This exciting biotechnology postgraduate degree is designed to give you the theoretical and practical skills needed for a career in Biotechnology within companies and research organisations.Biotechnology is a key international growth area and this course is driven by the latest commercial and research advances in the field. Students have the opportunity to learn from experienced academic researchers with the possibility of undertaking a research project in industry.This course is ideal if you: are a recently qualified undergraduate and are looking for the professional skills needed to obtain a job in a Biotechnology company, are working in an organisation and want a masters-level qualification to give you a competitive edge, require the skills and experience needed to study for a research degree, are an international student who would like to study abroad, would like a course delivered by experienced research academics, with the possibility of completing a research project in industry, want to use cutting-edge facilities to develop your own learning and research.The course is completed with a five-month laboratory based research project. You may carry out the work either in the School or in another academic or industrial research laboratory in the UK or abroad, subject to approval by the Course Team.