Advanced Therapeutics and Public Health

Entry requirements

Applicants should hold a relevant BSc degree. Those include but are not restricted to degrees in pharmacy, nursing, midwifery, pharmacology, biology, biomedical science, biosciences, chemical engineering, microbiology, biochemistry, biotechnology, or other related specialisations.

Kingston University typically uses a range of entry requirements to assess an applicant’s suitability for our courses.

Most postgraduate taught course requirements are based on having been awarded a relevant undergraduate degree and are normally coupled with minimum grades expectation of 2:2, specific courses in certain areas may have a stricter grade requirement. We may also use interview, portfolio and performance pieces to assess a person's suitability for some courses. We recognise that every person's journey to a postgraduate taught education is different and unique and in some cases we may take into account work experience and other non-standard pathways onto University level study.

Months of entry

September

Course content

Develop the strategic skills and knowledge to tackle global health challenges.

On our Advanced Therapeutics and Public Health MSc programme, you can benefit from a wide range of facilities for practical work at our Penrhyn Road campus.

The facilities on offer include our simulation suites. These suites consist of a mock hospital ward, pharmacy dispensing suite and GP surgery. They are equipped with the latest technology, including patient simulator manikins, which students can administer drugs to and monitor their pulse and breathing.

The hospital ward features six beds with drug cabinets and curtains, a nurse's station and equipment that can be used to assess students' bedside manner and debrief them on best practice. The ward also leads into a pharmacy dispensing suite where students can practise prescribing the correct medication, and the right quantity, for certain illnesses.

The GP suite has six cubicles for students to simulate seeing patients within a surgery environment, with desks and pedestals. Three of the bays have couches and the other three have chairs for patients to be examined.

Other facilities include:

• Our £9.8 million Eadweard Muybridge building with state-of the art laboratories
• New work areas and dedicated laboratories for research
• Specialist equipment, such as:
  • Chromatography instruments
  • A breathalyser
  • Electrophoresis equipment
  • Electron microscopes
  • Electrochemical analysis
  • Nuclear science equipment
  • Thermal analysis
  • X-ray diffractometers
  • Spectrometers, including mass spectrometers, infrared spectrometers and nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers
  • Computing laboratories and a team of IT technicians to offer assistance