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RVET 4
R84 YEARS C103

INSTITUTION DURATION UCAS CODE
MSci Applied Biological Research

C103

This course is also offered with a placement year.
Find out more about both courses here f www.rvc.ac.uk/appliedbiological
CAMPUS: Camden

With a focus on research methodology and critical analysis, the MSci Applied Biological Research course
aims to prepare you for a PhD or a career in an industrial or academic research environment with a focus
on human and animal biology and disease by providing you with an industry placement in the fourth year.
Our MSci Applied Biological Research course holds Advanced Degree Accreditation by the Royal Society
of Biology, highlighting its potential to educate the life science leaders and innovators of the future.

COURSE OVERVIEW

The fourth-year, which contains the industry placement, will that are needed to understand and develop new therapies and
build on your knowledge gained from your first three years and treatments for human and veterinary diseases. The course will
develop your scientific and transferable skills further, making give you a clear and detailed understanding of underpinning
you ‘work ready’ and able to realise your full potential as soon physiology and cellular and molecular biology, as well as an insight
as you embark on your chosen career path once graduating into disease mechanisms and an appreciation of comparative and
from the course. integrated approaches to aid diagnosis and treatment in the future.

This course draws on our history of cutting-edge research You will also be engaged in extended research projects and
into human and veterinary medicine that has contributed to receive training in advanced research methodology and
advances in the prevention and treatment of diseases. You will critical analysis, to prepare you for careers in academic,
study the fundamentals of biological and biomedical science clinical, or industrial settings.

WORK PLACEMENTS AND RESEARCH PROJECTS
As well as research projects studied throughout your second and It is important to note that you will be responsible for applying for
third years, the MSci programme’s fourth year is dedicated to a your placement, and the college will support you in this activity.
large research project. Throughout this research experience, you
will be challenged by, and stimulated to challenge, the currently You will have the option to take a sandwich placement year
accepted wisdom in biological sciences. after year 2 in a work place gaining work-place skills and
experience relevant to your degree whilst earning an MSci
Applied Biological Research with Placement Year. See page
38-39 for more information.
COURSE COSTS ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

UK tuition fees: £9,250* We welcome applications from students with a wide range of
International tuition fees: £21,090* qualifications. For a complete list of academic qualifications
Placements/sandwich year: £1,850* and English Language requirements for this course, please see
* Tuition fees are subject to change. Fees listed are representative of entry in 2022 pages 58-59.
and should be used as a guide only. See page 102 for more information.
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