NHS England Data Science PhD Internships

Connecting doctoral researchers with real NHS data science challenges. Five-month paid placements for PhD students across data science, clinical informatics, mathematics, and beyond.

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38+ Projects completed
11 Cohort waves
12 Open projects

About the scheme

Our internships are aimed at current PhD students looking for a paid industrial placement of around five months with the right to work in the UK. Projects are focused on innovation and getting the most value out of NHS data.

Projects often have a focus on emerging data science techniques so we advertise mainly to data science programmes, however previous interns have come from clinical, mathematics, computer science and bioinformatics backgrounds, adding huge value through the range of approaches and knowledge they bring.


Current Internships

Wave 11 — April to July 2026

We currently have six interns working across a range of projects. Project details and outputs will be published on our organisation GitHub on completion.

Information:

Wave 11 project details and links will be added here shortly. Please get in touch if you would like to know more about the current cohort's work.


Please get in contact by emailing our mailbox with any further questions about the internship.