Programme overview
This innovative distance-learning programme is taught online and will provide you with knowledge and understanding in the highly topical and exciting field of stem cell biology and regeneration. You will be guided from the origins of this field through to its application (and potential applications) in treating human disease, covering the latest tools and technologies available for study in this area. Programme content is delivered by researchers active in the field, giving you the opportunity to engage with the latest breakthroughs.
Lectures, online discussions and assessments are delivered over the internet. This offers you more flexibility than traditional campus-based courses as you can study in your own environment. You will only be required to visit Bristol for your formal examinations at the end of the academic year. This distance-learning model, together with a part-time study option, makes the programme particularly appealing if you want to combine full-time employment with study.
Fees for 2021/22
We charge an annual tuition fee. Fees for 2021/22 are as follows:
- UK: full-time (MSc) £9,000
- UK: part-time (two years) (MSc) £4,500
- Overseas (including EU): full-time (MSc) £21,800
- Channel Islands/IoM: full-time (MSc) £11,540
- UK: full-time (PG Dip) £7,200
- Overseas (including EU): full-time (PG Dip) £17,440
- Channel Islands/IoM: full-time (PG Dip) £8,700
- UK: full-time (PG Cert) £3,600
- Overseas (including EU): full-time (PG Cert) £8,720
- Channel Islands/IoM: full-time (PG Cert) £4,350
- Bench fee – £2,000 for the optional lab-based project
Additional fees
Programme structure
There are seven mandatory taught units and a research project/dissertation. Visit our programme catalogue for full details of the structure and unit content for our:
- Postgraduate Certificate in Stem Cells and Regeneration
- Postgraduate Diploma in Stem Cells and Regeneration
- MSc in Stem Cells and Regeneration.
Entry requirements
An upper second-class (or, exceptionally, a lower second-class) honours degree in a relevant subject (science or medicine).
See international equivalent qualifications on the International Office website.
Careers
The programme can open up a number of different career opportunities. It can be used as a pathway to further studies (eg a PhD) which in turn could lead to a research or academic career in the field.
It can also open up opportunities in private industry, for example:
- Biotechnology sector research/sales
- Stem cell business development
- Stem cell banking
- Stem cell patents
- Stem cell clinical translation
- Charity research development
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Stem cell regulatory bodies.
Course Website
( https://www.bristol.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/2021/health-sciences/msc-stem-cells-regeneration/ )