MSc Medical Microbiology

For entry in the academic year beginning September 2027, the tuition fees are as follows:

• MSc (full-time)
  UK students (per annum): £16,400
  International, including EU, students (per annum): £37,500

The fees quoted above are fully inclusive of tuition, administration and computational costs.

Fees for entry are subject to yearly review. The University reserves the right to increase your tuition fee by up to 7% each year for courses lasting more than one year, including to reflect rising costs associated with delivering our educational and wider student experience. Postgraduate fees information .

Always contact the admissions team if you are unsure which fee applies to your qualification award and method of attendance.

International student CAS deposit

Self-funded international applicants are required to pay a deposit of £2500 towards their tuition fees before a confirmation of acceptance for studies (CAS) is issued. Some applicants will be required to pay a higher deposit. More information on tuition fee deposits .

All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).

Students will be introduced to conventional and advanced laboratory methods for the
reliable culture and identification of viruses, bacteria and fungi, as well as learning skills in
the acquisition and interpretation of laboratory data.
 

In this unit students will explore:

• Routine microbial culture techniques.
• Assays that differentiate between microbial species based upon structure and classification.
• Methods to assess microbial growth and replication
• Biochemical tools for microbial identification (e.g. tube and plate based enzymatic assays)
• Infection dependent effects on host tissue (e.g. in vitro host-pathogen co-culture,
  inflammatory biomarkers, immunofluorescent microscopy)

The unit aims to:

• develop students’ knowledge and understanding of the structure, classification and replication of bacteria, viruses and fungi.
• encourage students to perfect the practical skills necessary for the laboratory analysis of bacteria and viruses.
• develop the students' understanding and knowledge of the principles behind methods used to test for the presence of pathogens.
• develop understanding and knowledge of the immune system and host response to infection.

• Feedback on assignments will be given in accordance with Unviersity guidelines
• Informal feedback on a one-to-one basis in practical sessions
• Verbal feedback in seminar/tutorial sessions
• Formal feedback at the end of the unit from students