About the programme

The guiding principles of our programme are to provide students with the opportunity to work with world class research scientists, and to mentor them through their PhD to postdoctoral fellowships and other career opportunities. Our programme is designed to provide rich and interdisciplinary training in research aimed at improving human health, from fundamental lab-based science to population health.

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Research themes

Research

All students are admitted to one of the 4 themes. DTP students are part of a four-year programme that includes an initial ‘rotation’ year. Other students are part of a three-year programme that does not include the initial rotations.

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People

People

Supervisors on the UCL Birkbeck MRC DTP span several UCL faculties including Life Sciences, Brain Sciences, Medical Sciences and Population and Health Sciences.

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Training

Training

The UCL Birkbeck MRC DTP offers high quality training to all DTP and iCASE students

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iCASE

Case Studentship

Industrial CASE PhDs are projects run in collaboration with an industrial partner. The student applies to a specified project which has been created between an academic and industry partner.

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Applications open in October 2024!!

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UCL Birkbeck MRC DTP student Krisztina Jedlov...

Expected volatility and belief updating in paranoia: A reinforcement learning ap...

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Congratulations to our MRC-DTP student Connar Mawer for being short-listed for a...

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UCL Birkbeck MRC DTP student Antonia Jordan-B...

UCL Birkbeck MRC DTP student Antonia Jordan-Barros gave an interview targeted at...

Publications

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UCL Birkbeck MRC DTP student Antonia Jordan-B...

Neuroadaptive Bayesian optimisation to study individual differences in infants’ ...

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UCL Birkbeck MRC DTP student Francesca Bentiv...

The relationship between mental health and risky decision-making in children and...

Nature neuroscience

UCL Birkbeck MRC DTP student Grace Revill pub...

Cognitive control training with domain-general response inhibition does not chan...

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UCL Birkbeck MRC DTP student Tosan Okpako pu...

Developing content for a virtual reality scenario that motivates quit attempts i...

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Q&A Forum

Q&A Forum

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How to Apply

How to apply

Find out more about the different routes to entry and our eligibility criteria

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