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Qualification
PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
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Location
Main Campus
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
20-APR-26
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Duration
3 Years
Course summary
Our PhD/MPhil Structural Biology programme enables you to undertake a research project that will improve understanding of Structural Biology. Structural biology is a rapidly developing area of biology that is aimed at determining the three-dimensional structures of biologically-important macromolecules such as proteins, DNA and RNA and their complexes (i.e. ribosomes, nucleosomes). Structural biology developed as a field alongside molecular biology in the 1950s and 1960s and almost everyone knows some of the pioneers in this field - Hodgkin, Wilkins, Watson, Crick who determined the structure of DNA. Less widely known are the pioneers of protein structure determination, Nobel Prize winners - Kendrew and Perutz. Recent developments in computational analysis and the availability of state-of-the-art instrumentation mean that high-resolution structures are now obtained routinely using X-ray diffraction and high resolution cryo-electron microscopy, allowing to reveal structural details of large complexes as well as individual proteins in a faster and more reliable manner.
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£ 27,000per year
Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.
University information
University of Manchester
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University League Table
28th
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Campus address
The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, England
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Subject ranking
19th out of 91 1
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Entry standards
/ Max 218170 78%17th
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Graduate prospects
/ Max 10079.0 79%33rd
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Student satisfaction
/ Max 42.96 74%81st
