MRes Biosciences at Aberystwyth University

This MRes is a stepping stone to PhD or company-based research, with a 120-credit research project and 60 credits of taught modules. Projects can be based in the Department of Life Sciences or the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, drawing on aquaria, a bioinformatics hub, sequencers and glasshouse facilities.

Department: Department of Life Sciences or Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (research project location)  |  Duration: 12 months full-time or 24 months part-time  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Aberystwyth, Wales, United Kingdom

What you will study

The 180-credit programme has 60 taught credits in semesters 1 and 2 and a 120-credit dissertation across the year. Taught options include Ecological Monitoring, Field and Laboratory Techniques, Frontiers in the Biosciences, Fundamentals of Biodiversity, Hot Topics in Parasite Control, Infection and Immunity, Introduction to Environmental Law and Environmental Impact Assessment, and Statistical Concepts, Methods and Tools.

Career pathways

Graduates have gone on to work as research assistants or progressed to doctoral study.

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