Professional Doctorate BioInnovation
The aim of our Professional Doctorate programme is to offer a qualification which, whilst being equivalent in status and challenge to a PhD, is more appropriate if you are pursuing a professional rather than an academic career. It provides a career development path but it also offers a route for industry to engage in meaningful research.
The Prof Doc BioInnovation route starts with the MRes BioInnovation which forms Part I of the doctoral qualification.
Part II is then undertaken for a minimum of three years (part-time) or two years (full-time) and comprises a longer thesis (up to 60,000 words). This thesis will involve experimentation and must embody the methodology and results of original research. It should, ideally, build upon your Part I dissertation.
If you are interested in undertaking a Professional Doctorate please contact us on dl-enquiries@aber.ac.uk to discuss your ideas at an early stage.
Students wishing to work towards a doctorate will be registered on the MRes in the first instance as this forms Part 1 of the doctoral qualification
| Module | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| Options ( 40 ) | Behaviour Change | 20 |
| Business Management for Rural Entrepreneurs | 20 | |
| Controlled Environment Agriculture | 20 | |
| Fermentation for Food Applications | 20 | |
| Horticultural Science | 20 | |
| Livestock Health and Welfare | 20 | |
| Livestock Production Science | 20 | |
| Membrane Filtration Technologies | 20 | |
| Microalgal Technologies | 20 | |
| Public Goods | 20 | |
| Sustainable Supply Systems | 20 | |
| Waste Resource Management | 20 | |
| Core ( 140 credits plus thesis ) | Dissertation | 120 |
| Research Methods | 20 | |
| Soil Science | 20 | |
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