PhD Precision Medicine at University of Glasgow

Programme overview

Doctoral training programme focused on MRC skills priorities in quantitative skills (mathematics, statistics, computation, digital excellence) applied to data from omics to health records, with interdisciplinary skills including imaging and stratified medicine. It supports research training at the interfaces of biological, clinical, societal and computational systems.

Duration: 3-4 years full-time; 5 years part-time | Location: Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

What you will study

Individual research project tailored to the supervisors' expertise, with mandatory taught elements in statistics, research ethics, innovation and entrepreneurship, health economics, data management and bioinformatics.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Entry requirement is a 2.1 honours degree or equivalent. International applicants from non-English-speaking countries: IELTS Academic 7.0 overall with no subtest below 6.5 (one-skill retake accepted; General Training not accepted); TOEFL iBT 96 overall with Reading, Listening and Speaking 23 and Writing 24 for tests taken up to 20 January 2026, or 98 overall for tests taken from 21 January 2026; PTE Academic (test centre) 70 overall with Reading 62, Listening 62, Speaking 75, Writing 68. Tests must be taken within 2 years 5 months of programme start.

Domestic applicants: GBP 5,238 a year (2026/27). UK annual fee for full-time study at 2026/27; the 2027/28 UK fee is to be confirmed; part-time is half the full-time fee Source

International applicants: GBP 33,708 a year (2027/28). International & EU annual fee for full-time study; part-time is half the full-time fee Source

Intake: September

Duration: 3-4 years full-time; 5 years part-time

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