Biotechnology with Business Enterprise MSc

Course overview

This unique business-focused biotechnology Masters course has been specifically designed to tackle the enterprise skills gap in the bioscience graduate jobs market.

Hosted by the Faculty of Biological Sciences and run jointly with Leeds University Business School, this interdisciplinary Masters provides the skills to translate scientific research breakthroughs into exciting enterprise ventures with commercial application.

You’ll learn key theoretical knowledge and gain practical hands-on experience with our field-leading research labs and facilities, equipping you with the skills necessary to turn lab-based inventions and knowledge into commercial enterprises and socially useful products.

You’ll also develop skills such as knowledge transfer, venture capital and business development, all of which are highly desirable within the biopharmaceutical, biotechnology and molecular bioscience industries.

Applying

Entry requirements

Applicants should normally have a bachelor’s degree with at least a 2:1 honours or equivalent in a relevant subject such as: Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Pharmacology, Biomedical Science, Biotechnology, Biochemical Engineering, Natural Sciences, etc.

English language requirements

IELTS 6.5 overall, with no less than 6.0 in all components. For other English qualifications, read English language equivalent qualifications.

Improve your English

International students who do not meet the English language requirements for this programme may be able to study our postgraduate pre-sessional English course, to help improve your English language level.

This pre-sessional course is designed with a progression route to your degree programme and you’ll learn academic English in the context of your subject area. To find out more, read Language for Science (6 weeks) and Language for Science: General Science (10 weeks).

We also offer online pre-sessionals alongside our on-campus pre-sessionals. Find out more about our six week online pre-sessional and our 10 week online pre-sessional.

You can also study pre-sessionals for longer periods – read about our postgraduate pre-sessional English courses.

Career opportunities

With an emerging focus on biotechnology and the need for products to have a greater societal impact, this course will equip you with the knowledge, skills, experience and personal attributes to successfully translate biotechnology ideas into new commercial ventures. Skills in this area are highly sought after by employers due to the unique attributes graduates will gain.

Throughout the course, opportunities for networking with other Masters cohorts will be maximised to aid knowledge sharing.

The strong research element of this course, along with the specialist and generic skills you’ll develop, mean you’ll graduate equipped for a diverse range of careers.

Links with industry

We have a proactive Industrial Advisory Board who advise us on what they look for in graduates and on employability-related skills within our courses.

We collaborate with a wide range of organisations in the public and commercial sectors. Many of these are represented on our Industrial Advisory Board. They include:

• Labcorp (formerly Covance)
• European Bioinformatics Institute
• Astra Zeneca
• Gowling WLG LLP
• Qiagen
• PWC
• Barnsley Hospital (NHS)
• IAOCR
• ApotheCom
• GlaxoSmithKline.

Professional and career development

We take personal and career development very seriously. We have a proactive Industrial Advisory Board who advises us on what they look for in graduates and on employability related skills within our courses.

Our dedicated employability and opportunity team will ensure that you’re aware of events and opportunities to increase your employability. In addition, our Masters career development programme will support you to:

• explore career options and career planning
• understand the PhD application process and optimise PhD application
• learn how to use LinkedIn and other social media for effective networking and career opportunities.
• practice interviews for both job and PhD applications.

You’ll also have access to seminars and presentations from industry professionals (including our alumni) at faculty-led career events. We also have regular research seminars presented by leading academics from around the world on their specialist subjects.