Study PhD/MPhil Biostatistics at University of Manchester in the UK, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

About this course

About this course
- Overview
- Department
Study options
Entry requirements
- International

What will I learn?

Our PhD/MPhil Biostatistics programme enables you to undertake a research project that will improve understanding of Biostatistics. Underpinning all our work in collaborative clinical and healthcare research is a vibrant programme of methodological research. Our main research themes within biostatistics investigate design and analysis of both randomised trials and epidemiological studies. These include inference from large e-health datasets and statistical modelling of high-dimensional genomic/biomarker data and clustered or correlated outcomes.In particular, our research covers:Modern statistical approaches to causal inferenceThe design and analysis of efficient and adaptive randomised controlled trialsMeta-analysisInference from large e-health datasets such as CPRD and the HFEAApplications of complex statistical modelling, including the use of Bayesian methods, to high-dimensional genomic/biomarker data, neuroscience and clustered or correlated outcomes arising in assisted reproduction researchComputationally intensive statistical methodsGenetic epidemiologyPrediction/prognostic modelling

Which department am I in?

Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Study options

Full Time (3 Years)

Tuition fees

£27,000.00 (US$ 34,869) per year

International, including EU, students (per annum): Standard £27,000, Low £29,500, Medium £35,000, High £41,500; to discover a project you’re passionate about and check you meet eligibility criteria.

This is a provisional fee yet to be approved

Start date

September 2026

Venue

Main Campus

Oxford Road,

Manchester,

Greater Manchester,

M13 9PL, Northern England, United Kingdom

Full Time (3 Years)

Tuition fees

£27,000.00 (US$ 34,869) per year

This is a provisional fee yet to be approved

Start date

September 2027

Venue

Main Campus

Oxford Road,

Manchester,

Greater Manchester,

M13 9PL, Northern England, United Kingdom

Entry requirements

For international students

Students need to hold, or be about to obtain, an Upper Second class Honours degree (or overseas equivalent) in a related subject area for entry to a PhD programme. A Lower Second class Honours degree may be considered if applicants also hold a Master's degree with a Merit classification

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.