Program Overview

PG Credit Clinical Biochemistry CPD

Overview

Study one or more units from our Clinical Biochemistry MSc degree as standalone courses for continuing professional development. Fit further study into your schedule if you do not have the time to undertake a full master's course. Study at a university ranked 8th in the UK for Medicine and 7th for Biological Sciences (QS World University Rankings 2020). Benefit from a range of face-to-face teaching and learning methods.

Entry Requirements

We require an honours degree (Upper Second minimum) or overseas equivalent in:

• biochemistry
• biomedical sciences
• physiology
• pharmacology
• pharmacy
• medicine
• other biological subjects that contain elements of biochemistry and/or physiology.

We accept chemistry graduates, but you need to have studied significant elements of biochemistry and/or physiology during your undergraduate degree.

Flexibility on entry requirements will be considered for candidates with proven appropriate professional experience. Under these circumstances, candidates will be considered on an individual basis and may be required to enrol initially on the PGCert track.

This course is also available for intercalating medical students, both from the University of Manchester and other UK universities, upon completion of their third year. For St Andrews students studying at Manchester, this includes the three-year course plus the following one or two years spent in Manchester. Intercalating medical students need to have passed all assessments at first attempt (if they are third year) or have no fails in third year if they are fourth year.

Application and Selection

You can apply for this course by completing the online form. See the Advice to applicants section for details of the supporting documents that we require.

We recommend that you apply as early as possible; we accept applications on a rolling basis up until two weeks before the start of each unit. Late applications may be considered. We reserve the right to close applications earlier if the course is full.

Course Options

| Full-time | Part-time | Full-time distance learning | Part-time distance learning
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Modular | N | Y | N | N

Course Details

Degree awarded: PG Credit Duration: 6-12 months

Fees

For entry in the academic year beginning September 2025, the tuition fees are as follows:

• Modular (part-time)
  • UK students (per annum): £1,400 per 15 credits
  • International, including EU, students (per annum): £3,500 per 15 credits

Policy on Additional Costs

All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).