| Specialism | Number of applications | Number of direct entry posts | Competition ratio |
| Andrology | 87 | 3 | 29.0 |
| Audiology | 115 | 18 | 6.4 |
| Cancer Genomics | 392 | 8 | 49.0 |
| Cardiac Science | 529 | 25 | 21.2 |
| Clinical Biochemistry | 693 | 26 | 26.7 |
| Clinical Bioinformatics (Genomics) | 161 | 11 | 14.6 |
| Clinical Bioinformatics (Health Informatics) | 73 | 10 | 7.3 |
| Clinical Bioinformatics (Physical Sciences) | 51 | 6 | 8.5 |
| Clinical Engineering | 217 | 15 | 14.5 |
| Clinical Immunology | 283 | 5 | 56.6 |
| Clinical Pharmaceutical Science | 183 | 10 | 18.3 |
| Critical Care Science | 44 | 9 | 4.9 |
| Gastrointestinal Physiology | 46 | 7 | 6.6 |
| Genomic Counselling (formerly Genetic Counselling) | 403 | 14 | 28.8 |
| Genomics (formerly Genetics) | 571 | 19 | 30.1 |
| Haematology and Transfusion Science | 154 | 2 | 77.0 |
| Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics | 71 | 2 | 35.5 |
| Medical Physics | 493 | 65 | 7.6 |
| Microbiology | 347 | 5 | 69.4 |
| Neurophysiology | 202 | 6 | 33.7 |
| Ophthalmic and Vision Science | 23 | 3 | 7.7 |
| Reconstructive Science | 18 | 2 | 9.0 |
| Reproductive Science | 278 | 9 | 30.0 |
| Respiratory and Sleep Sciences | 192 | 13 | 14.8 |
| Urodynamic Science | 7 | 1 | 7.0 |
| Vascular Science | 132 | 7 | 18.9 |
Competition ratios for Scientist Training Programme 2020 direct entry posts
The following data provides evidence of how many applications there were, per post, for each of the specialisms.
- Filed under
- STP Data
- Published
- 2020
- Publication type
- Data, Evidence
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