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« Back to FAQsEntry requirements for the course can be found on the Graduate Admissions course page: MSc in Clinical Embryology | University of Oxford. For specific queries onIf you are unsure of how your undergraduate degree score compares with the UK system, please contact the Course Administrator.
Compulsory. If you your degree is not of an appropriate standard, then it is impossible for us to offer you a place on our course. For further information please refer to the course graduate admissions page for full entry requirements:
https://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/graduate/courses/msc-clinical-embryology
Please contact the Course Administrator. We have databases that allow us to compare degrees from around the world to the grading system used within the UK, the University’s International Qualifications page can be found here.
Yes you can. However, if we offer you a place on the course, then it will be on the condition that you provide us with confirmation of a degree result of an appropriate standard by a specified date. If you fail to do this, then the offer will be revoked.
Yes. English language qualifications must have been obtained within two years of the start date of your course. If your qualifications are more than two years old, you need to re-take them.
English is the language of instruction for all courses offered at Oxford and it is mandatory that all theses or examination papers are written in English, except in a small minority of cases where University regulations permit otherwise. The University has approved both a standard and a higher level of required ability in English. For all taught courses the higher level is mandatory. For research courses, the appropriate level is indicated on the individual course page.
Yes you can. You do not need to submit an English language test result before submitting your application. Any offer of a place will be conditional on your supplying your English language test results at the required level. More information can be found here.
If your first language is not English, or if your first language is English but you are not a national of the UK, Ireland or a majority English-speaking country recognised by UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI), you must supply suitable evidence that you have reached the relevant higher or standard level.
Please check your eligibility for University grants and fellowships available to students wishing to study at Oxford. Read further details.
Yes, our students have been very successful in obtaining funding from the following highly prestigious schemes: Rhodes Foundation, Clarendon Fund, Wiedenfeld Leadership Foundation, Hill Foundation, FROST Scholarship and Felix Scholarship Scheme. Part funding has also been obtained from the Santander Graduate Award Scheme.
No. The MSc course is a one year residential course and requires registered students to be resident in Oxford for the duration of the course.
No. If you wanted a career as a clinical embryologist, you would then need to apply for a post at an IVF clinic for further training and to obtain an appropriate license to practice.
IVF treatment is a very emotive and traumatic experience for patients. You will be allowed to attend patient consultations with a Senior Clinician as long as the patients have provided appropriate consent. However, you will not be allowed to treat patients yourself.
Yes. You will spend at least one full day in the IVF unit as an observer. In addition, you will spend time shadowing a senior medical doctor in his/her daily duties.
Please refer to the students where are they now? section of this website for the latest whereabouts of our graduates.
We aim to allow you to study a project of your choice. Consequently, you will be given a list of project titles to choose from. Previous projects have concerned various aspects of pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, the role of the sperm at egg activation, sperm DNA fragmentation, ovarian physiology and the role of the oocyte in infertility, implantation, reproductive immunology, 3-dimensional embryo modelling, the role of cytoplasmic movements in the egg at fertilization, the use of harmonic generation microscopy in evaluating embryo quality, endometriosis, and the effects of routine ART procedures upon sperm physiology.
You can apply using any of our deadlines but note that the later you leave your application, the less places we will have available on the course. We would encourage you to apply to the early December deadline if at all possible as this will allow you plenty of time to organise college places, accommodation and Visas (if required).
Once the application deadline has closed, your documents are passed to our selection committee which compiles a 'short-list' of candidates to interview. The short-list is normally compiled within one - two weeks of the deadline. We will contact short-listed candidates within this time-frame. We interview ALL short-listed candidates, either in person, or by video-conference (Skype). The interview lasts approximately 30 minutes and is conducted by a panel of departmental staff.
The Department of Health is currently modernising scientific careers within the health industry in the UK. The details are still being finalised and therefore the impact on careers in embryology within the UK (in both the private and public sectors) remains unclear. However, it is important to note that in order for candidates to pursue embryology accreditation in the UK, irrespective of the training format adopted in future, they must first secure an appropriate position within an IVF unit. We strongly believe that the Oxford MSc in Clinical Embryology provides students with the appropriate training and experience to be highly competitive within the IVF sector, irrespective of potential changes to recruitment and training in NHS-funded units.