Structural Biophysics

Entry requirements

Suitable for graduates in optometry, medicine, psychology, social science, physics, biology, biochemistry, mathematics or any relevant scientific discipline.

A First or Upper Second class UK Honours degree, master's degree, or equivalent is required.

Months of entry

January, April, July, October

Course content

Structural Biophysics is a research area in which you can focus your studies within our PhD programme in Vision Sciences.

Distinctive features

• International centre of excellence for structural and biophysical studies of the cornea and lens and their components, including collagen and fibrillin.
• Responsible for a number of discoveries that have had an impact in both the scientific and the lay communities, receiving press and TV coverage.
• Supported by grants from the MRC, EPSRC, BBSRC, Wellcome Trust, Royal Society and several other industrial and charitable sources.