MSc in MEDICAL STATISTICS, University of Leicester NIHR and MRC studentships available
Are you interested in developing a stimulating and rewarding career in Medical Statistics?
The MSc in Medical Statistics at Leicester, UK, offers full-time and part-time study options and is a well-established and successful course based in the Biostatistics and Genetic Epidemiology research groups in the College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology of the University of Leicester.
To reflect the demand for graduates and the high quality of teaching, the course has been awarded 3 MRC and 4 NIHR studentships (to cover fees and provide a full RCUK stipend) for the course starting September 2016. Good UK/EU applicants will be considered for these studentships and other funding opportunities.
The International Office is receiving applications for the President’s Postgraduate Scholarship and College Scholarships for International PGT students (deadline 31st March 2016)
https://le.ac.uk/student-life/postgraduates/fees-funding/scholarships-discounts/presidents-pg-scholarship.
The orientation of the course is applied and vocational; it aims to produce graduates who can immediately work as medical statisticians in research organisations, clinical trials units, the pharmaceutical industry, universities and the NHS or go on to PhDs. Demand for well qualified statisticians in these settings is still strong. There are opportunities on the course to specialise in Genetic Epidemiology or Health Technology Assessment.
Part-time study involves attendance at seven week-long blocks per year over two academic years followed by a six month project.
We are looking for students with a good honours degree of which mathematics/statistics is the main subject though applicants with other backgrounds will be considered.
For more details about the course and the studentships :
- website http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/health-sciences/PG/pgt
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Please do not hesitate to contact us for further details.
Mrs Stephanie Hubbard & Dr Laura Gray
Joint Course Directors
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Stephanie Hubbard
Lecturer in Medical Statistics & Course Director for the MSc in Medical Statistics
Department of Health Sciences,
College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology,
University of Leicester, Centre for Medicine, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
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