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MSc in Clinical Embryology 

Welcome to the home page of the Oxford MSc in Clinical Embryology. This one-year, residential, taught MSc aims to provide graduates from either a scientific or clinical background with advanced theoretical and practical understanding of human reproductive biology, embryology, infertility and assisted reproductive technology (ART). We place significant emphasis on providing ‘hands-on’ practical training in a range of laboratory techniques associated with scientific research, clinical diagnosis, or ART, including  vitrification, comparative array hybridisation, gamete micromanipulation and infra-red laser biopsy.

Our graduates have secured a range of exciting opportunities across the world. For example, many of our graduates are now studying for higher research degrees (e.g., PhD/DPhil) and pursuing academic or research careers. Others have secured positions as embryologists or work for global fertility companies. Several of our graduates have now begun medical school, either within the UK or overseas. In many cases, our students had already qualified as physicians before they came to Oxford and used our course as a means of specialising in fertility medicine.

The MSc course is based at Winchester House on the Oxford Science Park, with dedicated state-of-the-art teaching and research facilities.

The course, and our teaching staff, has won a variety of teaching excellence awards. In 2016, our Course Director, Dr Kevin Coward, was a finalist in the Royal Society of Biology’s Higher Education Bioscience Teacher of the Year Competition, an award scheme which aims to identify the best teaching talent across the UK.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

APPLY

We are now accepting applications for entry to the MSc in Clinical Embryology course in October 2020. The deadline for applications is Midday UK time on Friday 10th January 2020.


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Best postgraduate teacher award

Best Postgraduate Teacher Award Winner

9 May 2019

MSc in Clinical Embryology Study

Celebrating our 100th graduate from the msc in clinical embryology

Celebrating our 100th graduate

5 January 2017

MSc in Clinical Embryology Study

Celebrating our 100th graduate.

New achievement in biosciences award

New Achievement in Biosciences Award

5 September 2016

MSc in Clinical Embryology Study

This new prize was developed in association with Oxford University Press (OUP).

COURSE TEXTBOOK

The ‘Textbook of Clinical Embryology’ was published in the summer of 2013 and is based upon the structure and content of the Oxford MSc in Clinical Embryology. Chapters were predominantly written by our course lecturers.

The book represents a valuable reference manual and revision aid for those working or studying in the field of clinical embryology. Students registered on the MSc course are provided with a complimentary copy of the textbook to help with their studies.

The ‘Textbook of Clinical Embryology’ was published in the summer of 2013 and is based upon the structure and content of the Oxford MSc in Clinical Embryology. Chapters were predominantly written by our course lecturers. The book represents a valuable reference manual and revision aid for those working or studying in the field of clinical embryology. Students registered on the MSc course are provided with a complimentary copy of the textbook to help with their studies.

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