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Which course should I choose?

If you have no previous university qualifications in the subject you wish to study

If you think you are not ready to undertake an undergraduate degree

If you want to do a Foundation Degree

  • Science (Foundation Degree): this course equips you with the knowledge and skills you’ll need to tackle the key bioscience issues of the day. On successful completion of this course, you can progress into Year 3 of Birkbeck's BSc science degrees.
  • Pharmacy Practice, Science and Management (Foundation Degree): this is part of the workforce development programme for practising pharmacy technicians and is mapped to the NHS Key Skills Framework to provide a direct link with CPD and Agenda for Change.

If you want to do an access course before going onto undergraduate study

If you have a relevant university qualification already

  • Analytical Chemistry (MSc / Postgraduate Diploma): this course is accredited by the Royal Society of Chemistry – graduates may qualify for an exemption from Part A of the MChemA examination.
  • Bio-Analysis (MSc / Postgraduate Diploma): this is a modular programme delivering a comprehensive training in the analysis of biological molecules; it delivers a comprehensive training in the analysis of biological molecules, covering a wide range of analytical techniques with hands-on experience.
  • Bioinformatics with Systems Biology (MRes): this course provides training in bioinformatics and systems biology – growth areas of science at the beginning of the third millennium and aims to meet the present needs of research and industry.
  • Bioinformatics with Systems Biology (MSc): this course is designed for students from a range of scientific backgrounds, who are particularly interested in the study of computational and scientific developments in bioinformatics and the application of this knowledge to the fields of molecular and biological science.
  • Chemical Research (MRes): this course is ideal if you want to gain qualifications necessary for pursuing a research career, or you want to update your existing training.
  • Health and Disease (MSc): this course aims to provide those with a background in health and related fields (or other service professions) with a thorough understanding of the molecular basis of life processes.
  • Microbiology (MSc): designed for people who want to learn about the nature of microbes – and how to work with them; also suitable for microbiologists who want to update and expand their knowledge.
  • Principles of Protein Structure (distance learning) (Postgraduate Certificate): this course explores the underlying principles of protein structure at different levels, before applying this knowledge to an understanding of how proteins function.
  • Protein Crystallography (distance learning) (Postgraduate Certificate): offers an excellent introduction to protein crystallography. It is designed for those who are interested in pursuing a career in this exciting and rapidly expanding field, especially in the pharmaceutical industry, or for those who would like to expand and update their existing scientific knowledge.
  • Structural Biology (MRes): an intensive, high-quality, one-year introduction to research in structural biology, this course is relevant to further academic research as well as to a wide range of employers in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and chemical industries.
  • Structural Molecular Biology (distance learning) (MSc): this modular distance learning programme in structural molecular biology provides you with grounding in the structure of proteins, and the main techniques that are used to study protein structure.
  • Techniques in Structural Molecular Biology (distance learning) (Postgraduate Certificate): this course provides you with a theoretical background for the techniques commonly used in structural biology. It has been designed for scientists wishing to update their knowledge, or as part of the background studies of research students, particularly those whose undergraduate studies were in a different area.

Professional training courses

  • Analytical Chemistry (MSc / Postgraduate Diploma): this course is accredited by the Royal Society of Chemistry – graduates may qualify for an exemption from Part A of the MChemA examination.
  • Bio-Analysis (MSc / Postgraduate Diploma): this is a modular programme delivering a comprehensive training in the analysis of biological molecules; it delivers a comprehensive training in the analysis of biological molecules, covering a wide range of analytical techniques with hands-on experience.
  • Bioinformatics with Systems Biology (MRes): this course provides training in bioinformatics and systems biology – growth areas of science at the beginning of the third millennium and aims to meet the present needs of research and industry.
  • Bioinformatics with Systems Biology (MSc): this course is designed for students from a range of scientific backgrounds, who are particularly interested in the study of computational and scientific developments in bioinformatics and the application of this knowledge to the fields of molecular and biological science.
  • Chemical Research (MRes): this course is ideal if you want to gain qualifications necessary for pursuing a research career, or you want to update your existing training.
  • Health and Disease (MSc): this course aims to provide those with a background in health and related fields (or other service professions) with a thorough understanding of the molecular basis of life processes.
  • Microbiology (MSc): designed for people who want to learn about the nature of microbes – and how to work with them; also suitable for microbiologists who want to update and expand their knowledge.
  • Principles of Protein Structure (distance learning) (Postgraduate Certificate): this course explores the underlying principles of protein structure at different levels, before applying this knowledge to an understanding of how proteins function.
  • Protein Crystallography (distance learning) (Postgraduate Certificate): offers an excellent introduction to protein crystallography. It is designed for those who are interested in pursuing a career in this exciting and rapidly expanding field, especially in the pharmaceutical industry, or for those who would like to expand and update their existing scientific knowledge.
  • Structural Biology (MRes): an intensive, high-quality, one-year introduction to research in structural biology, this course is relevant to further academic research as well as to a wide range of employers in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and chemical industries.
  • Structural Molecular Biology (distance learning) (MSc): this modular distance learning programme in structural molecular biology provides you with grounding in the structure of proteins, and the main techniques that are used to study protein structure.
  • Techniques in Structural Molecular Biology (distance learning) (Postgraduate Certificate): this course provides you with a theoretical background for the techniques commonly used in structural biology. It has been designed for scientists wishing to update their knowledge, or as part of the background studies of research students, particularly those whose undergraduate studies were in a different area.
  • The BCB Introduction to bioinformatics course: The week-long I2B course runs twice yearly in July and December and features an introduction to major areas of bioinformatics: protein structure prediction and modeling, sequence analysis, microarray analysis and genomics. Please contact us to register an interest in this course.
  • A new protein course for business: A new course is currently being developed that will provide training for attendees from business. Further details are to be announced. Please contact us to register an interest in this course.

Courses with formal progression agreements

Distance learning courses

Research degrees: studying for a PhD

  • We provide MPhil/ PhD research degrees in the following key areas of research: Biology (Organismal), Biophysics, Cell Biology, Chemical Biology, Computational Biology, Microbiology and Structural Biology:

 

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