Synthetic Biology

Course Overview

The MRes Synthetic Biology at UCL (University College London) is a postgraduate programme designed for postgraduate students passionate about understanding living systems. Based in Camden, England, this Russell Group university offers a research-led approach to learning, with a 1-year full-time structure. This MRes programme trains students in the fast-growing area of synthetic biology, a discipline that takes the knowledge and understanding we now have of the individual parts of biological systems and uses them in a defined way to design and build novel artificial biological systems.Synthetic biology allows us to support and augment the living world, recreating nature’s most ingenious elements and systems so we can design vaccines, monitor pollution, sustain our food production, and much more. This interdisciplinary research Master’s will provide both the broad biological knowledge and the ... International tuition fees are £42,700 per year, home/UK fees are £21,500 per year, and a minimum IELTS score of 6.5 is required for admission. Graduates from this programme benefit from strong career prospects, with 82% student satisfaction rating, a median graduate salary of £30,500 within three years, a 95% continuation rate, and 73% of graduates in employment or further study.

What You'll Learn

Tuition Fees & Funding

UK tuition fees (2026/27) £21,500 Overseas tuition fees (2026/27) £42,700

Graduate Outcomes

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