What are the STP specialties?

Find out what subjects are available under the Scientist Training Programme.

nhs/inset-text
Information:

The specialties change each year based on demand from NHS departments. You will need to check whether the subject you are interested in has posts available to apply to, as not all specialties are recruited to each year.

text
Life Sciences Andrology
Cancer Genomics
Clinical Biochemistry
Clinical Immunology
Clinical Microbiology
Embryology
Genomics
Genomic Counselling
Haematology and Transfusion Science
Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics
Histopathology
Informatics Clinical Bioinformatics Genomics
Clinical Informatics
Clinical Scientific Computing
Physical Sciences Clinical Engineering
Medical Physics (imaging with non-ionising radiation, radiation safety and diagnostic radiology, radiotherapy physics, nuclear medicine)
Pharmaceutical Science
Reconstructive Science
Physiological Sciences Audiology
Cardiac Science
Critical Care Science
Gastrointestinal Physiology
Neurophysiology
Ophthalmic and Vision Science
Respiratory and Sleep Science
Urodynamic Science
Vascular Science
resources

Healthcare science specialties explained

We have more information about each of the specialties in our ‘Healthcare science specialties explained’ section.

pages
resources

Specialties in the glossary

You can find a description of these specialties in our glossary.

pages

Last updated on 4th January 2024