Course overview
Year one provides a broad foundation in biosciences, and all modules are compulsory.
Year two comprises a mixture of compulsory and optional modules. This allows choice in biochemistry, molecular biology, cell biology and immunology, with one additional 15 credit module being chosen from a wider range of subjects.
Year three includes a literature review and a specialist group research project in either protein biochemistry or metagenomics. You will present your literature project investigations as part of the undergraduate research symposium. You can chose from optional modules for half of the credits required in third year.
Year four focuses on research and there are no didactic lectures as in the earlier years. Instead, you will attend seminars and practice research methods of investigation, analysis and communication. You will conduct an individual research project as part of an established departmental research group and present your findings in written formats as well as poster and oral presentations.
What this course will give you
You will be challenged and stimulated in a research-intensive environment, and receive research-based teaching that will prepare you for postgraduate research, or a career at the cutting-edge of advances in molecular biosciences and health and disease research.
The Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology promotes multi-disciplinary research at the interface of structural, cell and chemical biology. Our excellent resources include the Darwin Research Facility, which provides state-of-the-art centrifugation, cell culture, imaging and biomolecular structural analysis facilities.
Our strong links with members of the bioscience community in the Francis Crick Institute, Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, UCL Cancer Institute and Cancer Research UK enhance the range of research opportunities for students.