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<div style="background:#eef3fb;color:#303846;border:1px solid #c9d7ee;border-radius:12px;padding:14px 18px;margin:0 0 18px"><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;line-height:1.6"><strong style="color:#171d29">Checked 8 November 2026.</strong> No confirmed 2027 applicant application or assessment dates appeared in the NSHCS sources we checked on 8 November 2026. Every 2026 and 2025 date below is labelled as last cycle’s. The England timeline uses the archived NSHCS key-dates pages; other dates are attributed to their own sources. We will update this page when NSHCS publishes the 2027 dates; until then, check the NSHCS applicants page and Oriel before you rely on any date.</p></div>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7"><strong>NSHCS has not yet published the NHS STP 2027 application dates.</strong> On 8 November 2026 its applicants page says 2026 recruitment has concluded and that applications for the next intake will <strong>likely open in January 2027</strong>, and the STP normally starts in September of the year you apply. Last cycle, direct entry applications opened on <strong>6 January 2026</strong> and closed on <strong>19 January 2026</strong>, with the situational judgement test (SJT) from 27 to 29 January, so have your preparation done before January, then follow the confirmed opening date when NSHCS publishes it.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">This page sets out what is and is not published for 2027, the official 2026 and 2025 timelines side by side, what happens at each stage from the <a href="https://www.oriel.nhs.uk/Web/Home" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">Oriel</a> application to the offer, and the entry requirements for UK and international applicants. ProSyllabus is an independent study site: independent practice, not affiliated with NHS England or the National School of Healthcare Science (NSHCS). Recruitment guidance below is summarised from NSHCS’s own pages (or, for Wales and Scotland, HEIW’s and NHS Education for Scotland’s), linked and dated, as read on 8 November 2026; our calculations, readings and practice material are labelled as ours.</p>

<div style="display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:10px;margin:18px 0"><a href="#nhs-stp-2027-dates-what-is-published-so-far" style="flex:1 1 140px;background:#fbfaf6;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:10px;padding:12px 14px;display:block;text-decoration:none;color:inherit;cursor:pointer"><div style="font-size:24px;font-weight:800;color:#171d29;line-height:1.2">Jan 2027</div><div style="font-size:13px;color:#5b6472;line-height:1.4;margin-top:4px">when NSHCS says applications will likely open (not yet confirmed)</div></a><a href="#last-cycle-the-official-stp-2026-and-2025-timelines" style="flex:1 1 140px;background:#fbfaf6;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:10px;padding:12px 14px;display:block;text-decoration:none;color:inherit;cursor:pointer"><div style="font-size:24px;font-weight:800;color:#171d29;line-height:1.2">About 13 days</div><div style="font-size:13px;color:#5b6472;line-height:1.4;margin-top:4px">the 2026 direct entry window, 6 January (11am) to 19 January (4pm)</div></a><a href="#stage-1-register-on-oriel-and-apply" style="flex:1 1 140px;background:#fbfaf6;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:10px;padding:12px 14px;display:block;text-decoration:none;color:inherit;cursor:pointer"><div style="font-size:24px;font-weight:800;color:#171d29;line-height:1.2">1</div><div style="font-size:13px;color:#5b6472;line-height:1.4;margin-top:4px">specialty per NSHCS direct entry application; you cannot apply to two</div></a><a href="#nhs-stp-entry-requirements" style="flex:1 1 140px;background:#fbfaf6;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:10px;padding:12px 14px;display:block;text-decoration:none;color:inherit;cursor:pointer"><div style="font-size:24px;font-weight:800;color:#171d29;line-height:1.2">1st or 2:1</div><div style="font-size:13px;color:#5b6472;line-height:1.4;margin-top:4px">honours or integrated master’s degree in a relevant science (or a 2:2 honours degree in any subject plus a relevant higher degree)</div></a></div><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472;margin:-8px 0 18px">NSHCS applicants page (30 July 2026), key-dates page for 2026 (last updated 29 April 2026) and entry requirements page (23 December 2025), read 8 November 2026.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">Sources: the NSHCS <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">applicants page</a>, <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/stp-direct-entry-recruitment-guidance/applying-for-an-stp-direct-entry-post/" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">applying for a direct entry post</a>, <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/stp-direct-entry-recruitment-guidance/entry-requirements-for-direct-entry-applicants/" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">entry requirements</a>, <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/introducing-the-scientist-training-programme/about-the-stp/" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">About the STP</a> and the <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/faqs-for-applicants-to-the-scientist-training-programme/application-process-faqs/" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">application process FAQs</a>. NSHCS asks applicants not to rely on hearsay, forums or blogs and to read its own guidance each year, because the process changes; treat this page as a dated summary with links, and check each link before you act.</p>

