About Mres Structural Molecular Biology in Imperial College London

Gain in-depth training of all major structural molecular biology techniques including its applications in drug discovery. This course provides excellent training for students to pursue a career in research with a focus on structural biology.

This one-year research-based postgraduate course is based mainly in the structural biology labs in the South Kensington campus.

Knowing the structure of a protein is vital to understanding how the protein works. With many structure determination techniques becoming semi-automatic and routine, there is demand for structural biology researchers who can understand how to use complementary techniques to derive biological function from structure.

This makes it essential that trained structural biologists have a solid background across all macromolecular structural determination techniques. Whether working in academia or industry.

This Masters in Research seeks to give you such a foundation. You will spend the majority of the year in laboratory-based research in one or two structural biology labs at, or associated with, Imperial. You will have opportunities to learn a wide range of skills in biological NMR, electron cryomicroscopy, structural bioinformatics, molecular dynamics, x-ray crystallography, or mass spectrometry.

You will attend a series of lectures covering protein structural principles and structure determination techniques. Also, you will benefit from skills workshops, helping you to succeed in research including networking, time management, writing, and wellbeing.

Academic qualification equivalents

•  To be considered for admission to a Master's e.g. MSc, MRes, MBA etc, applicants should normally have completed a three to four year Bachelor's degree from a mainstream university (state/federal or ‘deemed' institution) passed with a required grades.

  Applicants for research should hold a three to four year Bachelor's degree and Master's degree, both passed with required grades. Integrated Master's degrees with required grades will also qualify an applicant for entry to Research.

  Applicants from elite institutions will be required to obtain a minimum overall average of 7 / 10 or 60%. These are the College minimum scores and particular departments may seek grades at a higher level.

  Applicants from other approved institutions will be required to obtain a minimum overall average ranging from 7.5-8 / 10 or 65-70%. These are the College minimum range of required scores and particular departments may seek grades at a higher level.

English language requirements 

• IELTS : 6.5 overall (minimum 6.0 in all elements)
• TOEFL IBT: 92 overall (minimum 20 in all elements)
• PTE : 62 overall (minimum 56 in all elements)