Admissions
PhD & MSc admission chance calculator
A transparent rubric — not a black box. Every point is weighted the way life-science admission committees actually weigh profiles, and the score updates as you type. Use it to find the two or three gaps worth fixing before you apply.
Target
Academic record
Research profile
English & application readiness
Your estimated chance
Long shot right now
21%
Right now this target is a long shot. Spend 6–12 months building research experience and output, or aim at a more accessible tier first.
Academic record18.9 / 22
85% normalised grade average
Research experience5.5 / 22
6 months in a lab or research group
Research output0 / 20
0 papers (0 first-author), 0 conference items
English proficiency6 / 12
IELTS 6.5
Application fit0 / 18
no supervisor contact, references or proposal yet
Professional experience0 / 6
0 months of relevant work
What is already working
- ✓Academic record: 85% normalised grade average.
Your improvement plan
- 1Aim for at least 18–24 months of hands-on research (thesis, RA post, or funded internship) before a competitive PhD application.
- 2Convert existing work into output: a conference poster, a preprint, or a co-authored methods paper is achievable within one cycle and is the strongest single differentiator.
- 3Email 8–12 target supervisors with a one-page fit note referencing two of their recent papers; PhD admission is driven far more by supervisor buy-in than by portals.
- 4Relevant industry or technical work (QC, R&D, clinical, bioinformatics) adds credibility — list wet-lab and analysis techniques explicitly on your CV.
- 5Funded PhD places are decided by the supervisor's grant — prioritise advertised, already-funded positions over open applications.
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This estimate is guidance, not a prediction. Final decisions depend on the supervisor, funding availability and the applicant pool in a given cycle.