Reproductive Science and Women's Health MSc

London, Bloomsbury

Develop specialist knowledge of reproductive science and women's health, working alongside some of the world’s most prominent figures in this field. Delve into the latest developments in everything from fertility and childbirth, to breast and reproductive cancer – as you build your skills, confidence and professional network. 

UK students International students
Study mode
UK tuition fees (2025/26)
£18,400
£9,200
Programme also available on a modular (flexible) basis.
Overseas tuition fees (2025/26)
£39,800
£19,900
Programme also available on a modular (flexible) basis.
Duration
1 calendar year
2 calendar years
5 calendar years
Programme starts
September 2025
Applications accepted
Applicants who require a visa: 14 Oct 2024 – 27 Jun 2025
Applications close at 5pm UK time

Applications open

Applicants who do not require a visa: 14 Oct 2024 – 29 Aug 2025
Applications close at 5pm UK time

Applications open

Entry requirements

To be eligible for registration, normally a candidate must have obtained a minimum of an upper second-class Bachelor's degree in a relevant science-based discipline, or a medical qualification (MBBS) from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard.

The English language level for this programme is: Level 2

UCL Pre-Master's and Pre-sessional English courses are for international students who are aiming to study for a postgraduate degree at UCL. The courses will develop your academic English and academic skills required to succeed at postgraduate level.

Further information can be found on our English language requirements page.

Equivalent qualifications

Country-specific information, including details of when UCL representatives are visiting your part of the world, can be obtained from the International Students website.

International applicants can find out the equivalent qualification for their country by selecting from the list below. Please note that the equivalency will correspond to the broad UK degree classification stated on this page (e.g. upper second-class). Where a specific overall percentage is required in the UK qualification, the international equivalency will be higher than that stated below. Please contact Graduate Admissions should you require further advice.

About this degree

If you’re looking to specialise in women’s health and reproductive science, this course gives you a solid foundation in the theoretical, clinical and laboratory aspects of this fascinating, and highly rewarding, field.

Working with UCL’s renowned academics, you’ll learn about everything from basic genetics, fertility and infertility, to female reproductive anatomy, physiology and pathology.

Other modules cover pregnancy and childbirth, breast and reproductive cancers, prenatal diagnosis and screening, reproductive health, and preimplantation genetic diagnosis and technology.

You’ll be immersed in real-world scientific and clinical case studies, and spend three months working on a research project tailored to your interests, under the supervision of experienced researchers and clinicians.

Alongside your subject and research expertise, you’ll build your confidence in using relevant technology, learn to analyse scientific papers, write essays, present seminars and conduct peer reviews, as well as developing your laboratory skills.

You’ll go away with comprehensive knowledge of reproductive science and women's health, with valuable skills, advice and contacts to take with you into your career.

Who this course is for

The programme is suitable for medical, science and nursing students who wish to gain a theoretical grounding in reproductive science and women's health and develop the skills required by today's science and clinical staff, working in academic and clinical environments.

What this course will give you

  • Work with world-class researchers and clinicians at the UCL Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Institute for Women's Health (UCL EGA IfWH), a centre set up to deliver excellence in research, clinical practice, education and training, to make a real and sustainable difference to women's and babies' health worldwide.
  • Study at one of the world's top ten universities. UCL is ranked 6th in the world for public health (ShanghaiRankings 2023), 9th in the world as a university (QS World Rankings 2025) and is rated No.1 for research power and impact in medicine, health and life sciences (REF 2021).
  • Access to a highly interactive and engaging learning community of like-minded peers, researchers and academics, with regular networking opportunities for academic and professional development.
  • Benefit from our close partnership with the UCL Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust collaboration, including opportunities to attend clinical observation days.  
  • Tap into UCL’s diverse expertise across maternal and fetal medicine, neonatology, reproductive health and women's cancer.
  • Build your own professional networks and stay up to date with the latest advancements in the field, including the newest research in areas like assisted reproduction, fertility and women’s health. 
  • Develop subject-specific and wider transferable skills to boost your career prospects.
  • Access to specialised career events tailored to your interests in fields like embryology, health policy, medical research, clinical medicine, FemTech and entrepreneurship – to tap into career information and opportunities, and network with leading professionals.

The foundation of your career

If you’re science-orientated, you could go onto pursue a research degree, complete further training for a career in embryology, or progress into other careers in the field or in general science.  

If you’re more interested in the medical side of this field, you could take your skills into a clinical career in reproductive science and women's health. 

Graduates of this course have gone onto work for the NHS, Hertility Health, Novartis, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Imperial College London and UCL. *

*Graduate Outcomes survey carried out by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), looking at the destinations of UK and EU graduates in the cohorts 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22. 

Employability

By the end of your Master’s degree, you’ll have a solid grounding in both the clinical and laboratory aspects of reproductive science and women's health.  

Throughout your Master’s degree, you’ll learn key skills through peer-led activities, such as evaluating and presenting orally on patient cases and media coverage of scientific papers.  

You’ll learn how to write essays and patient case reports, and how to critically evaluate papers. You’ll also get to take part in debates and ethical discussions, and learn basic laboratory techniques.  

You’ll have access to our comprehensive careers programme involving our alumni, covering general careers in science and specific advice on careers in embryology, clinical genetics, medicine and research degrees. 

Networking

Students will have the chance to attend our annual UCL EGA Institute for Women's Health research day where we hear about the various projects across the institute, including from our clinical staff at UCLH, as well as from invited keynote speakers from around the world. These events include lots of networking opportunities throughout the day and usually end with a group social event. During their research projects, students may also attend research group meetings to strengthen their knowledge in that topic area and make connections with others working in the same field. 

