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Biological and Bioprocess Engineering

Develop the essential skills for a career in bioindustry or for further advanced research in next-horizon biotechnologies.

You'll learn from world-class researchers, including staff from Biomedical Science and Materials Science and Engineering. Our graduates work in biotechnology, biopharmaceutical and bioprocess organisations.

Entry requirements

MSc (Eng): A good Honours degree in science, technology and engineering. Students whose 1st language is not English require an overall IELTS grade of 6.5 with a minimum of 5.5 in each component, or equivalent.

Course modules

Core modules
Biopharmaceutical Bioprocessing
Bio-Energy
Advanced Bioprocess Design Project
Advanced Biochemical Engineering
Applied Biological and Bioprocess Engineering
Research Project
Optional modules
Choose from a range of optional modules. These might include:

Tissue Engineering Approaches to Failure in Living Systems
Stem Cell Engineering
Synthetic Biology
Proteomics and Bioinformatics

Assessment methods

Assessment is based on assignments for each module, formal examination of core modules, dissertation and oral presentation of the laboratory-based research project.

Fees

Please contact the department for the PgDip course fees.

Qualifications

Qualification	Study mode	Start month	Fee	Fee locale	Course duration
MSc (Eng)	Full-time		£ 10,970 (Whole course)	Home/EU	1 Years
MSc (Eng)	Full-time		£ 20,470 (Whole course)	International	1 Years
PgDip	Full-time				9 Months
MSc (Eng)	Full-time	September 2018	19,500 (Year 1)	International	12 12 Months
MSc (Eng)	Full-time	September 2018	11,650 (Year 1)	Northern Ireland	12 12 Months
MSc (Eng)	Full-time	September 2018	11,650 (Year 1)	Scotland	12 12 Months
MSc (Eng)	Full-time	September 2018	11,650 (Year 1)	Wales	12 12 Months
MSc (Eng)	Full-time	September 2018	11,650 (Year 1)	England	12 12 Months