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The University of Queensland (UQ)

  • 29% international / 71% domestic

Graduate Certificate in Molecular Biology

  • Graduate Certificate

Acquire high-level knowledge and develop practical skills relevant to modern molecular biology research or industry practice.

Key details

Degree Type
Graduate Certificate
Duration
0.5 year full-time
Course Code
5042, 034030B
Intake Months
Feb, Aug
International Fees
$20,520 per year / $20,520 total

About this course

With UQ's six-month Graduate Certificate in Molecular Biology program, you can build practical skills as you experience laboratory techniques such as electrophoresis, polymerase chain reaction, endonuclease mapping, fluorescent reporters and expression vectors.

You'll develop an advanced knowledge of the structure and function of genes and the proteins they encode. Your study will cover genome sequencing, recombinant DNA technology and macromolecular structure determination. Through laboratory practicals, workshops, projects and directed study, you'll receive training in bioinformatics, molecular genetics, biomolecular structure and function, and immunology.

You'll graduate with the high-level knowledge and skills to achieve your goals in modern molecular biology research or industry practice.

Study locations

St Lucia

Career pathways

Postgraduate study can take you anywhere. Here are some of the careers you could be on your way to:

  • Analytical biochemist
  • Genetic pathologist
  • Immunologist
  • Biotechnologist
  • Environmental biologist
  • Bioinformatician
  • Pharmaceutical scientist
  • Microbiologist
  • Virologist
  • Embryologist