MSc Postgraduate Taught Courses

We offer one-year postgraduate masters courses in Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Molecular and Cellular Basis of Human Disease or Integrative Physiology and Pharmacology

These rapidly expanding areas of biomedical research with their insights into disease mechanisms and exciting therapeutic potential offer excellent employment opportunities for graduates trained in these disciplines.

Latest News. Two fully funded MRC Advanced Training Course MSc Scholarships available for the MSc in Molecular and Cellular Basis of Human Disease.

Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine (SCRM)

Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine is a rapidly emerging area of biomedical research with enormous therapeutic potential.

As the academic research base broadens and industry begins to adopt the new technologies, the demand for skills in this area is increasing rapidly, resulting in excellent employment opportunities for graduates with training in this area.

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Molecular and Cellular Basis of Human Disease (MCBHD)

Whole genome sequencing has opened up a new era of studies into the molecular and cellular basis of human disease. The new molecular genetic and cellular approaches to understand human disease and disease processes in model systems are well established in our department, with some of the worlds foremost research in these areas being conducted in Sheffield.

Academic research training in these areas are in strong demand across academia and in the healthcare industry and industry. Graduates with training in these areas should therefore have excellent employment opportunities.

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Two fully funded MRC Advanced Training Course Scholarships available for the MSc in Molecular and Cellular Basis of Human Disease. Covers full fees and generous stipend, eligibility for UK resident UK/EU nationals only.

Integrative Physiology and Pharmacology (IPP)

Integrative Physiology and Pharmacology and the use of animal models to study human disease are at the forefront of biomedical sciences. It has relevance to the basic sciences, medical research and practice as well as to industrial and commercial enterprises across the world. This MSc programme capitalises on the considerable expertise in this area at the University of Sheffield

There is a great demand for scientists trained in the knowledge base and skills that form the basis of this degree programme with openings in both the pharmaceutical industry and academia.

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Entry Requirements

Entry requirements are a first class Honours Degree in a Biomedical subject. To formally apply for a MSc Postgraduate Taught Course, you must complete the University's application form. Please visit our department page for further advice and instructions:

Prospective International Students can find further information on entry and language requirements, funding and who to contact in your country by visiting our department page:

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Postgraduate Admissions Secretary
Department of Biomedical Science
Addison Building
The University of Sheffield
Sheffield
S10 2TN
United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)114 222 2319
FAX: +44 (0) 114 222 2787

email: bmsadmissions@sheffield.ac.uk

Director of MSc programme
Professor Steve Winder
Department of Biomedical Science
Florey Building
The University of Sheffield
Sheffield
S10 2TN
United Kingdom

Te:l +44 (0)114 222 2332

email: s.winder@sheffield.ac.uk

Top-rated for Research

Our department is at the forefront of international research efforts in how to investigate the molecular and cellular basis of human disease. The department houses the MRC Centre for Developmental and Biomedical Genetics which carries out research in this area. In the Research Assessment Exercise for 2008 we were ranked in third place in the UK for research in Biological Sciences (Source: Times Higher Education).