The MD Degree - on a par academically with the PhD - is aimed at medically qualified clinicians working in Cambridge who hold suitable research appointments within Cambridge University Health Partners (i.e. the University of Cambridge, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, and Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust).

Research projects, allied to the area in which the candidate is currently employed, can be undertaken across the whole spectrum of medical science from basic biology to clinical therapies. All applicants must be employed by CUHP at the time of their application and have sufficient dedicated research time (full- or part-time) to complete the proposed research.

Applicants are asked to submit a detailed research proposal with their application. If accepted, a University supervisor will be appointed and the candidate will be expected to work on the project part-time (usually  alongside their clinical commitments within CUHP), and to submit within a maximum of six years. Like the PhD, the work is examined by dissertation and viva. As registered part-time students of the University, MD candidates will have access to a wide range of library and computing facilities, as well as social and pastoral resources in their Colleges.

MD students will be allocated a University supervisor who will oversee their project and provide termly progress reports as well as regular advice and guidance.

Feedback

Students receive termly progress reports from their supervisor via the online supervisor reporting system.

Assessment

Thesis

The MD is assessed by dissertation and viva. The requirements for the dissertation follow those for the PhD: maximum of 60,000 words.

• Magistr (Master's Degree) at Pass level. Diploma Specialista (completed post-1991) with a minimum overall grade of good or 4/5 Bachelor's from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and other prestigious institutions with an overall grade of 4/5 Bologna Bachelor's from other institutions with an overall grade of 5/5, Excellent
• Diploma Specialista (completed post-1991) with a minimum overall grade of Excellent or 5/5 Bachelor's from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and other prestigious institutions with an overall grade of 5/5
• IELTS (Academic) 7.0
• TOEFL Internet Score 100
• £50 application fee
• First Academic Reference
• Second Academic Reference
• Transcript
• CV/Resumé
• Research Proposal 
• Employment Contract. The Employment Contract must be for current salaried employment within Cambridge University Health Partners and demonstrate that a minimum of 2 years' full-time research (or part-time equivalent) has been set aside for the MD project.
• Personal Reference

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