Clinical and Molecular Microbiology MSc/PGDip/PGCert

University of Nottingham

United Kingdom, Nottingham

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University of Nottingham

United Kingdom , Nottingham

Key Facts

Program Level

Graduate Certificate

Study Type

Full Time

Delivery

On Campus

Campuses

Main Site

Program Language

English

Start & Deadlines

Next Intake DeadlinesSeptember-2026

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Duration 12 month(s)

Next Intake September-2026

Clinical and Molecular Microbiology MSc/PGDip/PGCert

About

Course overview

Are you ready to gain advanced knowledge of viral, bacterial, fungal and parasitic infections and how they are diagnosed and treated?

You will be taught state of the art techniques by internationally recognised academics and receive guest lectures from industry leaders in the field of microbiology from the NHS and the UK Health Security Agency. Our graduates have gone on to career paths with well-known public and private sectors employers including the NHS, Severn Trent Water and NASA space agency, USA. In addition, we have a high success rate of students progressing on to PhD degrees.

With a strong focus on clinical methods of diagnosis, patient management, molecular biological techniques in both research and diagnostic laboratories, our innovative course accredited by the Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS) aims to provide you with both the theoretical and practical aspects of clinical microbiology to further your career in this innovative discipline.

Part Time for NHS trust laboratory workers

Students who are unable to attend the university, such as those in employment, are advised to consider our course in Clinical Microbiology by distance learning, which mirrors much of the teaching on the campus-based course, but can be taken part time, fully online, over a period of three years. Both courses are accredited by the Institute of Biomedical Science.

Meet the course leads for Immunology and Immunotherapeutics, Microbiology and Immunology, and Clinical and Molecular Microbiology - and discover what are the similarities differences between the courses.

Requirements

Entry Requirements

Undergraduate degree2:1 honours degree in any relevant subject (or international equivalent)

International and EU equivalentsWe accept a wide range of qualifications from all over the world.

For information on entry requirements from your country, see our country pages.

IELTS7.0 (no less than 6.0 in any element)

English language requirementsAs well as IELTS (listed above), we also accept other English language qualifications. This includes TOEFL iBT, Pearson PTE, GCSE, IB and O level English.

Meeting our English language requirements

If you need support to meet the required level, you may be able to attend a presessional English course. Presessional courses teach you academic skills in addition to English language. Our Centre for English Language Education is accredited by the British Council for the teaching of English in the UK.

If you successfully complete your presessional course to the required level, you can then progress to your degree course. This means that you won't need to retake IELTS or equivalent.

For on-campus presessional English courses, you must take IELTS for UKVI to meet visa regulations. For online presessional courses, see our CELE webpages for guidance

Visa restrictions

International students must have valid UK immigration permissions for any courses or study period where teaching takes place in the UK. Student route visas can be issued for eligible students studying full-time courses. The University of Nottingham does not sponsor a student visa for students studying part-time courses. The Standard Visitor visa route is not appropriate in all cases. Please contact the university’s Visa and Immigration team if you need advice about your visa options.

Career

Careers

We offer individual careers support for all postgraduate students.

Expert staff can help you research career options and job vacancies, build your CV or résumé, develop your interview skills and meet employers.

Each year 1,100 employers advertise graduate jobs and internships through our online vacancy service. We host regular careers fairs, including specialist fairs for different sectors.

International students who complete an eligible degree programme in the UK on a student visa can apply to stay and work in the UK after their course under the Graduate immigration route. Eligible courses at the University of Nottingham include bachelors, masters and research degrees, and PGCE courses.

Graduate destinations

Our alumni have varied prospects and inspirational careers – including working for NASA as a Planetary Protection Engineer

Students from our full suite of MSc courses have gone on to a wide variety of positions – here are a few examples:

Senior House Officer (SHO) in Medical Microbiology
Research Technicians in Oncology
Senior Registrar (SpR) in Medical Microbiology
PhD London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Infection Control Nurses
NHS Clinical Scientists
Regulatory Affairs Specialist – AMGEM Biotech
PhD School of Veterinary Sciences, University of Cambridge
Clinical Trial Data Managers
Application Specialist Biological Sciences, Japan
Biomedical Scientists (BMS1)
PhD School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham
Research Technician – School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Nottingham
Research Scientist – Glaxo SmithKline

Career progression

91.3% of postgraduates from the School of Life Sciences secured graduate level employment or further study within 15 months of graduation.*

* HESA Graduate Outcomes 2020/21-2021/22.

Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS)

The course has full accreditation of the Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS), which is a professional acknowledgement of the quality and relevance of the course to individuals employed as biomedical scientists. It helps career progression of biomedical scientists already employed and state registered, allowing those BMS1 technical officers to apply for promotion and higher grades.