Biological and Medical Sciences,MPhil

All students must be able to meet the University’s requirements for a research degree, which is to be able to devote a minimum of 35 hours per week (full-time) or 15 hours per week (part-time) to the programme of research.

The minimum entry requirement for the degree of MPhil, or MPhil with transfer to PhD, is a first-class or upper second-class UK honours degree or equivalent qualification.

The normal entry requirement for a PhD is a Masters degree, or exceptionally a good honours degree/equivalent.

The minimum entry requirement for the degree of MA, MSc and LLM by Research is a lower second-class UK honours degree or equivalent qualification.

Our requirement is IELTS: 6.5-7.0 overall, with a minimum of 6.0 in each component (reading, writing, listening and speaking), depending on the subject. Please note that an IELTS certificate must be current; they are only valid for 2 years from issue. For further information about the test visit the IELTS website. Please note that we are unable to accept TOEFL qualifications.

However, there may be some exceptions. See UK Government visa information for more detail on the information.

Much of our training is aimed at helping you to achieve excellence in your research degree. We'll help you to identify the skills that are appropriate for further employment and explore your career aims.

We are proud of the fact that many of our students go on to postdoctoral research posts. If research is not your long term career aim, we'll support you to identify likely areas of employment and to develop the skills that you'll need.

We also aim to keep strong links with our alumni and support them as their careers develop.