Msc/PgDip Molecular Parasitology and Vector Biology

Career Prospects

Graduates from this course have entered employment as research assistants or research laboratory technicians in pharmaceuticals, drug design and pesticide research. Other careers have included pollution microbiologists with water authorities, and work in hospital laboratories investigating the haematology, molecular biology and immunology of infectious diseases.

The MSc equips students for PhD research and former students have gone onto PhD study at prestigious Universities, including Oxford, Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester and Toledo (USA).  The students at Toledo have now completed their PhD studies are have gained employment at US Ivy League Institutes (Harvard Medical School and Cornell).  Other students have elected to work in hospital laboratories, or diversify their careers by taking medical sales or enter teacher training posts. 

Former overseas students have returned to their home country to take academic, or government positions.

Alumni Profile

Jayde Whittngham-Dowd

The best thing about being at Salford was how friendly and close all the staff and students are - I feel like I have been accepted as one of the team rather than just another student.

I really enjoyed everything about the course, especially the fact that I gained expertise from three different institutions.  The teaching was excellent and the research project has helped me immensely.

Further Study

After completion of this course you may wish to specialise in a chosen subject area in one of the School’s two main research centres: Ecosystems and Environment Research Centre (EER) or Biomedical Research Centre (BRC).