Biosciences

Entry requirements

Minimum 2:1 undergraduate honours degree in a relevant subject.

Subject requirements

We accept degrees in the following subject areas:

• Agriculture
• Biochemistry
• Biology
• Biomedical Science
• Genetics
• Molecular Biology
• Plant Sciences
• Zoology

If you have any questions about entry requirements, please contact the school/department.

Months of entry

September

Course content

Course description

Our Biosciences MRes at Sheffield is perfect if you’re looking to pursue a career in research.

This research-focused course allows you to spend a full academic year embedded in one of our research groups, working alongside our academic staff, PhD students, and post-doctoral researchers who are at the forefront of their research field. You’ll be carrying out your own in-depth research and developing your scientific skills throughout your studies, all whilst being an active member of one of our research clusters:

• Development, Regeneration and Neurophysiology
• Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
• Molecular Microbiology: Biochemistry to Disease
• Molecular and Cellular Biology
• Plants, Photosynthesis and Soils.

Our research spans the full breadth of bioscience so no matter what area of the discipline you’re passionate about, there’s a good chance we’ve got experts within our school that you can work with. You can explore potential supervisors and their research interests below.

It’s this world-class research that will underpin your training whether you’re interested in biotechnology, plant and soil biology, photosynthesis, sustainable agriculture, stem cell biology, biomedical science, structural biology, development, cancer, ageing, antibiotic and antimicrobial resistance, genetics, microbiology, ecology and evolution, conservation biology, biodiversity, or sustainability.

Throughout your course, you’ll develop your research skills, giving you the opportunity to contribute new knowledge in your chosen area. You’ll also receive bespoke training in data analysis and visualisation, and science communication. Previous students have conducted lab or fieldwork in our state-of-the-art labs in Sheffield.

Example research projects include:

• The future of tropical forest diversity
• Using eDNA to detect water vole populations
• Examining bacterial antagonism in the rhizosphere
• The response of phosphorous-limited grasslands to elevated CO2 and the implications for future carbon sequestration

Intercalation

We accept medical students who wish to intercalate their studies. Find out more on the School of Medicine and Population Health website.

Please see our University website for the most up-to-date course information: www.sheffield.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/courses

Information for international students

English language requirements

IELTS 6.5 (with 6 in each component) or University equivalent

Fees and funding

https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/international/fees-and-funding/tuition-fees