MSc Leading Clinical Research Delivery (Online) at University of Exeter

Programme overview

The MSc Leading Clinical Research Delivery at Exeter is one of only three NIHR funded, fully online MSc programmes, developed in line with the NIHR Masters for Research Delivery Leadership (formerly known as Clinician Researcher Credentials Framework). It supports practising clinical professionals aspiring to work in the clinical research delivery workforce. Examine the infrastructures and policies shaping clinical research, learn how to engage with patients, plan projects, manage budgets and gain practical experience by supporting current clinical research projects.

Duration: 2 or 3 years part time distance | Study mode: online (part-time) | Intake: September 2027 | Location: Exeter, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Healthcare is becoming increasingly complex, with clinical work and clinical research requiring unprecedented levels of cooperation between diverse providers and multiple sectors. We will provide you with a strong theoretical foundation covering topics such as research leadership, equality, diversity and inclusion, as well as planning and piloting to ensure study feasibility and optimal delivery. Alongside this, you will consider the practicalities of doing clinical research and ways to improve participant recruitment.

Career pathways

The NHS needs to develop and retain a broad range of clinician researchers, individuals with responsibility for leading or contributing to research locally within their clinical setting, to lead and support high quality clinical research in areas where there is the greatest disease burden. The Leading Clinical Research Delivery programmes provide an alternative route into clinical research for experienced clinicians who are new to clinical research.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Normally a minimum 2.2 Honours degree (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline. Relevant clinical or professional experience (more than two years post-qualification) may be taken into consideration as evidence of equivalency. Applicants will be experienced healthcare professionals from any registered healthcare discipline, such as medicine, nursing, midwifery and the allied health professions (including pharmacists and healthcare scientists), or those who have worked in a relevant role for at least two years (e.g. clinical trials manager, clinical research practitioners, university postdoctoral researcher). The target audience for this programme are clinical researchers based in NHS / public funded healthcare settings in England. We also welcome applicants from academia, social care, the devolved UK nations and countries outside the UK for whom the content is relevant. English language: Profile B2 (international applicants).

Domestic applicants: GBP 6,200 a year (2027/28). UK fees per year: MSc: £6,200pa part-time 2 years, £4,150pa part-time 3 years PGDip: £4,150pa part-time 2 years PGCert: £4,150 Standalone module fees: UK: £1,250 per 15-credit module International fees per year: MSc: £14,600pa part-time 2 years, £9,750 pa Source

International applicants: GBP 14,600 a year (2027/28) Source

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 2 or 3 years part time distance

Apply through the official page: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/masters-degrees/apply/

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