PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
There are two semesters of taught material and a summer session working on a project or dissertation.

September entry students start with management courses and January entry students with biotechnology courses.

Semester 1

You will be based in the Adam Smith Business School, developing knowledge and skills in management principles and techniques. We offer an applied approach, with an emphasis on an informed critical evaluation of information, and the subsequent application of concepts and tools to the core areas of business and management.

Core courses

Contemporary Issues in Human Resource Management 
Managing Creativity and Innovation 
Managing Innovative Change 
Marketing Management 
Operations Management 
Project Management
Semester 2

You will study biotechnology courses, which aim to enhance your understanding of using biological processes, organisms, or systems to manufacture products intended to improve the quality of human life. These courses will provide training in state-of-the-art biotechnology applications what have resulted in ground-breaking developments in the areas of medicine, pharmaceuticals, agriculture and food production, environmental clean-up and protection and industrial processes.

Core course

Biotechnology Applications
Synthetic Biology: Concepts and Applications
Optional courses

Omic Technologies for the Biomedical Sciences
Bioimaging
Plant Biotechnology
Project or dissertation

If you are studying for an MSc you will undertake individual project in the summer period (May–August).

This will give you an opportunity to apply and consolidate the course material and enhance your ability to do independent work, as well as present results in the most appropriate format. 

Project options are closely linked to staff research interests.

The aims of the courses are to

enable students to study state-of-the-art biotechnology topics in depth.
allow students to benefit from leading-edge research-led teaching.
provide a critical appreciation of relevant theoretical, methodological and technical literature from the central business disciplines.
develop students’ ability to critically appraise published research related to biotechnology.
cultivate analytical and interpretive abilities and enable students to integrate these with essential managerial and business skills.
develop students laboratory skills relevant to biotechnology.
enhance students’ conceptual, analytical and presentation skills and to apply them to biotechnology problems.
prepare students for management positions in the biotechnology industry or entry into PhD programmes.