Course Details
Course Name
Cancer Biology and Therapeutics MSc
Level of study
Postgraduate Taught
Study Mode
Fulltime
Duration
1 Years
Start Term
Sept
Country
United Kingdom
City
Cardiff
Course Subject
- Medicine & Health
Course Fees
Inside EU: 8500
Outside EU: 18980
Universities
Cardiff University
Description
This one year, full-time MSc course is designed to provide you with advanced knowledge, understanding and skills in the rapidly advancing field of Cancer Biology and Therapeutics.
Our aim is to provide you with a breadth and depth of cancer-focused training that will make you a highly attractive candidate to start or continue a career within the healthcare sector and public/private sector research establishments.
Throughout the course, you’ll gain from advanced teaching in the cellular aspects of cancer biology together with the molecular mechanisms underlying cancer development and progression. Through this programme you’ll also receive in-depth training in cancer therapeutics, encompassing biomarkers and diagnosis, therapeutic targets, drug discovery and clinical trials and chemo/radio therapy.
The course offers research skills training and a laboratory-based research project that helps you to develop research hypotheses and critically evaluate translational approaches with respect to the development of contemporary cancer therapeutics.
So, whether you’re looking to better prepare yourself for doctoral research or to achieve a self-contained advanced qualification in its own right, this postgraduate programme will give you a balanced combination of theory and practice to suit your needs and set you in excellent stead for your future career.
Distinctive features
Distinctive features of the course include:
A course developed in collaboration with researchers, academics and clinicians and delivered by leading academic cancer researchers at Cardiff University.
A broad ranging course that covers basic molecular cancer cell biology through to translational research and therapeutics.
Key lectures and case study workshops delivered by oncologists and cancer clinicians.
Opportunity to undertake a research project in one of the internationally cancer research groups at Cardiff.
Close academic support from an experienced personal tutor.
Opportunity to study at Cardiff University, one of the UK’s major teaching and research universities.
Opportunity to join a vibrant postgraduate community studying at Cardiff.