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ResM Biological Sciences

UK

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What will I learn?

About the course

This research masters programme will give you the opportunity to conduct research alongside staff at the forefront of their academic disciplines across the marine sciences. You will be supported within an active interdisciplinary learning environment, working on a research topic in collaboration with your supervisor leading to a formal postgraduate qualification.

The programme offers the flexibility to shape your research in an area of particular interest to you, and the opportunity to gain research skills from taught modules both within the school and across the wider university. Potential applicants should first discuss the possibility of working towards a ResM with a suitable academic supervisor (i.e. someone who works in your research field of interest) and the specifics of the research should be agreed before an application to study is made.

Key features

- A flexible programme of research that is ideal if you are interested in pursuing a specific shorter-term research project, perhaps whilst working.
- Weekly research seminars from external speakers.
- A bespoke training pathway tailored to your individual needs.
- Modules may be chosen from a variety of existing taught masters programmes and can span disciplines and faculties as appropriate.
- Personalised expert supervision (you'll be assigned a Director of Studies and an additional supervisor).

Which department am I in?

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Study options

Full Time (12 months)

Tuition fees
£18,030.00 (US$ 23,371) per year
This is a fixed fee

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Start date

1 January 2025, 1 April 2025

Venue

Plymouth University

Drake Circus,

Plymouth,

PL4 8AA, England

Entry requirements

For international students

You will need a good 2:1 or first class honours degree, or international equivalent, in an area of study appropriate to your project, and at least a 2:1 in the research project component of your degree. Before applying you should approach a potential supervisor for your research project and agree a project title and module combination. Your offer letter will then reflect the specific combination of modules and project agreed. An IELTS score of 7 or equivalent is required if you are an international student. The TOEFL Score would be 90 and Component scores of listening 17, reading 18, speaking 20, writing 18.

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

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About University of Plymouth

The University of Plymouth has been awarded Gold ratings across the board in the latest round of the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF 2023).

  • 4th in UK (Unifresher Ultimate Alternative University 2023)
  • 7th in the UK for Best University (2022 StudentCrowd award)
  • 139,000 alumni across 135 countries
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