MSc Biomedicine

The Biomedicine course at Kent University is a postgraduate course that offers an in-depth study into disease processes. It covers aspects such as bioinformatics, production of drugs, mechanisms of disease and those aspects of biology applicable to disease processes. Course Content: This programme offers modules that reflect areas where current understanding of disease processes and therapeutic strategies are evolving, and includes aspects of diagnostic biochemical pathology. The program also includes complementary subjects such as pharmacology, cancer biology, molecular biology, and genetic manipulation of disease-causing organisms to ensure broad coverage. There is also an emphasis on bioinformatics, which adopts a pathway and systems biology approach.Key Modules: The course offers a range of modules such as Genomic Stability and Cancer, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pharmaceutical Formulation and Entrepreneurship, Pharmacology, Physiology and Pathology, and Cellular Signalling in Health and Disease.Accreditations: The programme is accredited by the Royal Society of Biology for the purpose of meeting, in part, the academic and experience requirement for the Membership and Chartered Biologist (CBiol).Future Careers: Graduates from this programme could pursue further academic research or take up medical laboratory-based work, regulatory affairs, or roles within related industries such as the pharmaceutical industry.For more information on this course, please visit the official course page.