Cardiovascular Medicine & Sciences MRes, MPhil/PhD, option of joint PhD with the University of Göttingen at Kings College London

Overview

 The School of Cardiovascular Medicine & Sciences pursues internationally leading research programmes that address the fundamental mechanisms underlying normal and abnormal cardiovascular function, and drives translation of strong basic science into advances in clinical practice.

• REF2014: Ranked first in the United Kingdom for Clinical Medicine, in terms of the proportion of our overall submission that was ranked 4* or 3* (Unit of Assessment 1 – Clinical Medicine).

• Research income: £32m including substantial funding from the MRC, BBSRC, BHF, Wellcome Trust, EU and other organisations

• Current number of staff: 47 principal investigators and PhD supervisors

• Current number of research students: 95 between PhD, MDRes and MRes

• Recent publications: See our School website https://www.kcl.ac.uk/scms

• Current research projects: See our School website https://www.kcl.ac.uk/scms

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Description

The School of Cardiovascular Medicine & Sciences offers a wide range of clinical and non-clinical postgraduate training opportunities:

·BHF MRes/PhD programme, duration 4 years*

·BHF Centre PhD with Göttingen Heart Centre, duration 3 years*

·Clinicians (PhD/MDRes), duration variable (Part-time available)

·PhD in Cardiovascular Sciences, duration 3 years (Part-time available)

·Interdisciplinary PhD, duration 3 years*

*BHF funded programmes are subject to annual BHF funding and call for applications.

Course study environment

Students work alongside staff researchers and are supervised by two members of academic staff. Each student has a dedicated Thesis Progression Committee that monitors students' progress and gives advice and support.

Postgraduate training

KCL offers a large number of training and skills development opportunities. Participation in the annual Postgraduate Research Symposium is compulsory for all students and provides an opportunity to improve science communication and presentation skills. Opportunities are available for postgraduate students to present their work at national and international scientific meetings. Our postgraduate students also have the opportunity to assist with teaching of undergraduates as demonstrators in practical classes or by leading tutorials.