MSc Genomic Approaches to Drug Discovery

On this course you’ll study a growing area with a worldwide demand for qualified specialists.

The importance and use of health technology assessment and health economic modelling is rapidly increasing. This course helps you to become highly employable by developing the analytical skills required to evaluate the clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness of health technologies such as new drugs, public health initiatives, screening programmes and diagnostic tools.

Sheffield has nine professors of health economics and decision sciences, including the world-renowned Prof John Brazier and in Professors Alan Brennan, Jim Chilcott and Matt Stevenson who are some of the most experienced health economic modelling experts in the country. You'll develop the transferable skills and knowledge to work anywhere in the world as a professional decision-analytic modeller or health economist.

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Modules

  • Literature Review and Research Proposal
  • 3D Tissue Culture and Genome Editing
  • Ethics and Public Awareness of Science
  • Small Molecule and Functional Genomic Screening
  • Advanced Scientific Skills
  • Critical Analysis of Current Science
  • Research Project
  • The Biotech and Pharmaceutical Industry
  • Modelling Human Disease and Dysfunction
  • Genomic Approaches to Drug Discovery
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    £29,950 Per Year

    International student tuition fee

    1 Year

    Duration

    Sep 2025

    Start Month

    Aug 2025

    Application Deadline

    Upcoming Intakes

    • September 2025
    • September 2026

    Mode of Study

    • Full Time