Overview

Precision Medicine is is a rapidly evolving area of science within the healthcare industry, creating increasing demand for talented graduates with a specific skill set. The Precision Medicine - Genomic Data Science MSc at the University of Leeds has been designed to directly meet the need for those with both biological knowledge and the computational and analytical interest to drive genomic precision medicine.

Key facts

You’ll gain the skills to use large volumes of complex data, encompassing genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, phenotypic data, epidemiology and clinical trial investigations, to improve the understanding of disease mechanisms.

Upon completion, you’ll find you have an excellent chance of moving into the analytical genomics field in industry, the NHS and academia.

You’ll benefit from a research-led education at the forefront of the most innovative data analytics research at Leeds.

The University of Leeds is Top 20 in the UK for Life Sciences and Medicine (QS World University Rankings 2024)

The University of Leeds is now a partner of The Alan Turing Institute, the UK’s prestigious national institute for data science. The partnership is spearheaded by the Leeds Institute for Data Analytics (LIDA).

Research in LIDA sheds new light on health and human behaviour and the action needed to tackle a wide range of medical, social and environmental problems.

LIDA is supported by national programmes such as the MRC’s Medical Bioinformatics scheme.

Leeds has recently been the recipient of huge investments from funding councils across the UK, such as the recent £10 million investment in artificial intelligence and digital pathology.

Programme Structure

Modules include:

High-Throughput Technologies
Biopharmaceutical Development: Clinical
Analytical Skills in Precision Medicine
Statistical Theory and Methods
Big Data and Rare and Common Disorders
Cancer Drug Development
Statistical Learning

Lecturers

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Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-28 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-31 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2026-09-11 00:00:00 , National

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

88

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64

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Leeds, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Medicine Data Science & Big Data View 727 other Masters in Medicine in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

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88

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64

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General requirements

Applicants should normally have a bachelor’s degree with at least a 2:1 or equivalent in a relevant scientific discipline which would normally be one of the biological sciences or natural sciences. Subject to University regulations, MBChB or BDS students who had completed 3 years of study would be eligible to intercalate.
While the course does not assume any prior knowledge of statistics, we require that students demonstrate their aptitude for statistics from either undergraduate teaching in statistics/mathematics, an A-level (or equivalent) in mathematics or other relevant experience.

Tuition Fees

Living costs

Leeds

United Kingdom

637 - 1103 GBP / month

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