Study PhD/MPhil Microbiology at University of Manchester in the UK, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

About this course

About this course
- Overview
- Department
Study options
Entry requirements
- International

What will I learn?

Our PhD/MPhil Microbiology programme enables you to undertake a research project that will improve understanding of Microbiology. Microorganisms play pivotal roles in everyday life, from elemental cycling and the production of food to life-threatening infections of man and animals. At Manchester, there are two main research topics - Molecular Bacteriology and Molecular Mycology. Molecular Bacteriology is focused on studying bacterial pathogens of man and includes the following areas: the role of bacterial polysaccharides and glycoconjugates in disease relationship between infection and gut flora structural biology of cell surface proteins in bacterial pathogens including their interaction with the immune system and implications for vaccine development adaptation of intracellular bacterial pathogens to life inside the cell development of novel approaches to combat antibiotic resistance mechanisms used by bacterial pathogens to handle transition metals and their role in host-pathogen interactions

Which department am I in?

Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Study options

Full Time (3 Years)

Tuition fees

£27,000.00 (US$ 34,869) per year

International, including EU, students (per annum): Standard £27,000, Low £29,500, Medium £35,000, High £41,500; to discover a project you’re passionate about and check you meet eligibility criteria.

This is a provisional fee yet to be approved

Start date

September 2027

Venue

Main Campus

Oxford Road,

Manchester,

Greater Manchester,

M13 9PL, Northern England, United Kingdom

Entry requirements

For international students

Students need to hold, or be about to obtain, an Upper Second class Honours degree (or overseas equivalent) in a related subject area for entry to a PhD programme. A Lower Second class Honours degree may be considered if applicants also hold a Master's degree with a Merit classification

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.