MPhil in Genomic Medicine
Explore genomic medicine through taught modules, with a research project or a literature review.
Your MPhil guidePRE-COURSE GUIDE · 2026–27
Your start in
genomic medicine.
Prepare for your Cambridge programme. Explore your modules, revisit the fundamentals and find your pre-course reading.
Your route through the programme
Where will you begin?
MRes in Genomic Medicine
Develop your research skills through three core modules and an extended genomic medicine research project.
Your MRes guideFamiliar modules. New names.
If you expected to see Bioinformatics and Advanced Bioinformatics, both are still here under revised names. Each module retains its own content. See the old and new names →
Make yourself ready
A little preparation goes a long way.
Revisit the fundamentals
Genes, chromosomes, inheritance and guided genome-browser activities.
Explore this guide →Refresh your statistics
Probability, effects and uncertainty, with worked examples.
Explore this guide →Follow genomic data
Understand reads, alignments, variants and quality.
Explore this guide →Read a paper actively
Practise identifying the question, evidence and limitations.
Explore this guide →Prepare for research
Turn an interest into a feasible question and keep a reproducible record.
Explore this guide →Check the practicalities
Accounts, course materials, equipment and support.
Explore this guide →Before you arrive
Start with the essentials.
Students join us from a wide range of backgrounds. Use the suggested preparation pathway to choose a manageable starting point, then explore the first-module reading. The public exercises are for practice and do not collect your answers.
The first teaching module runs 12–16 October 2026. Please use your programme handbook for the full timetable and course requirements.