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Apply using the Applicant Portal
The Apply Now button on the right will take you to the Applicant Portal. There, you can create and submit your application and supporting documents, and you can also request your references.
An application is only complete when:
- you have submitted your application and supporting documents via the Applicant Portal
- you have paid the application fee if applicable. For further information on application fees, and which courses require an application fee, see here.
- your referees have provided their references.
If you miss the deadlines specified in this section, you will not be able to submit your application.
Selection Process
Applications are considered as they are received (rolling admission).
However, students wishing to apply for funding should apply by the appropriate funding deadline for applications as given on the Postgraduate Admissions website. Applicants should expect to hear whether they have been selected for an interview within four weeks following the funding submission deadline. For those applying after the funding deadline, selection for interview will be made on a rolling basis, and you should hear within three weeks of submission. Outcomes will be communicated within one week from the date of the interview.
Offers made for places on this course are conditional on clearing any security checks the University deems necessary. Security checks are routinely required for all individuals involved in research activities that include working with sensitive information, working with children and vulnerable adults, working with live animals or with tissues supplied from live animals or working in an environment in which such work is pursued by others, working with dangerous pathogens or in a category 3 containment laboratory or working with some other sensitive technologies. Where necessary the University will ensure that applicants are not disproportionately impacted by the requirement for any security checks by allowing new students to take up places and start appropriate areas of their work prior to a check in other areas being completed.
Further information on How To Apply
Things You'll Need
In order to apply for this course you'll need to think about getting a few things ready before you apply.
- Two academic references
- Transcript
- CV/resume
- Evidence of competence in English
If required - you can check using our tool - Statement of Interest (5000 characters) (mandatory)
- Reasons for Applying (document upload) (mandatory)
- Multiple Proposed Supervisors (200 characters) (mandatory)
For more information on finding a Supervisor (Principal Investigator), see below - School of Clinical Medicine - Widening Participation Questionnaire
Applicants to this course are asked to complete an additional form to provide contextual information about their previous study. Find out more about our use of contextual information here: postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/applying/contextual-data.
Gates Cambridge Scholarships
If you wish to be considered for a Gates Cambridge Scholarship you will also need to provide the following:
See Gates Cambridge for more information.
How to Find a Supervisor
Before making a formal application to the University, applicants should contact individual investigators, whose research is of interest, to discuss potential projects and the availability of funding.
Please note: Only applications supported by a principal investigator at the IMS-MRL will be considered. Applicants must name the proposed Supervisor (principal investigator) on their application form, otherwise the application will be rejected.