Teaching & modules

Modules

Required Modules

  • Cellular and Molecular Immunology (60 credits)
  • Immune Disorders and Infection (30 credits)
  • Research Project (60 credits)
  • Research Skills (30 credits)

Optional Modules.

There are no optional modules.

Teaching methods - what to expect

Lectures
Tutorials
Self-Study

For most of your 30 credit modules we will give you approximately 30 hours of teaching through a mixture of lectures, tutorials and presentations. We will expect you to undertake 270 hours of self-directed learning for each module.

For your Research Project module, you will have contact with a research project supervisor, and we will expect you undertake 600 hours of work, which includes time spent in the laboratory.

Assessment

  • Coursework
  • Examinations

You will be assessed through a combination of coursework and exams for the taught modules, but the Research Skills and Research Project modules are assessed entirely through coursework with the Research Project assessed through a dissertation. Less than a third of the final mark is based on examinations with coursework constituting the majority of your final grade.

Course structure

Courses are divided into modules. You will normally take modules totalling 180 credits.

Application closing date guidance

Key Information

Course type:

Master's

Delivery mode:

In person

Study mode:

Full time

Duration:

One year full-time

Application status:

Open

Start date:

September 2026