MSc Biotechnology and Enterprise

The fees quoted above will be fully inclusive for the course tuition, administration and computational costs during your studies.

All fees for entry will be subject to yearly review and incremental rises per annum are also likely over the duration of courses lasting more than a year for UK/EU students (fees are typically fixed for International students, for the course duration at the year of entry). For general fees information please visit: postgraduate fees . Always contact the department if you are unsure which fee applies to your qualification award and method of attendance.

Self-funded international applicants for this course will be required to pay a deposit of £1000 towards their tuition fees before a confirmation of acceptance for studies (CAS) is issued. This deposit will only be refunded if immigration permission is refused. We will notify you about how and when to make this payment.

Alumni bursary

The Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health offers an alumni bursary of £1,000 towards tuition fees for successful applicants who are recent University of Manchester graduates and who are commencing one of our postgraduate taught master's programmes in 2020.

The bursary is available to students or alumni who:

• graduated in 2019 or are graduating in 2020;
• hold a first class honours degree;
• have home or overseas fee status;
• are applying for full- or part-time study;
• are self-funded and not in receipt of any other funding support.

The bursary will be applied as a fee reduction automatically for those students and alumni who meet the alumni bursary criteria so there is no application process.

We require an honours degree (minimum Upper Second) or overseas equivalent :

• biological sciences

With sufficient evidence of the relevant units taken.

International students must demonstrate English proficiency through a secure and approved testing system.

We ask for English language proof if you are from non-majority English speaking countries (a list of majority English speaking countries, as defined by the UK Home Office, can be found here ).

Specifically, we require a minimum of:

• IELTS : 6.5 overall (6.5 in each component)
• TOEFL: 90 internet-based (with 22 in each component)

See further information about requirements for your country .

We may also accept evidence of a confirmed place on a University Pre-sessional English language course , if your current IELTS scores are:

• Minimum 6.0 overall (with 6.0 in each component) plus enrolment and attendance on the 6-week pre-sessional course (PS6)
• Minimum 6.0 overall (with 5.5 in each component) plus enrolment and attendance on the 10-week pre-sessional course (PS10).

Please note, we must approve this before you apply for the English course.

We accept a range of qualifications from different countries. For more details, see entry requirements from your country .

This course runs for 12 months. You require 180 credits to complete the course, of which:

• 90 credits are from taught course units
• 90 credits are from the research project.

In addition, all students will participate in the Graduate Training Programme, which includes workshops on communication and presentation skills, statistics and careers, as well as core facility workshops such as microarrays and proteomics and also business development seminars and visits to industry.

All students will be required to register on an academic literacy programme at the start of the course, which is designed specifically to help you write for a scientific audience.

The course has three main components.

Core Entrepreneurial Skills (taught units)

Workshops, lectures and group sessions focus on intellectual property and knowledge transfer and commercialisation in the life sciences. You will prepare a business plan for a virtual company and take part in a business pitch to describe the value and potential of your product

• Commercialisation in the Life Sciences including strategic business planning (30 credits)
• Intellectual Property in the Life Sciences (15 credits)

Core Scientific Skills (taught units)  

You will undertake laboratory work, lectures, seminars and workshops which will support you in your chosen area of research.

• Advanced Biotechnology I: expression systems for biopharmaceutical & industrial proteins (15 credits)
• Disease modelling and genome engineering (15 credits)

Research project

You will undertake one full-time project, starting with a literature review in October and progressing to lab work in February. The final dissertation report will be presented in a format suitable for publication in a biotechnology journal.

• Research Skills - Lab-based research project (90 credits)

Practical support and advice for current students and applicants is available from the Disability Advisory and Support Service .