Training and assessments

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Training

MultiSci reflects Imperial College’s drive to constantly improve our positive research culture, with a structure that puts our students at the centre, providing supportive, embedded cohort mentorship, innovative career development tools developed for this programme and training, at both wider research and transferable skills levels. A key feature of the programme is the focus on our new White City Campus to enable industry interactions, outreach and global networking.

Programmes integrated into MultiSci for our student cohort include:
 

Attributes and Aspirations

AA is an interactive, practical, flexible online short course that supports you in planning your professional future, and develop key skills that will help with your master's study that you’ll be able to use through to your PhD.

Chemical Kitchen

Teaches laboratory skills and the scientific method through the parallel discipline of gastronomy and its transformation into a home-based program, using planning, creativity, safe working, precision, dexterity, making and recording observations, and the application of knowledge.

Adapt to Postgrad

ATP is an online, non-credit bearing short course designed to support you in your transition to Master’s study at Imperial College London.

Imperial Festival

The Festival is a collaboration between cultural and research institutions based in and around Exhibition Road in South Kensington, including Imperial College London, the Natural History Museum, the Science Museum, the V&A and the Royal Albert Hall.

 

STRATiGARD

STRATiGRAD is an innovative PhD program that addresses the need to produce a new generation of scientists to work at the interface of disciplines that collectively drive new discoveries at the systems level.

Residential retreats

Opportunities to discuss topics such as “Understanding the Academic-Industry Interface” and “Science Policy”

MultiSci Cohort training

Cohort-specific training for MultiSci studentship holders, bringing together key skills and expertise targeted to enhancing our student experience.

Annual DTP Colloquium

Attendees meet and discuss their work with fellow MRC funded students from across the College.

Plus a global networking day, business plan pitches, and a cross-institution DTP career talks series
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Assessments

Formal assessments throughout the programme include:

 

MRes Biomedical Research

  • Lab/ Computational Project dissertation and poster presentation
  • Lab/ Computational Project dissertation and oral presentation
  • AA Reflection
  • Masters Viva Voca

PhD year 1

Early Stage Assessment

PhD year 2

PhD Late Stage Report

  

PhD year 3

Enter Writing-up

Writing up and post-study activity

Thesis submission with DTP Training Outcomes statement
Viva Voce
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