Postgraduate training

If you have an undergraduate degree in a relevant subject, or you’re about to finish one, you can apply for our postgraduate training in biomedical science, population health or humanities and social science.

During postgraduate training 

During a Master’s or a PhD, you’ll work on a project of your own that’s formally supervised.

You will gain:

  • in-depth expertise and knowledge in your area of research
  • research-related transferable skills, such as data analysis, experimental design and good research practice.

Qualifications, skills and experience you'll need 

To get funding for postgraduate training (ie a Master's or PhD course), you should usually have at least a 2:1 undergraduate degree (or equivalent). 

You can start postgraduate training immediately after completing an undergraduate degree, or at any other time in your career.

Select a scheme below to find out about the skills and experience you'll need.

Researcher stories 

Read about the career journeys of some of our researchers.

Our funding  

After postgraduate training 

If you want a career in research, there are a number of possible options, including:

  • postdoctoral researcher on someone else’s grant
  • postdoctoral researcher on your own fellowship
  • researcher in industry
  • policy officer in an organisation eg a think tank, civil service, charity, university
  • lecturer or another academic post.

If you decide not to pursue a career in research, you'll have transferable skills that you can use in many careers outside of research, eg in industry or teaching.

Or you can move between research roles and jobs outside of research at different stages of your career. 

If you want a clinical academic career, you can combine your clinical commitments with academic research throughout your career.

Find out more about the next stage in a research career: postdoctoral research.

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