C04390v2 Master of Medical Biotechnology
Award(s): Master of Medical Biotechnology (MMedBiotech)CRICOS code: 098057F
Commonwealth supported place?: Yes
Load credit points: 72
Course EFTSL: 1.5
Location: City campus
Notes
Commonwealth Supported Places
There are a limited number of Commonwealth Supported Places (CSPs) available in this course, which are competitive and awarded based on merit. To be considered for a CSP, applicants must:
- Indicate their interest in a CSP on their application.
- Apply on time in line with CSP deadlines (it is recommended applicants apply early as applications are assessed progressively).
Eligible applicants must accept their offer by the lapse date to retain their place. For application deadlines and information, please refer to Postgraduate courses with Commonwealth Supported Places.
25% Academic Merit Scholarship
There is a 25% Academic Merit Scholarship available in 2024. Eligible students must commence a Master's or Master (extension) postgraduate course program in the Faculty of Science.
For more details, refer to the UTS Science Postgraduate Academic Merit Scholarship.
Overview
Career options
Course intended learning outcomes
Admission requirements
Recognition of prior learning
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Course program
Articulation with UTS courses
Other information
Overview
The medical biotechnology field has already transformed the way we prevent, diagnose and treat complex diseases across the globe. From biomarker discovery to the development of assays to detect disease, this rapidly growing field sits at the intersection of medical, science and engineering innovation.
At UTS, the Master of Medical Biotechnology draws on the professional methodologies used in the university’s world-class microscopy, mass spectrometry, proteomics and biomolecular analysis facilities. It combines theoretical learning and extensive hands-on practice with a range of professional and leadership subjects that prepare students to deliver enhanced value to future employers. For those with an interest in academia or industry-facing research, extensive elective choices enable the acquisition of high-level research and research administration skills, as well as the opportunity to contribute to a real-world research project in a UTS lab.
Explore the Master of Medical Biotechnology (Extension)
Students with an interest in the Master of Medical Biotechnology should also consider the UTS Master of Medical Biotechnology (Extension), a two-year program of full-time study that includes an additional 24 credit points on top of the standard Master of Medical Biotechnology curriculum. Students who complete 48 credit points of biotechnology study, including core biotechnology and professional subjects, can transfer into the Master of Philosophy in Medical Biotechnology, which provides a direct pathway to the UTS PhD program.
Course features:
- Biotechnology subjects: Students build high-level skills with a series of core subjects that underpin the contemporary biotechnology field. From advanced subjects in microscopy, proteomics and bionanotechnology to the evidence and design of clinical trials and the use of biotechnology to deliver solutions to infectious diseases, students gain advanced discipline expertise that prepares them for senior roles in the field.
- Professional subjects: Students complete two core subjects common to many UTS postgraduate science degrees (Advanced Communication Skills in Science, Understanding Data and Statistical Design). They can then customise their remaining professional stream credit points with choices in business models and intellectual property, project management principles, risk assessment and management, and more, preparing them to master new ways of working in a diversity of professional environments.
- Elective subjects: Extensive elective choices give students the opportunity to tailor their studies to meet their professional goals. They can choose from additional science study in areas such as cytogenetics and genomics; build leadership skills with subjects in technology and innovation management and accounting for managerial decisions; or acquire high-level research skills with a biotechnology research internship elective and choices in human and animal research ethics, research proposal writing and more.
Career options
Graduates emerge ready for senior careers in lab-based research or in data analysis for health care policy or clinical trials. They are highly sought after by the medical biotech industry, as well as by organisations seeking a combination of advanced science and management expertise. They can work in medical device and biotechnology companies, government policy and regulation roles, and in research organisations where the ability to combine biology and biotechnology to solve medical problems offers significant value.
Course intended learning outcomes
| 1.1 | Critically appraise and apply advanced knowledge and technical skills to discipline specific projects to inform professional practice in science and medical biotechnology. |
| 2.1 | Assess, argue for, and conduct independent research and solving complex problems by applying a research methodology to address a research need in a relevant professional context. |
| 3.1 | Develop, prepare, and engage, at times collaboratively, in safe, ethical, organised and transparent work practices that mitigate risk and contribute to solving global health problems in the context of science and medical biotechnology. |
| 4.1 | Reflectively discover, create, and evaluate processes used to determine the value, integrity, and relevance of multiple sources of information to derive innovative solutions to complex science and medical biotechnology problems. |
| 5.1 | Present and communicate complex ideas and justifications using appropriate communication approaches from a variety of methods (oral, written, visual) to communicate with discipline experts, scientists, industry, and the general public. |
| 6.1 | Critically reflect on Indigenous Australian contexts to inform professional cultural capability to work effectively with and for, Indigenous Australians within Science and medical biotechnology. |
Admission requirements
To be eligible for admission to this course, applicants must meet the following criteria.
