Master of Biotechnology

Academic Requirements: (1) To be considered for admission to this course an applicant must have— (a) a Bachelor of Science, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA; and (b) the equivalent of a UWA weighted average mark of at least 50 per cent; and (c) met the prerequisite for the chosen specialisation (2) For the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology specialisation an applicant must have— (a) successfully completed intermediate units at a tertiary level in Biochemistry, or equivalent, as recognised by UWA; and (b) successfully completed intermediate units at a tertiary level in Molecular Biology, or equivalent, as recognised by UWA (3) For the Environmental and Agricultural Biotechnology specialisation, an applicant must have successfully completed Chemistry ATAR, or CHEM1003 Introductory Chemistry equivalent, as recognised by UWA (4) For the Genetics and Genomics specialisation, an applicant must have successfully completed intermediate units at a tertiary level in Genetics, or equivalent, as recognised by UWA (5) For the AQUAtech specialistion an applicant must have successfully completed Chemistry ATAR, or equivalent, as recognised by UWA (6) For the Synthetic Biology specialisation an applicant must have successfully completed intermediate units at a tertiary level in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology or Genetics, or equivalent, as recognised by UWA English Requirements: Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) - Minimum grade of 180 with no band less than 170 Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) - Minimum grade of 180 with no band less than 170 GCE A-level - Minimum grade E in English Language, English Literature or English Language and Literature. IELTS (Academic) - Minimum overall score of 6.5 with no band less than 6.0 International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB) - English A1 at HL or SL - Minimum score 4, English A2 at HL or SL - Minimum score 4, English B at HL - Minimum score 5. PTE (Academic) - An overall score of 64 with a minimum score of 64 in the reading and writing sections, and no less than 54 in the other sections. TOEFL - Essay Rating / Test of Written English (TWE) of 4.5 and either 230 (Computer-based) or 570 (Paper-based) score. TOEFL iBT - An overall score of 82 with a minimum score of: 22 in the Writing section; 18 in the Reading section; 20 in the Speaking section; and 20 in the Listening section for all courses