The PhD at the DTC is a four year programme. Applications are open to students with an undergraduate or masters degree in Life Sciences (biological or medical sciences), Physical Sciences (Physics, Chemistry, etc.), Mathematics or Engineering.

Eligibility for Funding: Applicants should have an undergraduate (upper second class or equivalent) or masters degree in biological, medical or physical sciences, mathematics or engineering.

Studentships are available to applicants from the UK and EU. For international students, partially- and fully-funded studentships may be available.

The DTC is located in the new Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre with state-of-the-art facilities for Systems Biology. It is affiliated with the Manchester Centre for Integrative Systems Biology, one of the six centres of Systems Biology in the UK. It has direct links with relevant industries (AstraZeneca, Unilever, Pfizer etc.) through the placement of two industry members on the Management Board, through actual integration in industry labs and through parts of the course being taught by scientists and directors from industry. The University of Manchester is uniquely positioned to offer a sense of novelty as a result of the merger of two research-intensive Universities: UMIST and the Victoria University of Manchester. The University was voted top graduate employment university in the UK and its Careers Service was also voted as the best among British universities.

Uptake for 2009 is closed. For instructions how to apply for the uptake September 2010, please check again from December 2009.