The MSc in Cancer Biology has been designed for students who wish to gain an advanced education and training in the biological sciences, within the context of a disease that affects a large proportion of the global population. The programme trains you in modern biological research skills which can be harnessed to further our understanding of cancer and improve treatment. In addition, you develop many transferable skills that are attractive to employers within the public and private sector.

Each one-hour lecture is supplemented by two hours of small-group seminars and workshops in which individual themes are explored in-depth. There are practical classes and mini-projects in which you design, produce and characterise a therapeutic protein with applications in therapy.

Course content

The programme incorporates modules that focus on the biology and treatment of cancer, alongside advanced scientific skills training modules for application within and outside the laboratory. The combination of these themes provides you with a rigorous training in advanced biological science, transferable to a range of biological and professional disciplines. The taught modules underpin an extended, four-month research project under the supervision of active cancer scientists.

Modules

• Genomic Stability and Cancer
• The Molecular and Cellular Basis of Cancer
• Practical and Applied Research Skills for
• Advanced Biologists
• Science @ Work
• Targeted Cancer Therapies
• Translational Medicine: From the Laboratory to the Clinic

Assessment

The programme features a combination of examinations and practically focused continuous assessment, which gives you experience within a range of professional activities, for example, report writing, patent applications and public health information. The assessments have been designed to promote employability in a range of professional settings.

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Our programmes are offered by the Centre for Health Services Studies, Centre for Professional Practice, Medway School of Pharmacy, Kent Law School and the School of Biosciences.

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