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Virology is a discipline with repercussions in many different fields. Viral infections play a key role in human health and can strongly condition our lives. In addition, viruses have a major impact on food production, both in agriculture and livestock, being ubiquitous and highly diverse entities with an important role in ecosystems. Finally, viruses and their derivatives have been the source of many innovations in molecular biology and biotechnology, providing practical proteins, expression vectors and even therapeutic agents against tumours or antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

The Master’s Degree in Virology of the Universitat de València presents a generalist and integrative approach, including the implications of viruses in human, animal and plant health, but also the biology, evolution and biotechnological applications of viruses. 

The practical component is nowadays an essential part of virology, not only in terms of experimentation and manipulation of viruses, but also in terms of bioinformatics applied to viruses. For this reason, the Master’s Degree will be taught exclusively in-person and more than 50% of the teaching will be of a practical/experimental nature, with an extensive ‘TFM’ or Master's Degree Final Project (30 ECTS) that can be carried out in research laboratories at the Universitat de València, as well as in virology laboratories of hospitals, research centres, technology centres and companies in the sector.