University of Hertfordshire
Cancer Immunotherapy MSc
University of Hertfordshire

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Key Course Facts

Course Description

Why MSc Cancer Immunotherapy at the University of Hertfordshire?

  • Employment prospects: Graduates work as research scientists, scientific officers, and senior managers for organisations including Roche, Merck, and Astra Zeneca. 

  • Teaching excellence: You will be taught by Internationally renowned researchers who support research projects in Cancer Immunotherapy. 

  • Sector-led course content: Explore our research interests of the Bioscience Research Group covering topics such as Adoptive T cell therapy, tumour-associated macrophages, NK cells, and monoclonal antibodies in cancer therapy. 

  • Work placement opportunities: You have a sandwich year pathway opportunity for you to enhance your employability. 

The aim of the MSc in Cancer Immunotherapy is through an understanding of the numerous ways in which cancers and the immune system interact, to learn how cancer immunotherapies are developed. The utilisation of the immune system in cancer therapy has been a long-standing goal in the field. The course will provide a thorough understanding of immune effector mechanisms and of cancer biology and the personal skills the students will develop, through problem-based learning and self-directed learning.

What will I study? Students will benefit from the research interests of the Bioscience Research Group including studies of the tumour microenvironment and communication with infiltrating immune cells, of methods tumours employ to diminish the effectivity of immune effector mechanisms and of how tumours communicate using Extracellular Vesicles with pre-metastatic sites. The taught modules in the programme will cover such topics as Adoptive T cell therapy, tumour-associated macrophages, NK cells, monoclonal antibodies in cancer therapy, vaccines, microbial cancer therapies and immune checkpoint blockade.

Why choose this course? This course will provide you with the skills you need to have for future opportunities in the fast-growing cancer immunotherapy industry. It is an important discipline within the biomedical sciences and there is a high demand for well-qualified graduates. If you are a biomedical science, biology, or immunology graduate working in science, then this MSc programme will develop your skills and experience to facilitate your career progression, including future postgraduate study at MPhil/PhD level, with staff carrying out research in the cancer immunotherapy area. Our state of the art Science Building provides excellent facilities for laboratory-based studies, including cell culture and plate reader-based assays, isolated tissue studies, immunohistochemistry.

What will I study? Students will benefit from the research interests of the Bioscience Research Group including studies of the tumour microenvironment and communication with infiltrating immune cells, of methods tumours employ to diminish the effectivity of immune effector mechanisms and of how tumours communicate using Extracellular Vesicles with pre-metastatic sites. The taught modules in the programme will cover such topics as Adoptive T cell therapy, tumour-associated macrophages, NK cells, monoclonal antibodies in cancer therapy, vaccines, microbial cancer therapies and immune checkpoint blockade.

The course will be delivered through a combination of lectures, tutorials, practical classes and a research project and will utilise problem-based and self-directed learning. Students will also use case studies to encourage critical understanding. Through their research projects, carried out in the inspirational New Science Building and supervised by world-leading researchers, they will be trained in data collection, analysis and its interpretation. The Cancer Immunotherapy programme will also utilise expert external speakers from the biopharmaceutical industry.

Entry Requirements / Admissions

Requirements for international students / English requirements

IELTS academic test score (similar tests may be accepted as well)

    • 6.5
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Costs

Average student cost of living in the UK

Rent £518
Water, gas electricity, internet (at home) £50
Supermarket shopping £81
Clothing £35
Eating out £33
Alcohol £27
Takeaways / food deliveries £30
Going out / entertainment (excl.alcohol, food) £24
Holidays and weekend trips £78
Transport within city £17
Self-care / sports £20
Stationary / books £13
Mobile phone / internet £13
Cable TV / streaming £7
Insurance £51
Other £95
  
Average student cost of living £1092

London costs approx 34% more than average, mainly due to rent being 67% higher than average of other cities. For students staying in student halls, costs of water, gas, electricity, wifi are generally included in the rental. Students in smaller cities where accommodation is in walking/biking distance transport costs tend to be significantly smaller.

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About University of Hertfordshire

The University of Hertfordshire (UOH) is a publicly funded university in Hertfordshire, England. The university has two campuses that it operates from; College Lane, and de Havilland. The university works with approximately 25,000 students at any given time, and has 11 distinct schools within the university dedicating themselves to a wide variety of subjects.

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