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Postgraduate Diploma
Online
Full Time
SEP-25
9 Months
Our programme will give you an in-depth knowledge of disease mechanisms and molecular technologies while also developing your critical and practical skills. Youll gain the essential expertise and practical and research skills to pursue a research career, either in a clinical or scientific setting.
What you'll study
This Postgraduate Diploma will give you a theoretical and practical knowledge of modern molecular technologies as applied to human disease, with a focus on cancer. Youll also learn how to apply and interpret advanced molecular technologies and use them in pathology.
At the heart of the course is a focus on developing your skills in the laboratory, as well as a variety of other scientific and transferable skills. By studying on the Cancer and Molecular Pathology and Genomics pathway, youll be equipping yourself with the tools to follow a career in academic research, either in the clinical, pharmaceutical or diagnostic setting.
Well keep you at the forefront of research: youll be taught by internationally renowned lecturers who produce ground-breaking research in cancer biology, genetics, screening, prevention and therapy, so youll stay up to date with the most recent medical advances, for preventing and treating cancer more effectively.
This programme is delivered by the Barts Cancer Institute, a Cancer Research UK centre of excellence and part of the Cancer Research UK City of London Centre.
Distance Learning: 9 months full time 21 months part time
A 2:1 or above at undergraduate level in a relevant subject such as Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacology, Medicine from a recognised academic institution.
Applicants with a 2:2 degree will be considered on an individual basis.
The programme is open to clinicians, graduate scientists, nurses, and other medical professionals working in a clinical, industrial or academic research environment.
Students living in
Domestic
£956 month
Students from Domestic
This is the fee you pay if the University is in the same country that you live in (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
£2,222 month
Students from EU
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from somewhere in the EU.
£2,222 month
Students from International
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from a country outside the EU.
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