Postgraduate study in Biomedical Science

PhD Postgraduate Study at Sheffield We are part of a major international university with an excellent record in training postgraduate students. Our internationally renowned research combines the traditional disciplines of Anatomy and Physiology alongside innovative research programmes in Animal Models of Human Disease, Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine.

We offer a selection of PhD research degrees as well as three taught masters courses. Join us and you'll study at this multi-disciplinary nature of Biomedicine with the opportunity to gain high-level professional training in a world-class research environment. The life-blood of the department is its research and many of our most important publications are based on work by our graduate research students.

In the Research Assessment Exercise for 2008, together with the Departments of Animal and Plant Sciences and Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, we were ranked in third place in the UK for research in Biological Sciences. (Source: Times Higher Education).

Latest: we still have a number of PhD projects available. View our current list of projects.

PhD Research Degrees

We recruit a number of high quality PhD students every year to work on a range of projects linked to our research themes or within our associated research centres. Studentships are offered as standard three or four year PhD programmes, or as a PhD with Integrated Studies, depending on the source of supported funding.

We are able to support UK and EU-based students with funding from the MRC, BBSRC and other charities. We also welcome applications from excellent students of any nationality who have independent funding or who wish to compete for scholarships that they have identified. For further information about funding your study, see our page on Fees and Funding.

Latest PhD Studentships

We usually advertise our PhD opportunities in October for the next academic year (October 2013 for 2014-15 entry). See:

PhD studentship opportunities

MSc postgraduate taught courses

We offer one-year postgraduate masters courses in Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Molecular and Cellular Basis of Human Disease or Integrative Physiology and Pharmacology.

These rapidly expanding areas of biomedical research with their insights into disease mechanisms and exciting therapeutic potential offer excellent employment opportunities for graduates trained in these disciplines.

PhD in Biomedical Science with Integrated Studies

Students with access to appropriate funding may enrol in our PhD with Integrated Studies programme. This unique course route incorporates one of our highly successful MSc courses as the first year. It then goes on to offer an opportunity to pursue a three year PhD in a Biomedical Science research laboratory.

Entry qualifications and fees are similar to the MSc programmes. Progression to the PhD study is contingent on students obtaining a Pass with Merit in the MSc at the end of their first year.

University of the Year

The University of Sheffield was named UK University of the Year in the 2011 Times Higher Education Awards. A prestigious award because we’re a world-class university in a unique city. We are a community true to our civic roots and our straightforward approach informs everything we do, both close to home and around the world.