Syllabus

To pass this module it will be necessary to take and pass a certain number of compulsory and optional subjects of the MCMB (the detailed content of these can be found here):

(SEM1= 1st semester, SEM2 =2nd semester. (Click on each subject to download the corresponding Teaching Guide.)

It consists of an original research project (15 ECTS). The guidelines for carrying out this work are specified in the Guide for the preparation of the TFM, in the  TFM Regulations of the Faculty of Sciences and in the TFM Teaching Guide. If the student does not complete this TFM, he/she will not obtain the Official Master’s Degree, although by completing 60 credits among those offered, he/she will be able to access the PhD research period.

Students must sign an agreement document between student and tutor (master’s lecturer) which must be sent to the master’s coordinator. Subject to justification before the master’s academic committee and authorisation by the latter, there may be a co-supervision by an additional person (UMA staff or external lecturer), who must meet the requirements demanded by the UMA and the master’s degree.

Here you can find the offer of Master’s thesis for the 22-23 academic year: Offer_TFM_22_23_V2.

Composition of the examining board for the academic year 2022-23: In the meeting of the academic commission of the Master “Cellular and Molecular Biology” of the UMA, it was agreed on the participation of the professors who will compose the examining board that will evaluate the defences of the Master’s thesis during the academic year 2022-23. This panel is composed of the professors shown below:

The TFM research project must be supervised by a tutor and fall within one of the 20 lines of research associated with the master’s degree: