Full Time MSc Degrees in Biological Sciences, Jul - Dec, Durham, United Kingdom

Our MSc in Plant Biotechnology and Enterprise explores the need for society to increase agricultural productivity amid global warming and equips you with the skills and experience in biotechnological innovation and commercial know-how to support the vital efforts to shape food production in the future. Read more

Develop quantitative skills in bioinformatics and modelling in molecular biology. This advanced understanding of complex data will give you a head start in a dynamic and rapidly growing field. Read more

Our unique MSc in Bioarchaeology with its pathways in biomolecular archaeology and environmental archaeology provides an excellent academic opportunity for you to develop your fascination with the life of humans in the past through the study of biological materials found during archaeological activity. Read more

The MSc in Behavioural Science offers innovative training in the principles of this growing field of psychology, equipping you with the knowledge and skills in behavioural science techniques to address everyday challenges created by human behaviours and make a positive difference in the private, public, and third sector. Read more

Using the latest scientific computing and data analysis techniques, learn to predict and analyse aspects of climate change, natural hazards and natural resource management. Read more

Explore the physiological, psychological, social, and political role of physical activity in society and how we might use physical activity to improve equity. Read more

Cytokinesis, the division of one cell into two, is a cellular process critical to life. It is also an extreme example of dynamic and robust cellular shape change. Read more

Animate materials  have the potential to transform the world. They could allow us to create materials that use carbon dioxide to self-repair, clothing that can detect illness and buildings that form part of the ecosystem. Read more

Sexual dimorphism is pervasive in animals, from the shape and size of individual organs and differences in overall body size to elaborate male ornaments. Read more

Spiders are an extremely successful and diverse order of arthropods represented by over 50,000 described species, and exhibiting many evolutionary innovations including, multiocular vision, silk production, web-building and synthesis of venoms. Read more

The importance of nutrition to health is unarguable. Beyond our basic understanding of what constitutes a healthy diet and promotes health maintenance, there is growing interest in applying nutritional interventions in disease treatment. Read more

Water deprivation elicits neuronal and physiological changes in the brain to help the nervous system cope with the osmotic consequences of dehydration, and trigger behavioural adjustments to seek and consume water. Read more

Motivation Bumblebees are agriculturally important pollinators, but are currently declining in abundance in the UK and around the world. Read more

Motivation Anopheles gambiae are the main vector of malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa. Despite its extreme importance for human health, the neuronal basis of the mosquito responses to sensory stimuli, including those produced by a human, remains poorly understood. Read more

Motivation Anopheles gambiae are the main vector of malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa. Despite its extreme importance for human health, the biology and physiology of these mosquitoes, especially their juvenile forms – aquatic larvae and pupae – is poorly studied. Read more