Applicants for this course should have achieved a UK II.i Honours Degree.
This one year research degree will provide training and experience in a specific Epidemiology or Public Health research project. In addition students will be given training in generic Epidemiology or Public Health research skills as well as core transferable skills.
Applicants for this course should have achieved a UK II.i Honours Degree.
The MPhil is exclusively research-based and the dissertation must be submitted within one year. The research area and supervisor will be confirmed during the application process.
Applicants for this course should have achieved a UK II.i Honours Degree.
The MPhil course is designed to produce graduates with rigorous research and analytical skills, who are exceptionally well-equipped to go onto doctoral study, post-graduate research, or employment in industry and the public service.The course aims to provide:a period of sustained in-depth study of a specific topic;an environment that encourages the student's originality and creativity in their research;skills to enable the student to critically examine the background literature relevant to their specific research area;the opportunity to develop skills in making and testing hypotheses, in developing new theories, and in planning and conducting experiments;the opportunity to expand the student's knowledge of their research area, including its theoretical foundations and the specific techniques used to study it;the opportunity to gain knowledge of the broader field of cancer research;an environment in which to develop skills in written work, oral presentation and publishing the results of their research in high-profile scientific journals, through constructive feedback of written work and oral presentations.
Applicants for this course should have achieved a UK II.i Honours Degree.
The Department of Psychiatry is an internationally leading centre forresearch and teaching in psychiatry, with particular focus on the determinants of mental health conditions, their treatments and the promotion of mental health through innovative translational research. The Department'ssenior staffsupport severalresearch groups, covering various aspects of mental health and disorder throughout the life course.
Applicants for this course should have achieved a UK High II.i Honours Degree.
The MPhil in Radiology is entirely research-based with students undertaking a project in one of the active research themes in the Department, currently: MRI, Hyperpolarised MRI, PET, Imaging in Oncology, Breast Imaging and Neuroradiology. The MPhil degree is examined by research dissertation (up to a maximum of 20,000 words) and oral examination.The University Department of Radiology is fully integrated into Addenbrooke's Hospital and students will work with both University and NHS specialists in their research area. Being able to work well as part of a team is essential, but students must also be self-motivated.
Applicants for this course should have achieved a UK II.i Honours Degree.
One year of supervised laboratory-based research examined by thesis and oral. This is not a taught course. Applicants are typically science graduates and clinically qualified doctors undertaking scientific training. Research is in the areas of clinical transplantation, transplant immunology and orthopaedic research and covers basic biology through to clinical therapies. Specific research training relevant to your own project is provided in the laboratory in which you work.Further training is provided within the Addenbrooke's campus and elsewhere in the University and includes graduate workshops on research techniques, research seminars, and graduate student education seminars on generic subjects such as intellectual property rights, statistics, bioinformatics, communication skills, writing a thesis or paper, entrepreneurship, etc.
Applicants for this course should have achieved a UK II.i Honours Degree.
Doctoral studies are carried out by science graduates, medical students combining clinical training with the PhD, and clinically qualified doctors undertaking scientific training. Research covers the whole spectrum of medical science from basic biology to clinical therapies.Along with the specific research training provided in the laboratory in which they work, students receive further training within the department in the form of graduate workshops concentrating on research techniques, research seminars both on the Addenbrooke's site and elsewhere in the University, and graduate student seminars dealing with generic skills such as intellectual property rights, writing a thesis or paper, and entrepreneurship.Candidates wishing to take a shorter course of research and write a dissertation for the Masters after one year may apply for the MPhil in Medical Sciences.
Applicants for this course should have achieved a UK Masters (Merit).
The principal educational aim of the three-year PhD programme is to assist each student to acquire the research techniques, skills and knowledge that will enable them to make an original and significant contribution to scholarship, research or artistic practice in the discipline that is the focus of each individual's dissertation. Given the focus of the programme on individual research excellence, it is necessarily tailored to the research interests of the student and the expertise of their supervisor.
Applicants for this course should have achieved a UK II.i Honours Degree.
The Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology has two broad areas of research activity. The first covers the use of large population databases to identify key predictive features associated with human pregnancy. Research is also focused on perinatal control of maternal and fetal smooth muscle contractility, clinical research interest in predicting pregnancy complications such as intra-uterine growth restriction, preterm labour and perinatal death.The second major area focuses on the cellular and molecular aspects of the growth of the placenta and its interaction with the endometrium.
Applicants for this course should have achieved a UK II.i Honours Degree.
The PhD course is designed to produce graduates with rigorous research and analytical skills, who are exceptionally well-equipped to go onto doctoral research, or employment in industry and the public service.The PhD course provides:a period of sustained in-depth study of a specific topic;an environment that encourages the student's originality and creativity in their research;skills to enable the student to critically examine the background literature relevant to their specific research area;the opportunity to develop skills in making and testing hypotheses, in developing new theories, and in planning and conducting experiments;the opportunity to expand the student's knowledge of their research area, including its theoretical foundations and the specific techniques used to study it;the opportunity to gain knowledge of the broader field of cancer research;an environment in which to develop skills in written work, oral presentation and publishing the results of their research in high-profile scientific journals, through constructive feedback of written work and oral presentations.