Overview

The Medical Science (MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit) course from University of Cambridge students design and conduct robust and high quality experiments and then analyse the results of these experiments.

Alternatively, students may apply sophisticated analyses to existing ‘big data’ sets from large cohort studies. In both cases, an important aim is for our students to learn to communicate their findings both in writing and orally to academic or lay audiences. We also aim for the students to be fluent and practiced in open science principles and methodologies.

While there is no "standard" route or model, our experience is that an excellent MPhil results from asking a good question and the expertise of our supervisors in combination with the dedicated enthusiasm of our students.

Career opportunities:

An important outcome is that our postgraduates will develop the research and technical skills required to be able to design and conduct robust, high quality experiments, implement appropriate analyses of results, and learn to communicate findings both in writing and orally.

Another important outcome is for our students to be fluent and practiced in contemporary open science principles and methods. We furthermore endeavour to train our students in a broad range of transferable skills that will help ensure rewarding and successful careers in the profession of their eventual choosing - whether this is in academia, industry, policy, or clinical practice.

Programme Structure

We offer a variety of training opportunities to support our wide range of topics and streams of research.
Each student will follow a personalised approach that takes into account the specific training needs associated with their particular research project, following consultation with their supervisor on arrival. This will include attendance at Unit-wide and other seminars

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months
Part-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-10-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-08 00:00:00

Language

English

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100

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

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General requirements

Applicants for this course should have achieved a UK Good II.i Honours Degree.
To obtain additional information about the programme, we kindly suggest that you visit the programme website, where you can find further details and relevant resources.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

43560 GBP / year

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Citizens or residents

15012 GBP / year

≈ 15012 GBP / year

Additional Details

Part-time:

National - £7,506
International - £21,780

Living costs

Cambridge

United Kingdom

846 - 1465 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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