this programme. Module specifications provide full details about the aims and objectives of each module, what you will study and how the module is assessed.

Term 1

There is a one-week orientation period that includes an introduction to studying at the School, sessions on key computing and study skills and course-specific sessions, followed by two compulsory modules:
  • Bacteriology & Virology
  • Analysis & Design of Research Studies
  • Recommended module: Molecular Biology
  • Sessions on basic computing, molecular biology and statistics are run throughout the term for all students.
Terms 2 and 3

Students take a total of five modules, one from each timetable slot (Slot 1, Slot 2 etc.). There are other modules that can be taken only after consultation with the Programme Director.

Slot 1
  • Clinical Virology
  • Molecular Biology & Recombinant DNA Techniques
Slot 2
  • Clinical Bacteriology 1
  • Molecular Virology
Slot 3
  • Advanced Training in Molecular Biology
  • Basic Parasitology
Slot 4
  • Clinical Bacteriology 2
  • Molecular Research in Infectious Diseases (formerly Molecular Biology Research Progress & Applications)
Slot 5
  • Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • Mycology
  • Pathogen Genomics
Project Report

During the summer months (July - August), students complete a laboratory-based original research project on an aspect of a relevant organism, for submission by early September. Projects may take place within the School or with collaborating scientists in other colleges or institutes in the UK or overseas.

The majority of students who undertake projects abroad receive financial support for flights from the School's trust funds set up for this purpose.

Additional information

Overseas Fees - Full-time  £25,770
                        Part-time £12,885


MSc Medical Microbiology

£ 12,050 VAT inc.