Program Overview

Clinical Research Delivery MSc/PGDip/PGCert

Key Information

• Course type: Single honours
• Delivery mode: Online
• Study mode: Distance Learning
• Duration: PG Cert one year part-time, PG Dip two years part-time, MSc three years part-time
• Credit value (UK/ECTS equivalent): UK 180/ECTS 90
• Application status: Open
• Start date: September 2025

Course Description

The online Clinical Research Delivery MSc is a multi-disciplinary course aimed at experienced healthcare practitioners from any healthcare profession who wish to develop the research networks, capabilities, and confidence needed to lead and support clinical research delivery. The Clinical Research Delivery course focuses on the practical elements of clinical research for those who wish to develop the skills and confidence needed to lead and support clinical research delivery.

Key Benefits

• You will be studying at the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care, a world-leading centre for applied and allied healthcare, clinical research and education, with an exceptional research profile
• The course is delivered part-time and online, with support from your employer, this can fit around your work schedule
• Course material is developed and delivered by experienced multi-disciplinary researchers on contemporary issues in the conduct and utilisation of health, clinical and social care research
• You will undertake a practical research experience during your studies to give you direct experience of the capabilities you will need to lead clinical research in everyday clinical settings
• Benefit from our links with the King’s Health Partners (KHP) academic health sciences centre
• You will be studying at the #1 nursing faculty in the world (2025 QS World University Rankings)

Entry Requirements

UK Applicants

• Standard requirements: A minimum 2:1 undergraduate Bachelor’s (honours) degree
• Programme-Specific Requirements: This course is aimed at experienced healthcare practitioners. Applicants may be from any UK-registered healthcare discipline, such as nursing, midwifery, medicine, pharmacy, and the allied health care professions (including healthcare scientists), or have worked in a relevant role with equivalent experience of clinical research for at least two years (e.g. clinical trials manager, clinical research practitioners, university postdoctoral researcher)
• All applicants must be:
  • Currently domiciled in the UK
  • Employed by a UK healthcare provider organisation during their studies
  • Able to nominate an experienced healthcare researcher to supervise their development of the research capabilities that form part of the Clinician Researcher Credentials Framework
  • Have the support of their employer to be studying alongside their employment, including the requirement to be released for ca. 600 hours of study time (equivalent to two days per week) during each academic year of their studies

International Applicants

• Equivalent International qualifications: Select a country
• English language requirements: English language band: D

Teaching and Structure

• Teaching methods: Online Learning - Distance Learning
• Assessment: Course Work, Dissertation
• Structure:
  • Required modules:
    • Research Practice Experience 1 (15 credits)
    • Issues in the Conduct of Health Care Research (15 credits)
    • Evidence and Research as the Basis of Care (30 credits)
    • Research Practice Experience 2 (30 credits)
    • Dissertation (60 Credits)
  • Optional modules:
    • Health Economics (15 credits)
    • Clinical leadership (15 credits)
    • Social Research Methods for Public Health (15 credits)
    • Introduction to Clinical Trials (15 credits)

Careers

• Graduates from this course can go on to develop a research or a clinical-academic career or move into a senior leadership role

Fees and Funding

• Tuition Fees:
  • UK: Part-time: Distance learning: MSc 2025/6 – £4,500 per year (three years); PG Dip – £4,500 per year (two years); PGCert – £4,500 per year (one year)
  • International: Part-time: Distance learning: MSc 2025/6 – £4,500 per year (three years); PG Dip – £4,500 per year (two years); PGCert – £4,500 per year (one year)
• Deposit: This is no deposit required
• Bursary Funding:
  • Mental Health Mission Scholarship
  • NIHR Credentials Framework Bursary Funding
• Funding: To find out more about bursaries, scholarships, grants, tuition fees, living expenses, student loans, and other financial help available at King's please visit the Fees and Funding section.