- Degree awarded
- Master of Science
- Duration
- MSc 1 year full-time
- Entry requirements
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We require a BSc (First or Upper Second) or MBChB or equivalent from a British university ( or overseas equivalent ) in an appropriate biological or medical subject.
This course is also available for intercalating medical students, both from the University of Manchester and other UK universities. For intercalating MBChB students, we require satisfactory achievement in Years 1-3 or 1-4, with normally no failure at any examination, as well as research motivation.
We will consider applicants with other professional (including midwifery) or research-related experience.
We do not require applicants to develop a research proposal or have any research experience.
- How to apply
Please apply via our online application form. See the application and selection section for details of the supporting documents we require.
We recommend that you apply as early as possible. We reserve the right to close applications if the course is full.
Course options
| Full-time | Part-time | Full-time distance learning | Part-time distance learning | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSc | Y | N | N | N |
Course overview
- Develop the skills needed to go into research into pregnancy or related disciplines and solve problems with fertility and childbearing.
- Take part in research work at Europe's largest pregnancy research centre - the Manchester Maternal and Fetal Health Research Centre- at an early stage in your career.
- Contribute to public-domain research output and conduct an in-depth analysis of specific pregnancy research.
- Study at a university ranked 8th in the UK and among the top 40 in the world for Medicine (QS World University Rankings 2022).
Open days
Fees
Fees for entry in 2024 have not yet been set. For reference, the fees for the academic year beginning September 2023 were as follows:
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MSc (full-time)
UK students (per annum): £13,000
International, including EU, students (per annum): £32,000
Further information for EU students can be found on our dedicated EU page.
The fees quoted above will be fully inclusive for the course tuition, administration and computational costs during your studies.
All fees for entry will be subject to yearly review and incremental rises per annum are also likely over the duration of courses lasting more than a year for UK/EU students (fees are typically fixed for International students, for the course duration at the year of entry). For general fees information please visit: postgraduate fees. Always contact the department if you are unsure which fee applies to your qualification award and method of attendance.
Self-funded international applicants for this course will be required to pay a deposit of £1,000 towards their tuition fees or provide a sponsor letter (which we must first confirm), before a confirmation of acceptance for studies (CAS) is issued. This deposit will only be refunded if immigration permission is refused. We will notify you about how and when to make this payment.
Tommy's Bursary
A bursary is available for one MSc student undertaking stillbirth research. This is funded by Tommy's the baby charity (£1000) and will be applied as a fee reduction. It is awarded on the basis of your personal statement and performance at an invited interview.
Policy on additional costs
All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).
Scholarships/sponsorships
Contact details
- School/Faculty
- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health
- Contact name
- Postgraduate Admissions Team
- Telephone
- 0161 529 4577
- pgtaught.medicine@manchester.ac.uk
- Website
- https://www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/medicine/
- School/Faculty
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Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health
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