Clinical and Molecular Microbiology University of Nottingham

Overview

You will be taught state of the art techniques by internationally recognised academics and receive guest lectures from industry leaders in the field of microbiology from the NHS and the UK Health Security Agency. 

The Clinical and Molecular Microbiology graduates from University of Nottingham have gone on to career paths with well-known public and private sectors employers including the NHS trust labs in Nottingham, and NASA space agency, USA. In addition, they have a high success rate of students progressing on to PhD degrees.

With a strong focus on clinical methods of diagnosis, patient management, molecular biological techniques in both research and diagnostic laboratories, the innovative course accredited by the Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS) and aims to provide you with both the theoretical and practical aspects of clinical microbiology to further your career in this innovative discipline.

Career opportunities:

The alumni have varied prospects and inspirational careers – including working for NASA as a Planetary Protection EngineerStudents from the full suite of MSc courses have gone on to a wide variety of positions – here are a few examples:

• Senior House Officer (SHO) in Medical Microbiology

• Research Technicians in Oncology

• Senior Registrar (SpR) in Medical Microbiology

• PhD London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

• NHS Clinical Scientists

• Regulatory Affairs Specialist – AMGEM Biotech

• PhD School of Veterinary Sciences, University of Cambridge

• Clinical Trial Data Managers

• Application Specialist Biological Sciences, Japan

• Biomedical Scientists (BMS1)

• PhD School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham

• Research Technician – School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Nottingham

• Research Scientist – Glaxo SmithKline