| Specialism | Number of applications | Number of direct entry posts | Competition ratio |
| Andrology | 79 | 2 | 40 |
| Audiology | 152 | 20 | 8 |
| Cardiac Science | 519 | 33 | 16 |
| Clinical Biochemistry | 656 | 18 | 36 |
| Clinical Bioinformatics (Genomics) | 182 | 9 | 20 |
| Clinical Bioinformatics (Health Informatics) | 56 | 3 | 19 |
| Clinical Bioinformatics (Physical Sciences) | 44 | 5 | 9 |
| Clinical Engineering | 247 | 16 | 15 |
| Clinical Immunology | 280 | 3 | 93 |
| Clinical Pharmaceutical Science | 154 | 6 | 26 |
| Critical Care Science | 54 | 4 | 14 |
| Gastrointestinal Physiology | 29 | 6 | 5 |
| Genomic Counselling (formerly Genetic Counselling) | 390 | 11 | 35 |
| Genomics (formerly Genetics) | 660 | 19 | 35 |
| Haematology and Transfusion Science | 225 | 3 | 75 |
| Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics | 85 | 2 | 43 |
| Histopathology | 88 | 2 | 44 |
| Medical Physics | 546 | 64 | 9 |
| Microbiology | 340 | 3 | 113 |
| Neurophysiology | 260 | 7 | 37 |
| Reproductive Science | 275 | 7 | 39 |
| Respiratory and Sleep Sciences | 119 | 5 | 24 |
| Urodynamic Science | 8 | 1 | 8 |
| Vascular Science | 138 | 10 | 14 |
Competition ratios for Scientist Training Programme 2017 direct entry posts
The following data provides evidence of how many applications there were, per post, for each of the specialisms.
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