Cookies on this website

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you click 'Accept all cookies', we'll assume that you are happy to receive all cookies and you won't see this message again. If you click 'Reject all non-essential cookies', only necessary cookies providing core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility will be enabled. Click 'Find out more' for information on how to change your cookie settings.

Some undergraduate medical degrees have research components.

Many medical degrees now have research components available through intercalation. There is an excellent overview of these on the NHS Medical Careers website.

Opportunities for conducting research  may also be available as part of your medical degree’s Student Selected Components (SSCs). This provides an excellent opportunity to get an early taste of research.

If you study at Oxford, the Final Honours School element of the BA in Medical Sciences is designed to give you a thorough grounding in, and appreciation of, research and the application of the scientific method. This is sustained through clinical training with two further opportunities to undertake research projects. Check our funding news for information about OUCAGS' Research Elective Bursary rounds.

Formal MBPhD programmes are available in some Medical Schools. In others there may be an opportunity to undertake a DPhil/PhD at some point during your medical degree. This will add time to your medical degree. However, it can be worth it if you have found a research topic that particularly inspires you.

Find out more

Medical Careers website

Medical School at Oxford - website

Where next, after my degree?

If you are interested in academic medicine, consider applying to an Academic Specialised Foundation programme (ASFP).

 

Last reviewed: January 2016