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Course Overview

Discovering new medicines: More effective drugs: Safer treatments. Sounds impressive? It’s exactly what we’ll train you for at NTU.

Coupled with an extensive research project in your final year, supported by cutting-edge pharmacological techniques, you’ll be ready to hit the ground running when you graduate.

In Year Three you can take a work placement to put your knowledge into practice. You’ll get a Diploma in Professional Practice which strengthens your employability after graduation. The placements are often paid and many students impress their employers and are offered jobs at the end of their course.

These exciting new four-year MBiol courses combine course material and content from undergraduate and postgraduate levels, giving you a Masters-level qualification.

What you'll study?

These four-year MBiol courses combine course material and content from undergraduate and postgraduate levels, giving you a Masters-level qualification.  If you have the drive and ambition to progress into a professional scientific career in industry or academia or onto a Ph.D., then this course is ideal for you. It provides tailored knowledge, technical skills, and research expertise to help you stand out in the jobs market.

The course begins by giving you an understanding of how pharmacology and physical principles are integrated into and used to investigate broad living processes from cells to organisms. The course is designed to give you a multidisciplinary approach to the study of the action of drugs on the body. Develop the practical skills employers are looking for with a project in your third year and a year-long project in your final year.

Major concepts include the pharmacology of cells, tissues, and organ systems and a study of substances that are used for medicinal reasons, as well as those that are used for pleasure and illicitly. You'll study the key aspects of drug action both in practical and theoretical concepts and outcomes are used when considering the positive and negative effects of pharmaceutical products.

Entry Requirement 

Academic Requirements:

  • A-levels – AAB, including Biology grade A and Chemistry, Physics or Maths grade B; or
  • BTEC Extended Diploma – DDD, including relevant Biology, Chemistry, Physics or Maths modules; or
  • 136 UCAS Tariff points from three A-levels or equivalent qualifications, including an A-level grade A equivalent in Biology and grade B equivalent in Chemistry, Physics or Maths; and
  • GCSEs – English, Maths, and Science grade C / 4

English Language Requirements:

If English is not your first language you need to show us that your language skills are strong enough for intensive academic study. We usually ask for an IELTS test and we accept some alternative English language tests.

Fees

Full-Time Course Fee

£15500


This information was accurate on : 26/03/2021
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