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Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust UCL Institute of Child Health
 

Education and training

Research degrees

General Information

The Institute accepts suitably qualified applicants for registration as research degree students of the University of London through University College London (UCL).

If you are considering registering for a research degree, the avenues open to you are:

  • MRes in Biomedicine (1 year)
  • MD(Res) (minimum 2 years - clinically qualified candidates only)
  • MPhil/PhD (NB. PhD students are required to register initially for a MPhil degree) (minimum 3 years)

For further information on each research degree click on title, or comparison information can be found here.

All MPhil/PhD students are expected to undertake 10 days of generic skills training each year over their three year programme, which is logged and audited electronically. This will include, for example, courses on research design and statistics, ethical and legal issues, presentation skills, thesis production and career planning.

Information about studentships can be found on the UCL scholarships and funding website.