Molecular Genetics and Biomedicine
Education objectives
The Master in Molecular Genetics and Biomedicine is an advanced training in Molecular Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology and Microbiology, with relevance to the understanding of phenomena related applications in medicine. The importance of Biomedical Sciences for the development of medicine is now widely recognized, and good professionals in the areas covered by this course are highly sought for multidisciplinary teams.
Careers
Advanced training in Molecular Genetics and Biomedicine will allow access to a scientific-technological development corresponding a more advanced 3rd Cycle (PhD). It may also provide access to education and areas of research and development (R & D) in service sectors and manufacturing domestic or European in particular:
- Medical centers and hospitals
- Clinical laboratories and veterinary
- Public health
- Forensic Science
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Food industry
- Cosmetics
- Biotechnology industry
- Consulting governmental organizations
General characterization
DGES code
993
Cicle
Master (2nd Cycle)
Degree
Mestre
Access to other programs
Access to a 3rd cycle
Coordinator
Paula Maria Theriaga Mendes Bernardo Gonçalves
Opening date
September
Vacancies
30
Fees
Available soon
Schedule
Daytime
Teaching language
Available soon
Degree pre-requisites
Duration: 2 years
Credits: 120 ECTS
Mandatory scientifc areas
| Scientific Area | Acronym | ECTS | |
| Mandatory | Optional | ||
| Molecular Genetics / Biomedical Sciences | GMBC | 72 | - |
| Cellular Biology | BC | 12 | - |
| Microbiology | Mb | 3 | - |
| Molecular Biology | BM | 3 | - |
| Bioinformatics or Molecular Biology or Biotechnology or Biochemistry or Social and Human Sciences or Materials Eng. or Molecular Genetics/Biomedical Sciences or Microbiology | Bi / BM / Bt / Bq / CHS / EMt / GMCB / Mb | - | 21 |
| Transferable Skills | CC | 3 | - |
| Any Scientific Area | QAC | - | 6 a) |
| TOTAL | 93 | 27 | |
a) 6 ECTS in courses chosen by the student on a list approved annually by the Scientific Council of FCT / UNL, which includes the unity of all scientific areas of FCT / UNL
Conditions of admittance
Available soon
Evaluation rules
The following modes of evaluation are used with regard to academic qualifications:
- Evaluation based solely on an examination or completion of a final project.
- Evaluation based on work done throughout the semester excluding examination or final project. In these courses students can expect to carry out, for example, laboratory activities, mini-tests, tests, individual or group projects, seminar-related activities, any combination of which will be used to determine the final grade.
- Evaluation based obligatorily on an examination or a final project. In these courses there extists a form of evaluation similar to one of the aformentioned activities in paragraph 2 as well as a form of evaluation based on a final exam.
- Evaluation based on work done throughout the semester with the possibility of foregoing an examination or a final project.
The final Dissertation (or Project) involves a public discussion with a Jury.
Structure
| 1.º Semester | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 12102 | Developmental Biology | 6.0 |
| 10915 | Molecular Diagnostics | 3.0 |
| 7633 | Neurobiology | 6.0 |
| 10770 | Gene Regulation | 6.0 |
| 1.º Semester - Opção A | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 10776 | Bioinformatics in Biomedicine | 6.0 |
| 5340 | Biomaterials | 6.0 |
| 5324 | Biosensors | 6.0 |
| 12032 | Glycobiology and Disease | 3.0 |
| 11188 | Molecular immunology | 3.0 |
| 12107 | Cell Death and Injury | 3.0 |
| 10775 | Food Microbiology | 6.0 |
| 10774 | Molecular Microbiology | 3.0 |
| 10772 | Laboratory Rotations A | 3.0 |
| 10773 | Laboratory Rotations B | 3.0 | O aluno deverá obter 9.0 créditos nesta opção. |
| 1.º Semester - Unidade Curricular de Bloco Livre | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 11066 | Unrestricted Electives | 6.0 | O aluno deverá obter 6.0 créditos nesta opção. |
| 2.º Semester | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 10380 | Entrepreneurship | 3.0 |
| 10777 | Human Genetics and Oncobiology | 6.0 |
| 10778 | Cellular Microbiology | 3.0 |
| Options | ||
| 11188 | Molecular immunology | 3.0 |
| 2.º Semester - Opção B1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 11179 | Molecular Bases of Disease | 6.0 |
| 10828 | Bioethics | 3.0 |
| 11189 | Biopharmaceuticals | 3.0 |
| 11853 | Molecular Biomedicine | 3.0 |
| 9192 | Bionanotechnology | 6.0 |
| 10783 | Clinical Biochemistry | 6.0 |
| 7637 | Structural Biochemistry | 6.0 |
| 10779 | Molecular Epidemiology | 3.0 |
| 10717 | Genomics and Molecular Evolution | 3.0 |
| 12106 | Disease Neurobiology | 3.0 |
| 10780 | Laboratory Rotations C | 3.0 |
| 10781 | Laboratory Rotations D | 3.0 | O aluno deverá obter 15.0 créditos nesta opção. |
| 2.º Semester - Opção B2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 11179 | Molecular Bases of Disease | 6.0 |
| 10828 | Bioethics | 3.0 |
| 11189 | Biopharmaceuticals | 3.0 |
| 11853 | Molecular Biomedicine | 3.0 |
| 9192 | Bionanotechnology | 6.0 |
| 10783 | Clinical Biochemistry | 6.0 |
| 7637 | Structural Biochemistry | 6.0 |
| 10779 | Molecular Epidemiology | 3.0 |
| 10717 | Genomics and Molecular Evolution | 3.0 |
| 12106 | Disease Neurobiology | 3.0 |
| 10780 | Laboratory Rotations C | 3.0 |
| 10781 | Laboratory Rotations D | 3.0 |
| 2.º Semester - Opção B3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 11179 | Molecular Bases of Disease | 6.0 |
| 10828 | Bioethics | 3.0 |
| 11189 | Biopharmaceuticals | 3.0 |
| 11853 | Molecular Biomedicine | 3.0 |
| 9192 | Bionanotechnology | 6.0 |
| 10783 | Clinical Biochemistry | 6.0 |
| 7637 | Structural Biochemistry | 6.0 |
| 10779 | Molecular Epidemiology | 3.0 |
| 10717 | Genomics and Molecular Evolution | 3.0 |
| 12106 | Disease Neurobiology | 3.0 |
| 10780 | Laboratory Rotations C | 3.0 |
| 10781 | Laboratory Rotations D | 3.0 |
| 2.º Semester - Unidade Curricular de Bloco Livre | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 11066 | Unrestricted Electives | 6.0 |
| 2.º Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 10916 | Master Thesis in Molecular Genetics and Biomedicine | 60.0 |