MSc Clinical Immunology

For entry in the academic year beginning September 2026, the tuition fees are as follows:

• MSc (full-time)
  UK students (per annum): £14,700
  International, including EU, students (per annum): £34,700
• MSc (part-time)
  UK students (per annum): £7,350
  International, including EU, students (per annum): £17,350
• PGDip (full-time)
  UK students (per annum): £11,800
  International, including EU, students (per annum): £27,700

Further information for EU students can be found on our dedicated EU page.

The fees quoted above will be fully inclusive for the course tuition, research project, 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.

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).

For the latest scholarship and bursary information please visit the fees and funding page .

The Catherine Chisholm scholarship is applicable to students from selected countries for this course. Find out more details on the scholarship page .

The University of Manchester is proud to offer six fully-funded scholarships to women from Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand or Timor-Leste completing specific master's courses in STEM subjects. Please visit the STEM scholarship page for more information.

This unit provides students with an experience of planning an original research project, assessed as a short research proposal. Students will develop abilities to critically appraise and synthesise published research, formulate and work with a relevant research question and develop research-writing and presentation skills. The research proposal will be comprised of a focused literature review and formulation of a research proposal related to the intended topic for the dissertation research project to be undertaken in MEDN60402. Developing an evidence-based proposal is an essential skill for researchers and provides an opportunity for students to formulate a hypothesis and design a research project including the aims, experimental approach and intended impact of undertaking the research, using the knowledge gained so far in the course.

A series of workshops focussed on various aspects of conducting a literature review and the preparation of a research proposal, incorporating patient involvement in research.

Regular individual or small group meetings with a nominated project supervisor, guided reading and focused skills support.

Progress will be monitored and regular feedback provided. 

Students should be able to:

•    Develop understanding of the literature in a specific area of clinical and/or medical sciences
•    Understand how to identify an appropriate research question
•    Identify and employ the appropriate research methods and analyses necessary to answer their research question
•    Understand the requirements of scientific writing
•    Understand the requirements of data presentation
•    Understand the ethical issues and processes involved in research
 

Students should be able to:

•    Critically appraise and synthesise a body of literature relevant to their research question
•    Generate timely and theoretically grounded research questions 
•    Consider relevant statistical tools
•    Be able to make a reasoned argument for a particular point of view
•    Be able to draw reasoned conclusions

Students should be able to:

•    Plan and conduct a detailed, focused and current literature search
•    Implement and manage data collection
•    Research and consider appropriate analytical techniques
•    Consider management and manipulation of datasets

Students should be able to:

•    Demonstrate independent thought
•    Develop self-management project skills (e.g. time management, prioritisation of tasks)
•    Command an appropriate battery of oral and written communication skills to engage in constructive dialogue with peers and supervisor, and to present work based on the Research Project 1

Research project proposal (100%)

Marks will be provided online within 3/4 weeks of assessment deadline