Biomedical Science postgraduate courses

Focus on your passion for research with a postgraduate course, which enables you to develop an in-depth understanding of the biomedical regulation of the human body and provides you a stand-alone research qualification or bridges the gap between an undergraduate degree and a PhD.

• Experienced teaching team: Learn from active researchers, of whom expertise is covering a diverse range of subjects. The diversity of research projects underway, which you can contribute to, is vast - human lifestyle and socio-economic drivers of disease risk, virology, microbiology and cancer research
• State-of-the-art facilities: Our specialised laboratory facilities are available for your research projects throughout the programme and include a molecular laboratory housing qPCR and DGGE equipment, an imaging suite, human cell culture facility, a dedicated microbiology laboratory, and an analytical suite housing GC/MS, HPLC, AAS, UV-Vis, IC as well as a scanning electron microscope and transmission microscope
• Strong industry connections: Benefit from the strong connections we have with the Royal Derby Hospital and other health providers and develop the advanced research skills that will prove invaluable for careers in medical research, the NHS and other health organisations, health charities, and biomedical industries
• In-depth understanding: Increase your knowledge in areas such as oncology, diabetes, Alzheimer's/dementia, obesity and infectious diseases such as antibiotic resistance, bacteria and viruses 

Facilities

Our outstanding laboratory facilities will enable you to plan, execute and evaluate your biological research projects and develop you into a confident, independent researcher by teaching you essential research skills:

• molecular laboratory housing qPCR and DGGE equipment
• imaging suite
• human cell culture facility
• dedicated microbiology laboratory
• analytical suite housing GC/MS, HPLC, AAS, UV-Vis, IC
• scanning electron microscope
• transmission microscope

What our Biomedical Health graduates do

Postgraduate education extends your knowledge, skills and confidence in ways which enhance your employability and open doors to new career prospects. Our previous students have gone into different career pathways, based on the skills and qualifications gained during their programme, such as:

• research associate
• analytical consultant
• scientific writer
• laboratory manager
• scientific advisor
• medical research
• health charities
• medical and biotechnology industries
• government health sector
• analytical consultancy
• biological sales
• scientific writing
• career progression either in business or in academia
• further study towards a PhD