Careers, courses and training

Illustration of a heart and a pulse monitor

We are passionate about delivering outstanding undergraduate and postgraduate education as well as world-leading research. Our postgraduate courses equip you with the skills you need to pursue a research career by providing opportunities to learn about, and become involved in, exciting new developments in cardiovascular sciences.

Current vacancies

There are currently no vacancies in the Institute. As soon as there are any, they will be listed on this webpage.

Research Fellowships

We welcome new researchers to the University of Birmingham and support our existing researchers to launch their independent careers by applying for Fellowship funding. See this page for the latest opportunities.

Undergraduate courses

Cardiovascular science is a major component of education programmes across the College of Medical and Dental Sciences. Members of the Institute contribute to research-led teaching by delivering lectures, tutorials and laboratory classes, and supervising research projects for students studying medicine, dentistry, medical sciences and pharmacology.  

To find out more about our undergraduate courses, please visit the College of Medical and Dental Sciences

Our postgraduate courses

Biomedical Research: Cardiovascular Sciences MRes

Providing you with an in-depth knowledge of the field and allowing you to gain practical experience working as part of leading research groups in the Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences you will investigate molecular, physiological and pathological processes underlying cardiovascular homeostasis in health and disease.

To find out more go to the MRes page.

To find out more about all of our postgraduate courses, please visit the College of Medical and Dental Sciences.  

PhD studentships

To find out more about PhD studentships and releated postgraduate research degrees, please visit Find a PhD.

Integrated PhD Life Sciences Doctoral Training Programme

This unique programme has been created to train the next generation of leading international scientists and clinicians in all aspects of human life science.

To find out more go to the course page.