When you study a pathology research degree at the UCL Cancer Institute, you join a supportive and intellectually rigorous environment to develop your research skills, subject knowledge, and critical review abilities. Our excellent facilities, supervision and training opportunities prepare you for careers in academia, industry, business, biomedicine, and healthcare. Pathology is one five research departments within the Cancer Institute. It covers research areas such the genetics and cell biology of sarcoma, thoracic and molecular pathology, computational cancer biology, hematopathology, gynaecologic pathology, digital pathology and gastrointestinal pathology.You will develop your research hypothesis with your supervisors and work as part of their research team. You will be supported by a supervisory team including your principal supervisor, plus a thesis committee.Your studies will benefit from two further specialist facilities. Our Pathology Core Facility offers a wide range of tissue-based and molecular services for UCL research scientists. We also offer access to pathology software packages to support the processing and analysis of whole genome sequencing data from cancer samples.