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Reproductive and Developmental Biology – (M.Sc.)
Imperial College London
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| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 5,050 - ≈ € 30,400 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | London / United Kingdom | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | October |
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| Languages: | English | ||
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The Faculty's postgraduate taught course programme provides a range of training opportunities according to students' backgrounds and intended career paths, covering key areas of basic science and clinical and social medicine. Master's courses are excellent training for those who intend to pursue a career in research. Many students go on to study for a PhD, where they find that the academic training and research expertise acquired during their MSc or MRes is invaluable both in choosing a high calibre project and in carrying it out successfully.
For medical and surgical graduates, the clinical MSc courses provide further academic clinical training combined with research experience and are an excellent preparation for those intending to follow higher specialist training. Our clinical courses cater for specialist needs in medical care, aiming to provide up-to-date insight into, and experience of, modern approaches to medical and surgical management. Joint seminar programmes, guest lectures and clinical rounds ensure a highly interactive and collaborative environment for both basic and clinical scientists.
The aim of this course is to provide an opportunity for scientists and clinicians to specialise in human reproductive and developmental biology, considering both the basic science and clinical aspects of the subject.
Within this broad remit, opportunity will be provided for students to choose alternative taught options for the reasons outlined above. This will provide the best possible input for students independent of whether their backgrounds are clinical or scientific, and of their overall career aims.
Contents
During the initial six month taught course, the student will gain a good understanding of normal processes and regulatory mechanisms of reproduction & development. This will include:
* endocrinology, immunology, and signalling pathways in gametogenesis
* embryonic development
* pregnancy
* stem cell biology
* the importance of molecular approaches to these topics
As part of this programme our understanding of infertility, complications of pregnancy and inherited genetic defects will be considered.
The student will also learn about the molecular and biochemical techniques currently used to elucidate the normal and abnormal developmental and pathological events involved, particularly including the insights that stem cell biology and animal models can provide, and also consider the impact that novel technologies such as genetic selection of embryos, stem cell biology and therapeutic cloning may have. Practical experience in laboratory techniques, including the assessment of sperm and the application of molecular biology to reproductive medicine will be provided. They will also have an opportunity to observe at first hand a leading IVF unit.
The six month research project will provide the student with a thorough training in laboratory research, including the development of a good research project, experimental design, and trouble shooting for experimental problems. Transferable skills including data handling, analysis and interpretation, and presentation of work orally, and for publication in the form of a dissertation, will also be learnt. For the ambitious student, it may be possible to prepare a paper suitable for publication.
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Requirements
Applicants are expected to have a first degree in a life science (e.g. biochemistry, biology, genetics, and molecular biology), veterinary science or medicine, with a minimum of second class Honours (or equivalent if undertaken overseas).
ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS:
To obtain maximum benefit from studies at Imperial College all students must have a good command of the English Language. College therefore requires applicants to have taken an English Language test and achieved an acceptable grade or score before admission can be confirmed. The College Senate has approved the tests set out below. Please note that the scores or grades indicated are the minimum levels generally acceptable to the College. Departments have the discretion to prescribe higher requirements either for specific courses of study or in specific cases where there are serious doubts as to the abilities of individual students to undertake proposed programmes of study.
Students must make arrangements to take the appropriate test well in advance of the start of their course. Places will not be confirmed and students will not be allowed to register until confirmation of an acceptable result has been received as set out below.
* A first degree taught in English within the following countries: Australia, Canada, Ireland, Guyana, New Zealand, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States of America, West Indies.
* Candidates whose first degree was not taught in English but who have then successfully completed a one-year MSc (or equivalent) course at a UK university.
* A grade of not less than C in English Language in GCSE, IGCSE, GCE `O´ Level or equivalent.
* A grade of not less than C in the Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE).
* A pass in the University Test of English for Speakers of Other Languages (UETESOL).
* British Council IELTS Test
A score of not less than 6.5 including a score of 5.0 or better in the written and spoken English elements of the academic test.
* TOEFL
A score of not less than 90 overall in the internet-based test (iBT), to include 24 in Writing and 20 in Speaking; or 600 in the paper-based test (PBT), or 250 in the computer-based test (CBT), both to include a minimum score of 4.5 in the written English.
Please note: Imperial College's Institution Code for TOEFL is 0891.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 600 |
| TOEFL Computer-based: | 250 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 90 |
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