Animal Biosciences MSc

The programme involves courses that are a blend of lectures, guided practical studies and independent research.

You will also complete your own dissertation.

Courses include:

• Foundations of Animal Science
• One Health and Comparative Animal Models
• Laboratory Tools for the Biosciences
• Avian Biology and Development
• Analytical Methods in Animal Biosciences

• One Health, Zoonoses and Emerging Infections

• Semester 1 courses

• Semester 2 courses

Dissertation

You will prepare a research proposal based on your laboratory or bioinformatic research project and will carry out this project under the supervision of a staff member of the Roslin Institute.

• Research project and dissertation

This programme develops theoretical knowledge and practical skills, giving you a number of potential career development options in academia or industry.

We envisage that at least 50 per cent of our graduates will find a PhD placement after this MSc.

Our programme has been tailored to fulfil industry demand in vivo skills and a wide range of our industrial partners have told us that graduates from this programme will be attractive employees.

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A UK 2:1 honours degree, or its international equivalent, in biological, veterinary or medical sciences. You will preferably have a working knowledge of molecular and cell biology and some laboratory experience.

International qualifications

Check whether your international qualifications meet our general entry requirements:

• Entry requirements by country

English language requirements

You must demonstrate a level of English language competency at a level that will enable you to succeed in your studies, regardless of your nationality or country of residence.

English language tests

For 2021 entry we will accept the following English language qualifications at the grades specified:

• IELTS Academic: total 6.5 with at least 6.0 in each component.
• TOEFL-iBT (including Special Home Edition): total 92 with at least 20 in each section. We do not accept TOEFL MyBest Score to meet our English language requirements.
• CAE and CPE: total 176 with at least 169 in each paper.
• Trinity ISE: ISE II with distinctions in all four components.

Your English language qualification must be no more than three and a half years old from the start date of the programme you are applying to study, unless you are using IELTS, TOEFL or Trinity ISE, in which case it must be no more than two years old.

Degrees taught and assessed in English

We also accept an undergraduate or postgraduate degree that has been taught and assessed in English in a majority English speaking country, as defined by UK Visas and Immigration:

• UKVI list of majority English speaking countries

We also accept a degree that has been taught and assessed in English from a university on our list of approved universities in non-majority English speaking countries.

If you are not a national of a majority English speaking country, then your degree must be no more than three and a half years old at the beginning of your programme of study.

Find out more about our language requirements:

• English language requirements

You will be responsible for:

• securing funding to cover all your tuition fees
• additional fees
• living costs for the duration of your studies.

For guidelines on living costs see:

• Estimated living costs

UK government postgraduate loans

If you live in the UK, you may be able to apply for a postgraduate loan from one of the UK’s governments. The type and amount of financial support you are eligible for will depend on your:

• programme
• duration of your studies
• residency status

Programmes studied on a part-time intermittent basis are not eligible.

• UK government and other external funding

Other funding opportunities)

Search for scholarships and funding opportunities:

• Search for funding