MSc in Industrial Biotechnology - Scotland's most industry-connected postgraduate programme

Thanks to the MSc programme, Saarah now recognises strong potential for waste valorisation across the cosmetics, pharmaceutical, and plastics industries.

Our industrial placement was one of the reasons why Sara Pawlikowska decided to chose the IBioIC MSc course.

Vyshnavi chose this MSc as she wanted to deepen her knowledge of advanced biotechnological processes and gain hands-on experience with industry-relevant technologies.

Rebecca wants to drive practical, research-informed solutions that help industries reduce their environmental impact while continuing to grow responsibly and ethically.

For this case study we meet Kelsey Haugie, who chose our MSc course for the opportunity to develop both lab and commercial skills.

Amelia Webb particularly enjoyed the course held at SAMS where she learnt all about the importance of Blue Biotechnology and hopes to explore this further in her career.

Maryam Mohamed knew IBioIC’s MSc course with its combination of modules from multiple universities across Scotland, Industry connections and a work placement, would be the right place to advance her career in biotechnology.

For his MSc, Allan Kisubi has built on his interest in bioprocessing and aims to use this knowledge to move onto a PhD.

Soniya Singh aims to build on the experience from her bachelor’s in biotechnology and aspires to innovate, lead, and contribute to positive advancements in the sector.

MSc student Aimee Smith tells us what attracted her to our MSc course and shares her hopes to continue a career in Microbiology.

Having completed an undergraduate degree in Applied Science, Christopher saw our MSc programme as an opportunity to build on existing skills and particularly enjoyed the opportunity to visit SAMS to undertake field sampling.

MSc student Rachel McGhee told us about her ambition to be a Project Manager in the life sciences industry and that advances in gene-editing, AI, and medical devices could be the next big innovation in IB.

Nicola Voiculescu has particularly enjoyed learning about the circular economy in Scotland during his MSc studies, and hopes one day to launch his own start up.

Modules in bioprocessing and downstream processing, along with his industry placement at MiAlgae, have piqued Rishivanth’s interest in a career in biomanufacturing, and he is looking to become an expert in this area after he completes his MSc studies.

Charlotte says her summer placement has been a learning experience that will make her a more well-rounded scientist when she starts looking for a role as a fermentation scientist after her MSc studies.

MSc student Amber Minhas tells us how her industry placement with Dyneval has enhanced her specialist knowledge and given her hands-on experience that has boosted her confidence, and how bioinformatics offers tremendous opportunities to propel advancements in the field.

With an ambition to become an academic and run his own IB company, Paolo Savoca says the Bioinformatics course and the powerful tools he learned about has been a highlight of his MSc studies.

We asked our students to tell us about themselves and their studies. In this case study, MSc student Garry Paterson talks about his studies, his ambitions for the future, and how the industry placement scheme sold him on the course.

With a background in microbiology, Cecilia is particularly interested in working in industry for a sector which involves microbes such as fermentation science, antimicrobial pharmaceuticals, or in diagnostic tools, particularly involving veterinary diagnostics.

Successful industry placement resulted in student being offered a permanent position.

I was looking for a course which would expand the knowledge I acquired during my first degree, which was in the medical side.

Naveed graduated from the University of the West of Scotland with a BSc in Biomedical Sciences and was unsure which direction his future career should go.

Blair Mackie was one of IBioIC’s 2017/18 MSc students. He undertook a ten week industrial placement with uFraction8, which allowed him to continue his academic career.

Alexandros' MSc programme included a ten week industrial placement with ScotBio, who he later joined as a full time employee.