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Multidisciplinary programme in biology
Design your training plan according to your particular interests: Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Microbiology, Plant Physiology or Biomedicine. The master's degree is aimed at graduates of the Science branch, especially those with a biological or biomedical orientation, but also those with an interest in biotechnology and plant physiology.
24
PLACES
60
ECTS CREDITS
TOTALLY PERSONALIZED PROGRAMME
This master’s degree allows students to design their programme according to their particular interests: Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Microbiology, Plant Physiology or Biomedicine.
ACCESS TO RESEARCH GROUPS
The master’s degree allows students to join research groups from the Faculty of Science, CICA (Centre for Advanced Scientific Research) or INIBIC (Institute for Biomedical Research), associated with the University Hospital Complex of A Coruña (CHUAC).
FLEXIBILITY
This master’s degree can be taken either with classroom attendance or semi-distance as well as with total dedication (one year) or partial dedication (two years).
RETENTION OF TALENT
Research groups have the capacity to incorporate professionals of excellence who have graduated from the Master’s Degree through competitive projects and contracts at national and international level.
TEACHING STAFF
The Master’s Degree teaching staff is mainly made up of staff from the UDC and INIBIC. It also has guests from collaborating centres.
DUAL DEGREE
The master’s degree allows a dual international degree University of A Coruña – Universidad de Palermo (in two years).
Advantages of studying the Master's Degree at the UDC Faculty of Science
Versatile and dynamic environment
The Faculty of Science offers an interdisciplinary academic environment where it is possible to establish contact with both chemistry and biology oriented specialists.
Cross-disciplinary education
Students have access to common activities that are offered transversally to all the students of the Faculty: conferences on current research topics, courses for bibliographic management or guidelines on professional opportunities.
ACCESS PROFILE
Graduates of MECES 2 level of the Science Branch: Biology, Pharmacy, Medicine, Biotechnology, etc.
COURSE OBJECTIVE
The training will allow the student to access R&D departments of companies in the health, pharmaceutical or biotechnology sector.
It also gives direct access to doctoral programmes.
The Master’s Degree has a long history since its implementation in the academic year 2009 - 2010
The Master has been awarded with the Mention of Excellent University Master by the Xunta de Galicia since 2020
€ 835,80
annual tuition fee for EU students
BMCG (EU)
- Approximate price of one academic course (60 credits)
€ 1462,80
annual tuition fee for non EU students
BMCG (NON UE)
- Approximate price of one academic course (60 credits)
SYLLABUS
- Cellular techniques (6 ECTS)
- Molecular techniques (6 ECTS)
- Advanced cell biology (3 ECTS)
- Cell signalling (3 ECTS)
- Mechanisms for generating genetic variation (3 ECTS)
- Regulation of the genetic expression (3 ECTS)
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Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment (3 ECTS)
Optional subjects (8 subjects to be chosen or 6 plus external internship):
- Neurobiology (3 ECTS)
- Immunology (3 ECTS)
- Stem cells and cell therapy (3 ECTS)
- Molecular microbiology (3 ECTS)
- Protein structure and dynamics (3 ECTS)
- Recombinant proteins and protein engineering (3 ECTS)
- Proteomics (3 ECTS)
- Genomics (3 ECTS)
- Chromosomes: structure, function and evolution (3 ECTS)
- Human genetics (3 ECTS)
- Genetic toxicology (3 ECTS)
- Molecular mechanisms of plant-pathogen interaction (3 ECTS)
- Plant biotechnology and bioinformatics (3 ECTS)
- Biomolecule modelling (3 ECTS)
- External internship (6 ECTS)
- End of Master’s Degree Project (12 ECTS)
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