Why choose Herts?

Teaching Excellence: You will be taught by renowned researchers within our new multi-million-pound science facility.

Industry-Focused Course Content: Explore current research areas including antimicrobial resistant, diagnosis, and pathogenesis of disease.

Work-Related Learning: You have a sandwich year pathway available for you to find your own placement and enhance your employability.

 

About the course

The MSc Medical Microbiology will equip you with the skills and in-depth knowledge required to have an impactful career in a range of sectors such. The course will help you develop extensive theoretical and practical laboratory skills in by building on the research expertise of the teaching team. Techniques and theoretical skills include: antimicrobial susceptibility testing, antibiotic resistance-gene analysis, microbial identification (16SrRNA sequencing and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry), parasite identification, next generation sequencing analysis, bacteriophage isolation and purification, antibiotic discovery and characterisation, and mammalian cell culture.