- UCAS course code
- 3A48
- UCAS institution code
- M20
Master of Science (MSci)
MSci Medical Physiology
- Typical A-level offer: AAA-AAB including specific subjects
- Typical contextual A-level offer: AAB-ABC including specific subjects
- Refugee/care-experienced offer: ABB-ABC including specific subjects
- Typical International Baccalaureate offer: 36-35 points overall with 6, 6, 6 to 6, 6, 5 at HL, including specific requirements
Fees and funding
Fees
Tuition fees for home students commencing their studies in September 2025 will be £9,535 per annum (subject to Parliamentary approval). Tuition fees for international students will be £34,500 per annum. For general information please see the undergraduate finance pages.
Additional expenses
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).
Course unit details:
MSci Research Project
Unit code | BIOL40010 |
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Credit rating | 120 |
Unit level | Level 4 |
Teaching period(s) | Full year |
Available as a free choice unit? | No |
Overview
Students will complete a seven month laboratory project during which they will comprehensively test the hypothesis described within their research project proposal. This will require multiple experimental approaches using current methods, data analysis, and the interpretation of the results to determine whether the proposed hypothesis is correct. Students will also be expected to present their results in the format of a scientific talk, meeting abstract, poster presentation and a report in the format of a journal appropriate to their degree programme.
Pre/co-requisites
Unit title | Unit code | Requirement type | Description |
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MSci Project Literature Review and Research Proposal | BIOL33000 | Pre-Requisite | Compulsory |
MSci Experimental Skills Module | BIOL33012 | Pre-Requisite | Compulsory |
Aims
Teaching and learning methods
Knowledge and understanding
- Analyse complex biological processes at cellular, whole organism or ecosystem levels to generate novel and timely hypotheses
- Design experimental approaches to address these hypotheses.
Intellectual skills
- Design and interpret complex experiments, using diverse experimental approaches.
- Interpret multiple lines of evidence to test a hypothesis.
Practical skills
- Acquire experience of current life science methodologies appropriate to their degree programme.
Transferable skills and personal qualities
- Work as part of research group.
- Problem solve.
- Present data as a scientific talk, meeting abstract, poster presentation and manuscript.
- Project manage (time management, planning, meeting deadlines and milestones, addressing challenges, producing deliverables)
Assessment methods
Method | Weight |
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Other | 20% |
Project output (not diss/n) | 50% |
Oral assessment/presentation | 30% |
Assessment task | Length | How and when feedback is provided | Weighting |
Scientific talk | 10mins+5mins questions | Verbal feedback and comments form after the talk | 10% |
News and Views Articles | <1000 words | Annotated comments via Grademark | 15% |
Poster Presentation | A1 poster | Annotated comments via Grademark Verbal Feedback at Poster Seession | 20% |
Project Report | 25 pages | Annotated comments via Grade | 50% |
Project Performance | n/a | Verbal feedback from supervisor | 5% |
Feedback methods
Feedback is given throughout project supervision
Study hours
Scheduled activity hours | |
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Project supervision | 60 |
Teaching staff
Staff member | Role |
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Martin Pool | Unit coordinator |