12 monthsProgramme duration
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Programme overview
Main Subject
Medicine
Degree
MScr
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
This is an immersive degree, structured as a single laboratory placement where you undertake a year-long research project. It provides an introduction to research methodology for biologists, medics and veterinarians.
Our students have previously undertaken projects in the following areas:
- antibiotic resistance and hospital-acquired infections
- arthropod vector biology and vectorborne diseases
- epidemiology and mathematical modelling of animal and human infections
- molecular diagnosis and point-of-care detection of infectious diseases
- immunology of bacterial and parasitic infections, including major tropical diseases such as malaria, trypanosomiasis and schistosomiasis
- pathogenesis of viral diseases (animal and human, including herpes and HIV)
Programme overview
Main Subject
Medicine
Degree
MScr
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
This is an immersive degree, structured as a single laboratory placement where you undertake a year-long research project. It provides an introduction to research methodology for biologists, medics and veterinarians.
Our students have previously undertaken projects in the following areas:
- antibiotic resistance and hospital-acquired infections
- arthropod vector biology and vectorborne diseases
- epidemiology and mathematical modelling of animal and human infections
- molecular diagnosis and point-of-care detection of infectious diseases
- immunology of bacterial and parasitic infections, including major tropical diseases such as malaria, trypanosomiasis and schistosomiasis
- pathogenesis of viral diseases (animal and human, including herpes and HIV)
Admission Requirements
Entry requirements for individual programmes vary, so please check the details for the specific programme you wish to apply for on the University of Edinburgh website. You will also need to meet the University’s language requirements.
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