Clinical Health Research

Learn how to design and conduct projects that bring about improvements in care with the support of experienced researchers. If you like to question what you see and wonder how we can improve outcomes, working conditions, or education, then this MRes is for you.

This dynamic course offers cutting-edge clinical research training. Whether you want to integrate research into your current role or embark on a thrilling journey towards a research-focused career, this programme has you covered. You'll collaborate with experienced researchers, master advanced research methods, and use them to tackle your own exciting research question.

This Clinical Health Research MRes programme supports the National Institute for Health and Care Research's mission of integrating research into health and care, enhancing patient access to clinical studies and better treatment options.

You'll master quantitative and qualitative research skills through core modules, with the chance to explore topics like mixed methods and statistics in optional modules. Plus, you'll complete a supervised thesis to put your knowledge into practice.

You’ll also gain valuable research and project management skills for clinical projects. Whether you're driven to answer clinical questions, improve health outcomes, or advance your research career, our programme will equip you with practical skills and an understanding of good clinical practice essential for success.

• Work directly with esteemed researchers on well-established projects.
• We passionately champion research in palliative and end-of-life care across all age groups and healthcare environments.
• Additionally, we’re interested in projects related to organisation and delivery of healthcare services and risk, abuse and violence.
• We have a global reputation for our world-leading research and teaching.

Birmingham is ranked 15th for Nursing and 19th for Medicine in the Complete University Guide (2024). 74th for Clinical & Health in the Times Higher Education (2024). 59th in the world for Life Sciences and Medicine by QS World Rankings (2025). 65th for Clinical Medicine in US News rankings (2023). 51st – 75th for Clinical Medicine in the Shanghai rankings (2023).

Why are these rankings so important? The higher we place, the more your reputation and development will benefit.