How to apply
As the Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) is a research-only department, our postgraduate research degree students are enrolled in one of the University of Cambridge's teaching departments.
This means that as a postgraduate research degree student, you will be a member of both the Department that you are enrolled in and also SLCU where your research work and supervisor is based. The Departments where our students enrol through include:
- Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
- Department of Biochemistry
- Department of Genetics
- Department of Plant Sciences
- Department of Physics
To apply for a postgraduate research course (PhD or Masters) under a supervisor at the SLCU you will need to:
- Identify a potential supervisor (see the list of potential SLCU supervisors)
- Contact this supervisor to discuss possible projects.
- Discuss with your potential supervisor which Department to apply through (see list of Departments that most of our students are enrolled through at the bottom of this page).
- Check that you meet the prerequisites by checking course details on the central University of Cambridge Postgraduate Admissions Course Directory.
- Submit an online application via the Applicant Portal before the application deadline closes.
A step-by-step guide to the online application process is detailed on the University of Cambridge's Graduate Admissions site.
Teaching Departments to enrol through
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Departments & Courses that most of our postgraduate research degree students are enrolled through |
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Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP) |