Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Study Details: MSc 1 year full-time
This pioneering programme offers a foundation in understanding cancer as a disease process and its associated therapies.
You will learn about the approaches taken to predict, detect, monitor, and treat cancer, alongside the cutting-edge research methods and techniques used to advance our understanding of this disease and design better treatment strategies.
You will experience being fully immersed within a research-intensive environment by completing a 3.5-month research project, where you will learn invaluable research skills. The modules on the programme align with the research strengths of the UCL Cancer Institute, with a continued focus on innovations in translational cancer medicine.
You will emerge with the skills to pursue further a career within cancer research or within an industrial or healthcare setting.
Who this course is for
The programme is designed for those with qualifications in life sciences, scientists, clinicians, and other healthcare professionals including individuals from the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. The knowledge and transferable skills developed are suitable for those in an industrial or healthcare setting, and for students contemplating further PhD or medical studies.
A minimum of an upper second-class Bachelor’s degree from a UK university in a relevant discipline such as life sciences or medicine or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard.
For fees and funding options, please visit website to find out more.
UCL offers a range of financial awards aimed at assisting both prospective and current students with their studies.
MSc Cancer graduates have been successful in securing positions within the Cancer Institute, either as research assistants/technicians, PhD students or data managers within the Cancer Clinical Trials Unit.
Employability
You will develop skills including how to critically evaluate scientific literature, experimental planning and design, interpretation of data and results, presentation/public speaking skills, time management, working with a team, working independently, and writing for various audiences.
These knowledge and skills will be suitable for anyone contemplating a PhD or medical studies in cancer or for those interested in careers in an industrial or healthcare setting.
Compulsory modules
Optional modules
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