Course summary

This is a four-year research-based PhD programme based full-time in our Zhejiang University campus in China. The programme is designed to integrate basic research and applied research to further understand human health and disease. The mode of study is supervised research. Individual students are integrated within their supervisor’s research group and participate fully in activities such as journal clubs, group meetings and seminar programmes. You will be expected to complete a piece of original research, directed towards solving important, novel and open questions that contribute to our understanding of human health and disease diagnosis, treatment and prevention. Study in China The Zhejiang University-University of Edinburgh Institute (ZJE Institute) is located on the International Campus of Zhejiang University in Haining, China. This programme will be taught in English by staff from Zhejiang University, the University of Edinburgh and the ZJE Institute. They will be based entirely in Haining, China. ZJE Institute The ZJE Institute provides innovative teaching in Biomedical Sciences, all from our new campus in China.