How to Apply

APPLICATIONS TO THIS COURSE FOR THE 2025/26 ACADEMIC YEAR are now closed

To be considered for scholarship funding your completed application must be received by the deadline of midday on December 3rd 2024.  Applications received after this date will not be eligible for funding.

Applications to study are made through the Graduate Admissions webpage. This page also contains full details on entry requirements. You can refer to the Application Guide on the central graduate admissions webpages for details to help you through the application process. 

A fee of £75 is required prior to uploading your complete application. In some circumstances, an application fee can be waived.

Please refer to our individual course pages to check the admissions status of each course.

Please check our Application FAQs for further information. 

Entry Requirements

Full details of the entry requirements are listed here.

Applicants should hold, or be predicted to achieve, a first-class or strong upper-second-class undergraduate degree with honours in a biological or medical subject.

Professional experience will be accepted as a substitute for a relevant undergraduate degree where an equivalent level of understanding and expertise can be demonstrated. You should have some practical exposure to omics, clinical genetics or similar topics, usually via employment in a hospital, medical science-based company or research establishment/ facility.

As the course is primarily delivered online, you will need to have good IT skills and be familiar with communicating online with adequate internet provision and audio-visual equipment to engage fully with the course.

The application form

Full details on how to apply are listed on the Graduate Admissions website.

How places are awarded

Our graduate admissions round is highly competitive. Places are awarded on the basis of academic excellence and performance at interview.