Further Enquiries:

School of Molecular & Biomedical Science
The University of Adelaide
SA 5005
Australia
Email

Reception
Molecular Life Sciences building:

Telephone: +61 8 8313 5352
Telephone: +61 8 8313 5328

Facsimile: +61 8 8313 4362

Program Structure

Students will in the first year of the program be required to complete five compulsory core courses as well as five elective courses. During the second year of the program students will conduct a laboratory based research project.

Coursework Component

The coursework component of the program includes a well balance mix of core compulsory courses together with a rich selection of elective courses.

Core courses

Foundation skills (Research Communication),
Foundation Skills (Research Design),
Technology Platforms & Research,
Advanced technology Platforms & Research Techniques.
Entrepreneurship & Innnovation,

Elective courses

Three courses chosen from:

Drug discovery & development
Stem cells & advanced tissue culture
Biomarkers, Detection & Diagnostics
Molecular Microbiology & Vaccines
Bioinformatics & systems modelling

Plus two courses chosen from:

Research processes
Technology management & Transfer
Legal isues of the Commercialisation process
Internationalisation of Technology
Managing Risk
Applcations of Plant Biotechnology in Health & Nutrition

Research Component

Each student will be expected to complete a research project under direction of a scientific and industry mentor. The research project will include a business case development project, a research proposal, literature review, laboratory based independent research, thesis preparation, research seminar and viva.