Close icon

Personalise what you see on this page.

Choose from the options below. We'll show you information based on your current location as default.

I'M FROM

  • United States
Please select so we can show the most relevant content.

LIVING IN

  • United States
Please select so we can show the most relevant content.

LOOKING FOR

  • Postgraduate courses
Please select so we can show the most relevant content.
Viewing as a student from United States living in United States interested in Postgraduate courses

Cancer (Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre) PhD

The University of Edinburgh

Add to favourites

Course options

  • Qualification

    PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy

  • Location

    Main Campus

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    01-OCT-26

  • Duration

    3 Years

Course summary

The Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre strives to take a comprehensive approach to cancer research with themes including brain, colorectal, gynaecological, hepatobiliary, mesothelioma, pancreatic and others, combining both laboratory-based research, clinical approaches and analytical.Overall the centre accepts self-funded students, a number of students from other funded programs and there are several highly competitive fully-funded PhD studentships awarded from the CRUK Scotland Centre for both non-clinical and clinical researchers/medical students. MScRs are generally for 1 year and PhDs are generally for 3 years, although some programs are funded for longer due to extra training associated with these programs.

Explore universities

Discover more universities.

Tuition fees

Students living in United States
(International fees)

£ 34,800per year

Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.

University information

The University of Edinburgh

  • University League Table

    19th

  • Campus address

    Main Campus, Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9YL, United Kingdom

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    4th out of 91 2

  • Entry standards

    / Max 212
    178 84%

    6th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    88.0 88%

    7th

    1
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 5
    3.28 82%

    29th

    30

Suggested courses

Heriot-Watt University
NEARBY

PhD Intercultural Research

Heriot-Watt University

University league table

University of Birmingham
SIMILAR RANKING

MRes Biomedical Research

University of Birmingham

Education league table

8
University of Hertfordshire
MOST VIEWED

Masters by Research Education

University of Hertfordshire

University league table

70

Is this page useful?

Yes No

Sorry about that...

HOW CAN WE IMPROVE IT?

SUBMIT

Thanks for your feedback!