Master's in Molecular Cellular and Genetic Biology

2025/2026 · 60 credits

What you learn

Design your training plan according to your particular interests: Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Microbiology, Plant Physiology or Biomedicine. The master's degree is aimed at graduates in the branch of Sciences, especially those with a biological or biomedical orientation, but also those with biotechnological interests and plant physiology.
The master's degree allows students to design their itinerary according to their particular interests: Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Microbiology, Plant Physiology or Biomedicine.

Complete study skills

Specific skills

CE1    Ability to use common techniques and instruments in cellular and molecular biological research: to be able to handle the techniques and protocols as well as to understand their potential, uses and applications
CE2    Ability to work safely in laboratories knowing the operations manuals and actions in the event of risk incidents
CE3    Ability to understand cell functioning through its structural organization, biochemical signaling, gene expression and genetic variability
CE4    Ability to know and analyse specific cellular systems such as stem cells, neurons, immune system cells, or other cells related to various pathologies
CE5    Ability to have an integrated vision of the knowledge previously acquired in relation to Molecular, Cellular and Genetic Biology, with an interdisciplinary approach and a very high degree of experimentation
CE6    Ability to understand the structure and function of proteins at the individual and proteomics level, as well as the techniques necessary to analyse them and study their interactions with other biomolecules
CE7    Ability to modify genes, proteins and chromosomes with biotechnological applications
CE8    Ability to understand the structure, function and evolution of genomes and apply the necessary tools for their study
CE9    Ability to understand, detect and analyse genetic variation, to know the genotoxicity processes and methodologies for their evaluation, as well as to carry out diagnostic and genetic risk studies
CE10    Ability to apply molecular techniques to the study of the plant cell and its physiology, its response to external stimuli and its biotechnological applications
CE11    Ability to use bioinformatics tools at the user level
CE12    Ability to understand the role of microorganisms as pathogens and as biotechnological tools
CE13    Ability to integrate professionally into services in the health, pharmaceutical, veterinary, animal production, biotechnology or food sector industries.

Professional and academic career

Professional and academic career

Biomedical and Health Research
Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industry
Genetic Analysis
Academic Research and Development (R+D)
Entrepreneurship and Management

Companies and institutions involved

Researchers from the Institute for Biomedical Research of A Coruña (INBIC) collaborate in the teaching of the master's degree.

Planning for teaching

This study has teaching guide
You can read it to learn more about the study. In the table below you can see the individual teaching guides for each subject.

Study structure

The masters are organized by modules. Click on a module for more information.

  Guide Type QTR. credits
Compulsory First Quadmester 6.0 ECTS
Compulsory First Quadmester 6.0 ECTS
Compulsory First Quadmester 3.0 ECTS
Compulsory First Quadmester 3.0 ECTS
Compulsory First Quadmester 3.0 ECTS
Compulsory First Quadmester 3.0 ECTS
Compulsory Second Quadmester 3.0 ECTS
Elective Second Quadmester 3.0 ECTS
Elective Second Quadmester 3.0 ECTS
Elective Second Quadmester 3.0 ECTS
Elective Second Quadmester 3.0 ECTS
Elective Second Quadmester 3.0 ECTS
Elective Second Quadmester 3.0 ECTS
Elective Second Quadmester 3.0 ECTS
Elective Second Quadmester 3.0 ECTS
Elective Second Quadmester 3.0 ECTS
Elective Second Quadmester 3.0 ECTS
Elective Second Quadmester 3.0 ECTS
Elective Second Quadmester 3.0 ECTS
Elective Second Quadmester 3.0 ECTS
Elective Second Quadmester 3.0 ECTS
Elective Second Quadmester 6.0 ECTS
Master's Dissertation Second Quadmester 12.0 ECTS

 BOE with syllabus (PDF)

Teachers

The study is taught by the following teachers:

The masters are organized by modules. Click on a module for more information.

Student mobility

UDC holds student mobility agreements with universities and other third-level institutions across four continents. Students are offered several opportunities each year to apply to study abroad in one of these centres (for a single term or for a whole year), with the guarantee that all credits obtained will be duly recognised in their academic record upon their return.

For each round of applications, the University publishes the list of exchange options available to students and, where relevant, the specific conditions associated with each. Students may also apply to the University for funding for international work experience placements and internships.

Work experience placements are accredited in the student's academic record and the European diploma supplement. Students are free to decide in which host company or academic institution within the EHEA they wish to carry out their placement. To assist them in their search, the University has created an online noticeboard with jobs postings and other news.

Work-study placements in A Coruña are arranged by the International Relations Office (ORI) of the UDC in collaboration with the international relations coordinators in the student’s home university. The general entry criteria, rights and obligations of students, and admission and acceptance procedures for the programme, are regulated by the UDC Mobility Policy.