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Undergraduate, Diploma-Certificate, Post-Graduate
Engineering&Technology,Business & Management,Computer Science & IT
Australia
As a January starter, you’ll enjoy the same benefits as our September students; including welcome events, access to scholarships (subject to eligibility), accommodation support, and full access to our careers and student support services.Our expert academics and postgraduate specialists shared insights about our January Master’s courses as part of a webinar series.
Teaching and learning
In Semester 1, the taught phase of the course, you will study modern concepts of molecular genetics through intensive laboratory classes. You will be trained in laboratory techniques and will develop your proficiency in experimental design through hands-on laboratory experiments.
Alongside the laboratory classes, you will have a core lecture programme, which is shared between our various postgraduate laboratory-based courses and will develop your specialist knowledge. There are also optional lectures in fields related to your own, which will allow you to increase your understanding of the interdisciplinary aspects of your speciality.
Fees and funding
UK Students
Starting in September 2024 or January 2025
£10,700
If you are resident outside the UK and the Republic of Ireland, you will need to pay a deposit of £3,000 to secure your place. This will be subtracted from your total tuition fee.
Find out more about scholarships and funding.
Did you know you can apply for a Government Postgraduate Loan? Find out if you’re eligible.
If you are a University of Leicester alumni, you may be eligible for the Centenary Alumni Discount which offers a 20% fee reduction.
International Students
Starting in September 2024 or January 2025
£23,650
You will need to pay a deposit of £3,000 to secure your place. This will be subtracted from your total tuition fee.
From 2022 onwards, EU nationals will pay the International fee. If you are an EU national with settled or pre-settled status under the EU settlement scheme, you may qualify for the UK fee (subject to criteria).
Find out more about scholarships and funding.
If you are a University of Leicester alumni, you may be eligible for the Centenary Alumni Discount which offers a 20% fee reduction.
Our January 2025 postgraduate courses offer the perfect opportunity to advance your studies and join an award-winning institution. Fresh from being named University of the Year 2025 (Daily Mail) and shortlisted for University of the Year (Times Higher Education 2024 and The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025), there’s never been a better time to join us.
Entry requirements
2:2 degree (or equivalent) in Biological Sciences or related subject. We will also consider appropriate experience in industry.
English Language Requirements
IELTS 6.5 or equivalent. If your first language is not English, you may need to provide evidence of your English language ability. If you do not yet meet our requirements, our English Language Teaching Unit (ELTU) offers a range of courses to help you to improve your English to the necessary standard.
International Qualifications
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Aberdeen Global Scholarship - Postgraduate (For Academic Year 2025/26)
The scholarship is available to all self-funded full-time on campus Masters students classified as international fee status and starting their studies in either September 2025 or January 2026. The scholarship applies to both taught and research Masters (research Masters that start outside of September or January in the 2025/26 academic year are still eligible for the scholarship). The scholarship is in the form of a tuition fee waiver.
To be eligible students must be registering for a full-time on campus program and cannot be in receipt of external scholarships or other University of Aberdeen scholarships, except for awards granted by the University of Aberdeen Development Trust. Please note that the scholarship does not apply to the DPLP or Dentistry.
Australia
Fully Funded Scholarship to Study in Australia.
It is a Fully Funded Scholarship to pursue Bachelors, Masters, and PhD programs from the Australian Universities. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) around 1,151 Australia Awards scholarships were provided to individuals for the academic year 2025.
Financial Benefits
Full Tuition fees
Return Air travel (economy class)
Establishment Allowance (one-time payment)
Living Expenses Stipend
Introductory Academic Program (IAP)
Australia
The University of Melbourne is one of Australia’s leading universities, renowned for its world-class teaching, research, and innovation.
Eligibility
Be enrolled in one of the Master of Clinical Audiology, Master of Speech Pathology, Master of Nursing Science, Master of Social Work, Doctor of Physiotherapy or Doctor of Optometry (or their successors)
Be enrolled in a placement subject
Be undertaking an interdisciplinary international placement
Not have received a Mobility Award for the same purpose as the grant.
Australia
University of Sunderland in London
The University of Sunderland in London, located near the Canary Wharf financial district, is a base we’re proud of having in one of the most vibrant cities in the world. As well as professionally-focused courses in Business, Finance and Tourism, we also offer health-related programmes, including Nursing, Health and Social Care. Our students have the unique opportunity to live, work and study in an internationally-diverse city that is steeped in rich culture and history.
The scholarship will be awarded in any subject offered by the University of Sunderland or York St John University.
Undergraduate Applicants:
For foundation programs: WAEC (or equivalent) with no lower than a B grade.
For Year 1 entry: A-Levels, IB, or WAEC with no lower than a B grade, plus one year of HND or Year 1 Bachelor’s completion.
Australia
University of Melbourne
The Faculty of Arts Travel Scholarship is offered to students who are enrolled in a Faculty of Arts course and are experiencing disadvantaged circumstances that would otherwise prevent them from participating in an overseas experience.
Eligibility
Have received approval to study overseas on Exchange or Study Abroad in Semester 2, 2025 (second half year 2025)
Plan to receive credit points that will contribute to your University of Melbourne course
Be experiencing medical, financial, and/or personal challenges, such as:
disability or medical condition
financial hardship
difficult personal circumstances
Or, be an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person by descent, identify as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person, and be accepted as such by the community in which you live or have lived
Australia
The study program is open to applicants must be international students currently residing in Australia, intending to start the Master of Research (MRes) program at Macquarie University in July 2025.
Availability
Awards will only be available to applicants who, at the time of application:
are not an Australian/New Zealand citizen, or an Australian permanent resident
are onshore in Australia at the time of application
intend to reside in Sydney, Australia during their candidature
plan to undertake a Master of Research in July 2025 (S2 2025)
are enrolling as full-time students
meet the English language requirements for Macquarie graduate research degrees
meet the admission criteria for the Master of Research (refer to schedule 2.3)
have confirmation of supervision from an eligible Macquarie University researcher (compulsory for FMHHS and desirable for the other faculties)
Australia
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