| Specialism | Number of applications | Number of direct entry posts | Competition ratio |
| Andrology | 90 | 2 | 45 |
| Audiology | 104 | 13 | 8 |
| Cardiac Science | 541 | 35 | 15.5 |
| Clinical Biochemistry | 566 | 19 | 29.8 |
| Clinical Bioinformatics (Genomics) | 135 | 9 | 15.0 |
| Clinical Bioinformatics (Health Informatics) | 45 | 3 | 15.0 |
| Clinical Bioinformatics (Physical Sciences) | 39 | 6 | 6.5 |
| Clinical Engineering | 234 | 14 | 16.7 |
| Clinical Immunology | 237 | 3 | 79.0 |
| Clinical Pharmaceutical Science | 191 | 9 | 21.2 |
| Critical Care Science | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gastrointestinal Physiology | 40 | 3 | 13.3 |
| Cancer Genomics | 414 | 9 | 46.0 |
| Genomic Counselling (formerly Genetic Counselling) | 435 | 15 | 29.0 |
| Genomics (formerly Genetics) | 520 | 13 | 40.0 |
| Haematology and Transfusion Science | 265 | 8 | 33.1 |
| Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics | 107 | 6 | 17.8 |
| Histopathology | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Medical Physics | 509 | 67 | 7.6 |
| Microbiology | 317 | 3 | 105.7 |
| Neurophysiology | 207 | 7 | 29.6 |
| Reproductive Science | 336 | 9 | 37.3 |
| Respiratory and Sleep Sciences | 108 | 9 | 12.0 |
| Urodynamic Science | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reconstructive Science | 49 | 8 | 6.1 |
| Ophthalmic and Vision Science | 32 | 4 | 8.0 |
| Vascular Science | 197 | 10 | 19.7 |
Competition ratios for Scientist Training Programme 2018 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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