DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2024/2025

Students will need to take at least 10 credits from the following options. Please note that both of these courses may be chosen, but may not be possible to guarantee due to demand.

Principles of Industrial Biotechnology is taken in Semester 1. Metagenomics is taken in Semester 2.

If a student chooses Principles of Industrial Biotechnology as their choice above, they will need to choose 30 credits from this list.

Please note the following restrictions due to similarity in content. It is NOT permitted to:
- take both 'Automation and Industry' and 'Practical Skills in Biochemistry A'
- take 'Intelligent Agriculture' if you have previously studied our 'Plant Biotechnology' undergraduate course;
- It is not permitted to take either Python Programming for the Life Sciences or Introduction to Bioinformatics in Semester 2 if Bioinformatics Programming and System Management is taken in Semester 1

If a student chooses Metagenomics above, they will need to choose 40 credits in this list.

It is not permitted to take both Python Programming for the Life Sciences and Introduction to Bioinformatics.

Students may not take more than two of the following four courses without special permission from their Programme Director:
PGBI11090 Industry and Entrepreneurship in Biotechnology
CMSE11202 Innovation-Driven Entrepreneurship
PGSP11331 Biobusiness
PGBI11049 Commercial Aspects of Drug Discovery