Location:

Colchester, United Kingdom

Program Type:

Full Degree

Degree Level:

Master

Specialty:

Biology

Program Overview

Program Description:

The University of Essex is one of the UKs leading academic institutions, ranked ninth nationally for research excellence following the last Research Assessment Exercise (RAE).

The Department of Biological Sciences is a leading centre for estuarine and coastal zone ecology, a major centre for studies in molecular medicine and biotechnology, has an active group in plant biology and photosynthesis and an international reputation for the development and application of fluroescence imaging technology.

Principal areas of research in the Department include: biochemistry and biophysics; bioinformatics and computational chemistry; cell and molecular biology; ecology; environmental chemistry; molecular medicine; molecular microbial ecology; photosynthesis, plant productivity and plant molecular biology.