Cellular Manufacturing and Theapy (MSc) (1CMT1)
The primary objectives of the MSc in Cellular Manufacturing & Therapy at the National University of Ireland Galway is to A) provide formal training in cellular bioprocessing for clinical application and B) cultivating a rigorous scientific underpinning for the development of a cellular therapy. The course curriculum balances the scientific aspects of cellular therapy (in 3 modules), bioprocessing and manufacturing regulation (in 2 modules) and offers optional modules in cancer biology, business, clinical trials and bio-ethics. A student’s practical skills are developed beyond the classroom laboratory activities with supplemental activities such as workshops in sterile gowning and a 4-month work or laboratory placement, thereby gaining research or enterprise-centric skills. When launched, this MSc programme was the first of its kind worldwide.
Subjects in this course are:-
Year 1 (90 Credits)
- Required MD1521: Cellular Manufacturing I
- Required MD1522: Cellular Immunotherapy
- Required MD1523: Cellular Manufacturing and Therapy Dissertation
- Required MD1524: Cellular Manufacturing II
- Required MD1526: Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Therapy
- Required MD1529: Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Therapy
- Optional MG529: Introduction To Business
- Optional MD1528: First in Human, Early Phase Clinical Trials
- Optional MD1541: Harnessing the Basic Biology of Cancer for Development of Novel Therapeutics
- Optional MD1600: Bio-Ethics
- Optional MD550: Informatics I : Retrieval & Appraisal of Scientific Literature
- Optional MD1527: Independent Study
1) An undergraduate degree in medicine, pharmacy, manufacturing, biology, engineering.
2) An equivalent biomedical science-related undergraduate degree.
Applicants from non-biomedical science related backgrounds will be considered on a case-by-case basis at the discretion of the coordinators.
