Victoria University of Wellington

Master of Biomedical Science

Deepen your knowledge of your specialist field in biomedical science. Choose from the outstanding range of biomedical subject areas and courses offered by the School of Biological Sciences, and tailor your programme to your career or research goals.

Take your research skills to a professional level. Depending on your programme, your research will range from carrying out and documenting novel experiments to a full research thesis where you contribute to knowledge in your field of biomedical science.

Join a community of dedicated and innovative researchers and learn from staff who have international reputations in their fields.

Master of Biomedical Science by coursework and thesis—240 points

Gain advanced skills in biomedical research. If you have a Bachelor of Biomedical Science or similar degree, you can apply to complete the 240-point Master of Biomedical Science. You'll need a B+ average in your 300-level courses in your undergraduate degree for entry into this two-year programme, which includes both coursework and a full Master's project and thesis.

In your first year, or Part 1 of the programme, you'll complete around four courses of your choice worth a total of 90 points, and also do the Research Preparation course (BMSC 580).

This will prepare you for your second year, Part 2, which is when you'll do a full-time research project, leading to a thesis. You'll need to arrange a thesis topic with a supervisor before you enrol in Part 1 of the Master's programme.

Master of Biomedical Science by thesis—120 points

Complete a full research project and thesis and become an expert in your specialist subject area. If you have done well in your Bachelor of Biomedical Science with Honours degree, you may enrol in the 120 point Master's. This programme is the same as Part 2 of the 240-point Master's above.

You'll need to arrange a thesis topic with a supervisor before you enrol.