MSc in Biotherapeutics

Dublin City University

Multidisciplinary in nature this programme will appeal to a wide range of candidates from across sectors who work with andor are planning to work with biomedical therapeutics including but not limited to life scientists professionals from the Biopharma and BioPharmaceutical Biotechnology Diagnostics andor Healthcare industries and medical practitioners (including GPs clinicians-in-training and specialist nurses). Graduates will be well placed to provide practice professional leadership innovation and scholarship expertise to a vast array of organisations to make a difference in the development and application of biotherapeutics. Students will initially gain a thorough understanding of fundamental subjects such as cell biology and the manipulation of cells to produce functional products including therapeutic medicines in the module entitled Introduction to Cell Biology and Biotechnology. They will subsequently learn how biological drugs produced by the Biotechnology industry can be manipulated for enhanced therapeutic purposes in the module entitled Recombinant DNA Technology. In the module Immuno- and Onco-Therapeutics students will understand how targeted therapeutics have revolutionised medical practice by delivering the right medicine to the right patient at the right time for diseases including cancer inflammatory diseases and inherited diseases. The aim of the module Introduction to Bioprocess Engineering is to introduce the students to the Biopharmaceutical and other related industries and their associated processing principles and techniques.

Faculty of Science and Health