If youre a qualified doctor who wishes to pursue a career in Clinical Surgery, this Professional Doctorate programme is for you. This innovative programme offers specialised pathways, flexible learning and high-quality hands-on placements with our partner NHS Trusts and hospitals to support you to gain the clinical, academic and research skills to fast-track your career.

Combine academic study, doctoral level research and clinical placements to give you a comprehensive training programme.

Undertake 12-month placements within a UK NHS clinical setting to gain practical experience in a relevant general or specialist environment.

If youre a doctor with at least 3 years practice in a clinical role and have a special interest in clinical surgery or want to become a clinical academic, this course if for you. The Professional Doctorate in Clinical Surgery provides you with an integrated training programme with flexible study options so you can tailor your learning experience and gain high-level research expertise alongside your clinical training.

You will develop a foundation in the core knowledge and skills required to underpin high level clinical practice in the 21st century. This degree integrates clinical skills training with doctoral level research. Experienced clinical and academic staff will expose you to comprehensive, contemporary, and novel knowledge in medicine at a specialist level and provide advanced training in healthcare skills such as audit, service evaluation, quality improvement and clinical research, as well as clinical expertise and skills in speciality fields.

Career paths

This Clinical Doctorate in Surgery DClin(Surg) programme will provide you with an excellent preparation for your career development as a doctor in the UK or elsewhere. During the programme, you will work towards full GMC registration (with licence to practise to work in unsupervised medical practice in the UK) before your placement year, which would enable you to work as a doctor in the UK.

Your clinical placement at our partner NHS organisation will provide you with practical experience and clinical skills in a relevant general or specialist (or subspecialist) setting. The taught modules and dissertation will develop strong core knowledge and research skills that will enhance your opportunities to work in academia and in practice. Application deadline for September 2025 start is 28th March 2025, Application Deadline for January 2025 start- Deadline for postgraduate Overseas applications: Deadline for programmes within the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry is Monday 16th December. Deadline for postgraduate Home and Distance Learning applications: Deadline for programmes within the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry is Thursday 9th January.