Postgraduate Programme Office

Management Operations

The Postgraduate Programme Office manages all aspects of the Institute's Postgraduate Programme and provides a point of contact for students on all matters, both administrative and pastoral.

In addition, the Postgraduate Programme Office:

Provides advice and support to the academic members of the Committee of Graduate Studies, who oversee postgraduate training at the Institute. The Committee of Graduate Studies is responsible for:
- Selection of PhD and MPhil students
- Education and training of students
- Monitoring progress and providing feedback to students
- Defining the policies of the Institute’s Postgraduate Programme
Provides guidance and advice to the supervisors of postgraduate students
Works closely with the University of Cambridge, external PhD programmes and funding bodies

The Postgraduate Programme Lead is the Chair of the Committee of Graduate Studies and is also a member of the Institute’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Forum.

Find out more about the Sanger Institute’s PhD Programmes and MPhil Programme here.

Contact us

Postgraduate Programme Office
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Wellcome Genome Campus
Hinxton
Cambridge
CB10 1SA

email: gradoffice@sanger.ac.uk

Our people

Group lead

Dr Annabel Smith

Postgraduate Programme Lead

An experienced Programme Manager with many years’ experience and knowledge in the field of postgraduate student training and support. I lead the strategic and operational management of the Institute’s MPhil and PhD Programmes, including student recruitment, onboarding, training, progress monitoring and pastoral support, together with budget oversight, report writing and strategic planning.