Academic Requirements


Applications are welcomed from candidates with a strong interest in quantitative genetics and genomics who have a first degree in either:

Biological or Biomedical Sciences, Medicine, Agriculture or Animal Sciences, and who can show evidence of quantitative skills

or

Mathematics, Statistics or Physics, and who are intending to transfer into the biological sciences.

The minimum entry requirement is a 2.2 Honours degree or equivalent and the majority of students accepted on the course have at least a 2.1 or other additional experience.

Evidence of proficiency in English must be provided by non-native English speakers. Details of the English language qualifications that are currently accepted by the University fo Edinburgh can be found here.