Research environment

Students who join this Programme will be immersed in an environment of research excellence. Glasgow is one of the top Universities in the world and the College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences is a leading international centre for research. Most of the staff who teach on this Programme have research interests related to food security and students will be able to undertake research projects under their supervision. The range of research matches the breadth of the Programme, and spans from molecular studies of plant responses to the environment and crop resistance to pest attack to the molecular genetic investigation of diseases that affect cattle and other livestock. The research is undertaken in the well equipped laboratories of the College’s Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology, Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine and the Veterinary School. Students will benefit from exposure to our broad research base and state-of-the-art facilities and from being taught by staff who are advancing knowledge relevant to food security.