Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine MSc

**The Programme provides in-depth training in this branch of biomedical science, including stem cell biology, biomaterials and tissue/organ engineering.**<br/><br/>With an ageing population and chronic diseases on the rise, there is a need for more effective medical treatments and therefore a need for trained tissue engineering researchers to deliver these technologies.<br/><br/>Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine is an ever-emerging interdisciplinary field of biomedical research; which combines life sciences, biology and engineering, to progress the repair, replacement and enhancement of diseased and damaged tissues.<br/><br/>**It’s a field that has the potential to deliver treatments for diseases, injuries and disorders where currently people have no options.**<br/><br/>The Programme provides in-depth training in this branch of biomedical science, including stem cell biology, biomaterials and tissue/organ engineering. The MSc offers a balanced combination of theory and practice; and can serve either as preparation for a PhD or as a self-contained master’s qualification.<br/><br/>The programme is both lecture and laboratory based; **benefiting from taught modules that cover areas such as Cellular & Molecular Biology and Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine and culminating in a hands-on 5-month research project.** It also includes several opportunities to visit relevant clinical settings and local industrial partners.<br/><br/>Students are taught by academics from across the School of Biosciences, Dentistry, Medicine, Optometry and Pharmacy. **You will therefore study within a multidisciplinary community with internationally excellent academic, research and clinical expertise not available at many other institutions.**<br/><br/>Based at The University Hospital of Wales (the 3rd largest university hospital in the UK), you will develop technical laboratory skills and will be presented with a number of opportunities to extend your communication and presentation skills, both written and orally.<br/><br/>You will acquire a number of specific skills, such as the ability to collect, analyse and interpret a range of complex quantitative and qualitative data. You will also develop a number of valuable laboratory research-based skills, through the completion of a 5-month research project of your choice*, which will be presented as a poster.<br/><br/>Graduates from this Programme will have a broad spectrum of knowledge and a variety of skills, making them highly attractive both to potential employers and research establishments in this fast-developing sector.<br/><br/>*subject to supervisor status.