Applicants must have the following:
- Completed Australian bachelor's degree or higher qualification, or overseas equivalent, in biochemistry and cell biology, microbiology, human biology, genetics, laboratory technology, medical science, food science and biotechnology, or pharmacology
The English proficiency requirement for international students or local applicants with international qualifications is: IELTS Academic: 6.5 overall with a writing score of 6.0; or TOEFL iBT: 79-93 overall with a writing score of 21; or AE5: Pass; or PTE: 58-64 with a writing score of 50; or C1A/C2P: 176-184 with a writing score of 169.
Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place.
International students
Visa requirement: To obtain a student visa to study in Australia, international students must enrol full time and on campus. Australian student visa regulations also require international students studying on student visas to complete the course within the standard full-time duration. Students can extend their courses only in exceptional circumstances.
Recognition of prior learning
Students enrolled in this course may be eligible for recognition of prior learning of up to 24 credit points if the subjects previously studied are deemed by UTS: Science to be equivalent to those specified for their course.
To be considered for recognition of prior learning, subjects must normally have been completed no more than five years prior to the commencement of this course.
Course duration and attendance
The standard course duration is 18 months of full-time study.
The course may also be completed in part-time mode, typically over 36 months. Part-time students must be prepared to attend some afternoon or morning classes during each teaching week.
Course structure
The course requires 72 credit points of study, comprising 32 credit points of core subjects, 24 credit points of professional stream subjects, and 16 credit points of electives.
Course completion requirements
| STM91853 Core subjects (Medical Biotechnology PG) | 36cp | |
| STM91284 Professional stream (Science PG) | 24cp | |
| CBK92296 Electives (Medical Biotechnology PG) | 12cp | |
| Total | 72cp |
Course program
The following example shows a typical full-time program.
| Autumn commencing, full time | ||
| Year 1 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 68109 Advanced Communication Skills in Science | 6cp | |
| 91573 Advanced Microscopy and Imaging | 6cp | |
| 60904 Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Commercialisation | 6cp | |
| 91191 Bionanotechnology | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 60117 Understanding Data and Statistical Design | 6cp | |
| 91575 Proteomics | 6cp | |
| 91574 Biotechnology Solutions to Infectious Diseases | 6cp | |
| 69513 Medical Microbiology | 6cp | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| Select 12 credit points from the following: | 12cp | |
| 69508 Clinical Trials: Evidence and Design | 2cp | |
| 60102 Ethics in Animal Research | 2cp | |
| 60116 Risk Assessment and Management for Science | 2cp | |
| 15315 Project Management Principles | 6cp | |
| 69511 Ethics in Human Research | 2cp | |
| 60119 Science Business Models and Intellectual Property | 4cp | |
| CBK92296 Electives (Medical Biotechnology PG) | 12cp | |
| Spring commencing, full time | ||
| Year 1 | ||
| Spring session | ||
| 68109 Advanced Communication Skills in Science | 6cp | |
| 91575 Proteomics | 6cp | |
| 91574 Biotechnology Solutions to Infectious Diseases | 6cp | |
| 69513 Medical Microbiology | 6cp | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 91573 Advanced Microscopy and Imaging | 6cp | |
| 60904 Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Commercialisation | 6cp | |
| 91191 Bionanotechnology | 6cp | |
| 60117 Understanding Data and Statistical Design | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| CBK92296 Electives (Medical Biotechnology PG) | 12cp | |
| Select 12 credit points from the following: | 12cp | |
| 69508 Clinical Trials: Evidence and Design | 2cp | |
| 60119 Science Business Models and Intellectual Property | 4cp | |
| 15315 Project Management Principles | 6cp | |
| 60116 Risk Assessment and Management for Science | 2cp | |
| 60106 Research Proposal Writing | 2cp | |
| 60109 Professional Science Document Writing | 2cp | |
Articulation with UTS courses
Students who complete the Master of Medical Biotechnology can transfer into the Master of Medical Biotechnology (Extension) (C04388) and receive recognition of prior learning for the course completed.
Other information
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