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Centre for Doctoral Training in Healthcare Innovation

Research programmes

DPhil in the Centre for Doctoral Training in Healthcare Innovation

Course Code | 002465

Students undertake a four-year training programme. The first year is devoted to acquiring the essential theoretical and technical skills from the physical sciences, and background knowledge in the life sciences. In addition students will complete a short hospital internship, one 4-week market research project and one 12-week short research project.

Students then transfer into their main research group for their DPhil studies. Students will complete their main research project in one of the three research areas of the CDT:

Information-driven healthcare
Cancer therapeutics and delivery
Modelling for personalised healthcare

How to Apply

Applications are not yet open for this programme.

The University has applied for studentships for this programme from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).

The University expects to hear in December 2013 if it has been awarded studentships. Please see this page at that time for information on how to apply.

The standard set of materials you should send with any application to a research course comprises:

A research proposal,
CV/résumé,
Three (3) academic references, and
Official transcripts detailing your university-level qualifications and marks to date.

Please follow the detailed instructions in the Application Guide, and consult the CDT in Healthcare Innovation website for any additional guidance.

Academic resources

The CDT has its own dedicated teaching space within the Institute of Biomedical Engineering - the 'CDT Training Room'.

In addition, the CDT draws upon expertise and resources from the Institute of Biomedical Engineering and the Department of Engineering Science.

Academic staff profiles

Information on academic staff profiles

Graduate destinations

This is the fourth year of the CDT in Healthcare Innovation therefore there are no graduates from the programme at present; the first cohort of students will graduate in September 2013.

However graduates will have the skills and knowledge to pursue careers in academic or industrial biomedical research.