Medicine - Personalised Medicine - Online

Overview

Personalised Medicine (also known as stratified medicine or precision medicine) is at the cutting edge of a new era in healthcare. Personalised Medicine draws on molecular biology, data science and clinical practice to streamline healthcare. By learning how genes, lifestyle and the environment influence disease and affect the success of treatments, we can understand which treatments are best for each patient, identifying ‘the right treatment, for the right person, at the right time. Personalised Medicine focuses on discovering biomarkers (such as variants/mutations in genes or proteins) that can determine who is at risk of developing a disease, how severe the disease will be and who will respond better to one therapy versus another. This will revolutionise how quickly patients receive effective treatment and transform the efficiency of healthcare. This is a multidisciplinary challenge that requires skills across molecular biology, clinical governance and data science.

September Start:

Semester 1

Clinical translation & regulatory pathways

Introduction to Personalised Medicine & Pharmacogenomics

Multi-omics methods

Research Ethics & Governance



Semester 2

Biomedical Informatics

Clinical Trials Design and Patient Recruitment

Healthcare Economics & Innovation

Health Informatics & Data Science



Semester 3

Research Project



January Start:

Semester 2 (January)

Biomedical Informatics

Clinical Trials Design and Patient Recruitment

Healthcare Economics & Innovation

Health Informatics & Data Science



Semester 1 (September of the following academic year)

Clinical translation & regulatory pathway

Introduction to Personalised Medicine & Pharmacogenomics

Multi-omics methods

Research Ethics & Governance



Semester 2 (January, following Semester 1):

Research Project

Students will be considered for entry to the Masters course on an individual basis.



The basic entry requirements are outlined below:

Applicants must:

(a) Have gained,



a second class honours degree or better with significant bioscience (or biostatistics) such as nursing, biomedical sciences, biology, pharmacy from a university of the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland, or from a recognised national awarding body, or from an institution of another country which has been recognised as being of an equivalent standard; or an equivalent standard (normally 50%) in a Graduate Diploma, Graduate Certificate, Postgraduate Certificate or Postgraduate Diploma or an approved alternative qualification;



and



(b) provide evidence of competence in written and spoken English (GCSE grade C or equivalent).



In exceptional circumstances, as an alternative to (a) (i) or (a) (ii) and/or (b), where an individual has substantial and significant experiential learning, a portfolio of written evidence demonstrating the meeting of graduate qualities (including subject-specific outcomes, as determined by the Course Committee) may be considered as an alternative entrance route. Evidence used to demonstrate graduate qualities may not be used for exemption against modules within the programme.



English Language Requirements

English language requirements for international applicants

The minimum requirement for this course is Academic IELTS 6.0 with no band score less than 5.5. Trinity ISE: Pass at level III also meets this requirement for Tier 4 visa purposes.



Ulster recognises a number of other English language tests and comparable IELTS equivalent scores.



• For English language requirements go to: https://www.ulster.ac.uk/global/apply/english-language-requirements



• For Your country go to: https://www.ulster.ac.uk/global/apply/country

Your Application

You can apply directly to Ulster at any time of year. We advise that you submit your application no later than two weeks prior to your course start date. This is to ensure there is sufficient time for your application to be reviewed and, should you be made an offer, time for you to complete all the necessary pre-enrolment tasks.



Some programmes will have specific deadlines as additional selection (e.g. interview, portfolio submission etc) is required, so please check the course page to ensure you have sufficient time to complete your application.

This course is fully online.

Start Date: October 2026 and January 2027.

Careers and Opportunities

The Personalised Medicine course was created in response to demand from science and industry for graduates with multidisciplinary skill sets. Our Employer Advisory Board provides us with continual feedback to ensure that the skills of our graduates align critically with the needs of science, healthcare and industry.



You will exit this course with a highly sought-after combination of expertise in disease pathology, governance, regulation, bioinformatics and data science. You will be equipped to become part of a rapidly expanding workforce on the cutting edge of scientific and medical progress. You will be well positioned for a career in research, the health service, or the pharmaceutical or diagnostics industries. Graduates may also choose to proceed to higher postgraduate degree programmes, including PhD.



The skills and expertise learned will help you to improve the quality of life of patients by contributing to the provision of better healthcare and smarter technologies for the treatment and management of diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, neurological disorders, cancer or immune disease.