MSc Plant Biotechnology and Enterprise
Our taught Masters programme provides essential learning, expertise and business skills for the next generation of scientists and entrepreneurs.
Postgraduate Study
Biosciences is a vibrant, research-led department with a focus on the science underpinning global challenges.
We support a broad-based, sustainability-centred research strategy, informed by scientific advances and national and international priorities. We focus on the science underpinning global challenges in climate change, food security, global health, sustainable bio-manufacturing, biodiversity and replacing animal models in research. In this time of change the study of the biosciences has never been more important.
We have a dynamic community of over one-hundred postgraduate students, who come from all over the world to conduct their research and develop their skills. Research covers the breadth of the biological sciences, and is supported by outstanding research infrastructure in genomics, bioimaging and mass spectrometry, and plant and animal growth facilities. We encourage prospective PhD students to make informal contact with potential supervisors to discuss their interests at an early stage.
Study options
We offer two postgraduate study options:
- Taught degrees; MSc Biotechnology, and MSc Plant Biotechnology and Enterprise
- Research degrees; PhD and Masters by Research
Taught Degrees
Research Degrees
Student Experience
A place for you
Our seminar series
Our Students and Staff enjoy attending and participating in our Departmental Seminar series, covering a wide range of biological topics. The seminars give us more opportunities to share, discover, and join in with lively discussions.
What's new?
National biodiversity award for MammalWeb project
Our MammalWeb project has won a national biodiversity award for its work to gather information on the distribution, abundance, habits and behaviours of UK and European wild mammals.
Investing in the next generation of environmental researchers
Breakthrough drug for motor neurone disease shows promise in new study
Durham is part of the Northern Eye - the new cryo electron microscope facility in the North East of England
Probiotic research for infant anaemia receives major funding boost
Professor Paul Denny and team win prestigious MRC Outstanding Team Impact Prize
New study reveals shocking lack of conservation efforts for most threatened plants and animals
New imaging of bacterial DNA uncovers secrets to future antibiotic design
In a new study, scientists from our top-rated Biosciences department joined forces with researchers from Jagiellonian University (Poland), and the John Innes Centre to reveal how a bacterial enzyme called DNA gyrase twists and stabilises DNA.