Teaching and learning

Each module is organised differently, in a way which best suits the module content. There will be a variety of seminars and tutorials as well as guided student presentations, debates and sessions led by experts in the field.

Meet the academics currently leading this programme on the UCL EGA IfWH website.

The types of assessment you will do will depend on which modules you choose. We use a variety of methods including essays, patient case reports, critical reviews, examinations, patient information leaflets/press releases, oral presentations and the dissertation. Where possible, practical demonstrations in laboratories and observation days in fetal medicine and IVF units will be offered.

Each 15-credit module equates to around 150 learning hours which are spread out over the whole period of the module. These hours include the time you spend in taught sessions, independent study, group work, and preparing for your assessment.

Students will typically spend 15 hours per week in face-to-face learning, including lectures, seminars, practicals or one-to-one tuition. Overall, we expect full-time students to spend a full 35-hour week studying, with time outside classes spent in self-directed study. Part-time and flexible students study at a pro-rata rate.

A Postgraduate Diploma comprising eight core modules (120 credits, full-time nine months or flexible study two to five years) is offered.

Modules

The programme structure and subject areas of this MSc are designed to provide you with a rounded and coherent understanding of reproductive science and women’s health. 

For full time students:

In First Term, you will study basic genetics & technology, fertility and infertility: science and society, and female reproductive anatomy, physiology and pathology.

In Second Term, you build on your learning in First Term to progress to study of pregnancy and childbirth, breast and reproductive cancers, and prenatal diagnosis and screening.

In Third Term, your taught studies culminate in a focus on reproductive health and new technologies in reproductive health.  

You will define your project topic in First Term, and ensure that your project design and necessary approvals are in place and submit an interim project introduction in Second Term. You will work on your project full-time from early June and submit this in early September.

Part-time students must take the same number of credits in both years of study; six taught modules in the first year, and two taught modules plus the dissertation in the second year. Individual modules are delivered in the same way as they are for full-time students.

Modular flexible students can take their taught modules over two - five years; their dissertation is taken in their final year of study. Individual modules are delivered in the same way as they are for full-time students. Modular flexible students are not eligible for student finance governmental funding,  for more information on funding visit the UCL website. 

Please note that the list of modules given here is indicative. This information is published a long time in advance of enrolment and module content and availability are subject to change. Modules that are in use for the current academic year are linked for further information. Where no link is present, further information is not yet available.

Students undertake modules to the value of 180 credits. Upon successful completion of 180 credits, you will be awarded an MSc in Reproductive Science and Women's Health. Upon successful completion of 120 credits, you will be awarded a PG Dip in Reproductive Science and Women's Health.

Accessibility

Details of the accessibility of UCL buildings can be obtained from AccessAble. Further information can also be obtained from the UCL Student Support and Wellbeing Services team.

Online - Open day

Graduate Open Events: EGA Institute for Women's Health

Join us at our virtual open event to learn about Master's degrees delivered by the UCL EGA Institute for Women's Health. Participating programmes: Each programme will have a breakout room where the Programme Director will give a short presentation. There will also be plenty of time for Q&A. If you cannot attend for the full hour, you are welcome to drop-in or out of the event.

Fees and funding

Fees for this course

UK students International students
Fee description Full-time Part-time
Tuition fees (2025/26) £18,400 £9,200
Tuition fees (2025/26) £39,800 £19,900

Programme also available on a modular (flexible) basis.

The tuition fees shown are for the year indicated above. Fees for subsequent years may increase or otherwise vary. Where the programme is offered on a flexible/modular basis, fees are charged pro-rata to the appropriate full-time Master's fee taken in an academic session. Further information on fee status, fee increases and the fee schedule can be viewed on the UCL Students website: ucl.ac.uk/students/fees.

Additional costs

For Full-time and Part-time offer holders a fee deposit will be charged at 10% of the first year fee.

For flexible/modular offer holders a £500 fee deposit will be charged.

There is no fee deposit required for PG Dip and PG Cert applicants.

Further information can be found in the Tuition fee deposits section on this page: Tuition fees.

There are no additional costs for this programme.

UCL’s main teaching locations are in zones 1 (Bloomsbury) and zones 2/3 (UCL East). The cost of a monthly 18+ Oyster travel card for zones 1-2 is £114.50. This price was published by TfL in 2024. For more information on additional costs for prospective students and the cost of living in London, please view our estimated cost of essential expenditure at UCL's cost of living guide.

Funding your studies

For a comprehensive list of the funding opportunities available at UCL, including funding relevant to your nationality, please visit the Scholarships and Funding website.

EGA Institute for Women's Health BAME Master's Scholarship

Deadline: 31 July 2025
Value: £10,000 toward tuition fees (1 year)
Criteria Based on both academic merit and financial need
Eligibility: UK

Next steps

Students are advised to apply as early as possible due to competition for places. Those applying for scholarship funding (particularly overseas applicants) should take note of application deadlines.

There is an application processing fee for this programme of £90 for online applications. Further information can be found at Application fees.

When we assess your application we would like to learn:

  • Why you want to study Reproductive Science and Women's Health at graduate level.
  • Why you want to study Reproductive Science and Women's Health at UCL.
  • What particularly attracts you to the chosen programme.
  • How your academic and professional background meets the demands of this programme.
  • Where you would like to go professionally after this programme.

Together with essential academic requirements, the personal statement is your opportunity to illustrate whether your reasons for applying to this programme match what the programme will deliver.

This programme is usually provisionally full by April. Students are advised to apply as early as possible due to competition for places. Those applying for scholarship funding should take note of application deadlines.

Please note that you may submit applications for a maximum of two graduate programmes (or one application for the Law LLM) in any application cycle.

Choose your programme

Please read the Application Guidance before proceeding with your application.

Year of entry: 2025-2026

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