To us, it’s all about courses that mirror the real-world. We’re committed to giving you life-like microbiology workplace experiences from medical research and biotechnology to food safety and diagnosing infections.

We know time to practice goes hand-in hand with confidence, so you’ll get lots of opportunities to sharpen your lab skills. Your substantial research project gives you a taste of a career in research but with the benefit of being supported every step of the way by our staff.

You’ll be advancing your bioinformatics and communicating science skills too – together they all go towards making you a stand-out microbiologist.

As well as the Masters-level practical laboratory skills, this course will equip you with transferable skills in critical analysis and understanding, qualities and attributes necessary for a wide range of careers in industry, commerce, teaching, and research.

You will be well placed to pursue positions in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry and the majority of biological science related disciplines.

Recent microbiology graduates have secured positions at:

• Diageo alcoholic beverages
• Northern Foods
• the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.

Typical job roles include:

• biomedical sales
• food microbiologist
• genome sequencing
• microbiology technician
• trainee biomedical scientist posts.

Many graduates also choose to undertake further study by taking an MPhil or PhD research degree.