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MSc Developmental Biology and Stem Cells (Research) / Overview
Year of entry: 2025
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- Degree awarded
- Master of Science
- Duration
- 1 year full-time (MSc)
- Entry requirements
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We require a BSc (First or Upper Second) or MBChB or equivalent from a British university (or overseas equivalent) in an appropriate biological or medical subject.
This course is also available for intercalating medical students, both from The University of Manchester and other UK universities. For intercalating MBChB students, we require satisfactory achievement in Years 1-3 or 1-4, with normally no failure at any examination, as well as research motivation.
We will consider applicants with other professional or research-related experience.
We do not require applicants to develop a research proposal or have any research experience.
- How to apply
Please apply via the online application form .
On the application portal, select MSc Reproduction and Development (Research) as your programme. After selecting this, choose MSc Development Biology and Stem Cells (Research) at plan level. This will ensure you are applying for the correct pathway within the programme.
See the application and selection section for details of the supporting documents we require.
We recommend that you apply as early as possible. We reserve the right to close applications if the course is full.
Course options
| Full-time | Part-time | Full-time distance learning | Part-time distance learning | |
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| MSc | Y | N | N | N |
Course overview
- Develop the skills needed to go into research in cell or developmental biology and solve problems with normal development and tissue homeostasis.
- Work with internationally recognised developmental biology research groups undertaking world-class discovery science, developing new approaches to prevention and early detection of disease, or developing the next generation of person-centred therapies.
- Contribute to public-domain research output and conduct in-depth analysis of specific cell and developmental research.
- Study at a university ranked among the top 30 in the world for Life Sciences and Medicine (QS World University Rankings 2024).
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Fees
For entry in the academic year beginning September 2025, the tuition fees are as follows:
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MSc (full-time)
UK students (per annum): £15,000
International, including EU, students (per annum): £35,000
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, 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 £1,000 towards their tuition fees or provide a sponsor letter (which we must first confirm), 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.
Policy on additional costs
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).
Scholarships/sponsorships
For the latest scholarship and bursary information please visit the fees and funding page.
Contact details
- School/Faculty
- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health
- Contact name
- Postgraduate Admissions Team
- Telephone
- +44 (0)161 543 4695
- pgtaught.medicine@manchester.ac.uk
- Website
- https://www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/medicine/
- School/Faculty
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Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health
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