Detailed Program Facts

Application Fee

  Application Fee: CAD 0 FREE

Tuition Fee

 CAD 29,700 per year

*Note: The fee is approximate and is subject to change

Living Cost in University of Glasgow

  CAD 10,224 per year

*Note: The fee is approximate and is subject to change

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

Check program website for more information about funding options.

English Test Requirements

• IELTS
  • Minimum Overall Score - 6.5 - 6 - With No Band Less Than
• TOEFL
  • Minimum Overall Score - 90.0  Minimum Listening - 19.0  Minimum Reading - 20.0  Minimum Writing - 21.0  Minimum Speaking - 19.0  
• PTE
  • Minimum Overall Score - 59.0  Minimum Listening - 59.0  Minimum Reading - 59.0  Minimum Writing - 59.0  Minimum Speaking - 59.0  

• Minimum Level of Education Required: To be accepted for this program, students must have a Bachelor's degree.

• Minimum CGPA Required: 55.00 %

Additional Information

Career Prospects
This programme will provide an excellent background for those looking to establish a career in biomedical research in academia, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries in the precision medicine field and clinical sciences in the NHS.

Other opportunities lie in the area of clinical trials and research management.

Specialisms offer people a focused and in-depth knowledge of their chosen disease in the context of PM. The programme will provide an excellent foundation to enable people to conduct biomedical research in the chosen disease specialism. There are companies that are dedicated to the particular disease specialisms e.g. pharmaceutical companies developing drugs for cancer, cardiac disease or arthritis. There are also NHS training programmes relating to areas of specialism, e.g. cardiac physiologist, imaging specialist, clinical immunology, cancer genomics.

Students gain training to work in “wet” or “dry” laboratories. The programme offers a laboratory skills course which will equip students with the basic research skills they need to work in a “wet” laboratory setting and training in bioinformatics to equip students with necessary skills for the data sciences or computational sectors.

We have a number of industrial partners lined up that will offer a range of projects, again this is in line with the university’s graduate skills criteria. We have Canon, pharmatics, Reprocell, bioclavis, the MRI department in the ICE facility, to name a few that will take students on for projects. This range of companies can offer both wet or dry projects.

Students also have the opportunity to do projects in the research institutes of their chosen specialism.

Example job titles include:

• Research associate
• Project manager
• Trainee clinical vascular scientist (NHS)
• Medical recruiter, scientist - IPS cells
• Data scientist
• Research practitioner (NHS)
• Medical writer
• Field application scientist

Scholarships

Scholarships

Undergraduate

• University of Glasgow funding
  • College of Arts Deans' Award
  • College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences Deans' Award
  • College of Social Sciences Deans' Award
  • Sanctuary Scholarships
  • Undergraduate Excellence Scholarship

Postgraduate

• University of Glasgow funding
  • Sanctuary Scholarships
  • Adam Smith Scholarship (International)
  • ASBS Global Challenges Scholarship
  • Joseph Lister India Scholarships
  • School of Computing Science: International Excellence Awards
  • School of Geographical and Earth Sciences: PGT Excellence Awards
  • Scotland's Saltire Scholarships
  • University of Glasgow International Leadership Scholarship
  • University of Glasgow College of Arts South Asia Award

There are various options through which a student can get a post study work visa in the UK. 
Tier 1 Graduate Entrepreneur Visa for the graduates with a genuine and credible business idea. 
Tier 2 (General) is the leading immigration visa to work in the UK.
Tier 4 Doctorate Extension Scheme is for students who have completed their Ph.D. and is valid for 12 months for them to work, look for work or set up a business. 
Tier 5 Youth Mobility is for individuals of certain countries like Australia, Canada, Japan, Monaco, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, and New Zealand aged between 18 -30 who wish to move to the UK. 
Tier 5 GAE is for individuals who want to come to the UK for work experience, training, research or a fellowship. 
UK Ancestry is for individuals who are a citizen of a commonwealth and plan to work in the UK and have a grandparent who was born in the UK.