The Institute is passionate about graduate student training, and one of our core aims is to nurture the next generation of world class genome biologists and clinicians who will make significant contributions to biomedicine. Since there is no other institute in the world where genetic and biological data is produced and analysed in such volumes, the graduate training environment at the Sanger Institute is unique.

Furthermore, the research facilities and resources available are exceptional, even at a global level, and therefore provide graduate students with unprecedented opportunities to develop their skills. These include state-of-the-art facilities for high throughput sequencing and genotyping, informatics and IT, microarray analysis, FACS, microscopy, mass spectrometry and CL2/3 containment. The Institute has two PhD programmes: a 4-year PhD Programme for basic scientists and a 3-year Clinical PhD Programme. One of the unique aspects of our PhD programmes is that they are both open to overseas applicants, and we aim to attract the brightest and best young scientists and clinicians from all around the world.