INFORMATION FOR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS

Introduction

• The Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology provides a stimulating and intellectually challenging environment in which the molecular basis of biological processes can be understood.
• We are equipped with state-of-the-art facilities in areas such as X-ray crystallography, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, cryo-electron microscopy, biophysical and biochemical analysis, protein expression, purification and molecular and cell biology.
• Our research is enhanced by regular lectures from world-leading scientists and focused symposia.
• Research staff are world leaders in areas such as bacterial secretion, ageing, intracellular signal transduction, limb regeneration, and cell protein trafficking.

Funding

Across the division there are three Wellcome Trust four-year programmes and one MRC four-year programme; MRC, BBSRC quota and CASE three- and four-year studentships; NERC; and others. There may also be funding opportunities through individual research grants as well as through other programmes such as those offered by CoMPLEX.

Visit the Fees and Costs section for full details about funding.

Related subjects

• Cell and Developmental Biology
• Genetics, Evolution and Environment
• History of Medicine
• Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology

Research programmes

Research areas are:

• Bioinformatics
• Molecular cell biology and metabolism
• Molecular microbiology
• Structural biology and molecular biophysics.

Further details available on the UCL Research Department of Structural and Molecular Biology website.

Entry requirements

A minimum of an upper second-class Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry, Chemical Biology, Molecular Biology, Physics or Chemistry from a UK university, or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard.

Tuition fees

Up-to-date tuition fee information is available at www.ucl.ac.uk/current-students/money

Career prospects

Recent graduates have become researchers at leading UK and international universities including Cambridge, UCL, King’s College London, Cornell, Yale and other organisations including the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Wellcome Trust, Cancer Research UK and Breakthrough Breast Cancer. Others have gained employment in the civil service, NHS or found senior roles in industry with companies such as Cellzoe and Genzyme.