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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 £75 application fee. Further information on application fees 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.
Offers made of 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.
This course is part of a scheme within the Postgraduate School of Life Sciences which enables three applications to be made with payment of a single £75 application fee. A list of other eligible courses and further information can be found here.
Selection Process
Applications are considered as they are received (rolling admissions throughout the year, interviews are done in four batches over the year). Applicants who apply by the December funding competition deadline will be reviewed in January and can usually expect to receive a decision in February.
All other applications are then considered on a rolling basis for the remaining terms and candidates are notified of outcomes 2-3 weeks after application deadline and interviews.
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 - Proposed Supervisor (M)
Do you have any potential supervisors in mind? (list all in order of preference)
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
We advise all applicants to try to contact supervisors before applying. Applicants have to have a named supervisor on their application form as we do not assign supervisors. Applicants can still apply to that supervisor if they do not hear back from them as the application is reviewed by supervisor as well as the graduate committee. More information can be found here.