NHS STP 2027 dates: what is published so far

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">As of 8 November 2026, no confirmed 2027 applicant application or assessment dates appear in the official sources cited here. These are the facts those pages give:</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">Sources: <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">NSHCS applicants page</a>, <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/stp-direct-entry-recruitment-guidance/applying-for-an-stp-direct-entry-post/" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">applying for a direct entry post</a>, <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/news/express-an-interest-in-hosting-trainees-on-our-healthcare-science-training-programmes/" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">NSHCS news of 22 October 2026</a>, <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/introducing-the-scientist-training-programme/what-are-the-stp-specialties/" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">STP specialties</a>, <a href="https://heiw.nhs.wales/updates/news/applications-for-the-scientist-training-programme-posts-in-wales-for-2026-29-are-open/" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">HEIW</a> and <a href="https://hcstraining.nhs.scot/news/clinical-scientist-training-expressions-of-interest-for-the-2027-cohort/" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">NHS Education for Scotland</a>. NSHCS says confirmed recruitment timelines and deadlines are published on its website, and application opening and closing dates on the vacancy (in Oriel) and its website. We will update this page when they appear.</p>

Last cycle: the official STP 2026 and 2025 timelines

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">These are the <strong>last two cycles’ dates, not 2027 dates</strong>. They come from the NSHCS “Key deadline dates” pages for each year. NSHCS has since removed the timetable from the live 2026 page (it now says the content is no longer valid), so the links go to archived copies of the official pages.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">Sources: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20260515172314/https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/key-deadline-dates-for-applications-to-the-stp-2026/" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">NSHCS key deadline dates for 2026</a> (archived copy, page last updated 29 April 2026) and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250718173727/https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/key-deadline-dates-for-applications-to-the-stp-2025/" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">for 2025</a> (archived copy, last updated 3 July 2025). All times are UK GMT. Two details from the 2026 cycle are worth knowing: the December 2025 archived copy of the 2026 page gave the closing date as Friday 16 January, and the April 2026 copy gives Monday 19 January; and in spring 2026 NSHCS said it had updated the page with expected release dates for outcomes and offers, but those expected offer dates are not in the archived copy cited here. Dates do move, which is why NSHCS tells applicants to check its website regularly.</p>

<figure style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0;margin:18px 0"><figcaption style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">STP 2026: days from applications opening (6 January 2026) to each stage</figcaption><div style="margin:0 0 10px"><div style="display:flex;justify-content:space-between;gap:10px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin:0 0 4px"><span style="color:#303846">Applications close (19 Jan)</span><strong style="color:#171d29;white-space:nowrap">+13 days</strong></div><div style="background:#f1eee6;border-radius:6px;height:12px;overflow:hidden"><div style="width:8.7%;height:12px;background:#1f7a45;border-radius:6px"></div></div></div><div style="margin:0 0 10px"><div style="display:flex;justify-content:space-between;gap:10px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin:0 0 4px"><span style="color:#303846">SJT window opens (27 Jan)</span><strong style="color:#171d29;white-space:nowrap">+21 days</strong></div><div style="background:#f1eee6;border-radius:6px;height:12px;overflow:hidden"><div style="width:14.0%;height:12px;background:#2f6fb0;border-radius:6px"></div></div></div><div style="margin:0 0 10px"><div style="display:flex;justify-content:space-between;gap:10px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin:0 0 4px"><span style="color:#303846">Longlist outcomes start (23 Feb)</span><strong style="color:#171d29;white-space:nowrap">+48 days</strong></div><div style="background:#f1eee6;border-radius:6px;height:12px;overflow:hidden"><div style="width:32.0%;height:12px;background:#b7791f;border-radius:6px"></div></div></div><div style="margin:0 0 10px"><div style="display:flex;justify-content:space-between;gap:10px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin:0 0 4px"><span style="color:#303846">Shortlist outcomes (8 Apr)</span><strong style="color:#171d29;white-space:nowrap">+92 days</strong></div><div style="background:#f1eee6;border-radius:6px;height:12px;overflow:hidden"><div style="width:61.3%;height:12px;background:#8e3b8e;border-radius:6px"></div></div></div><div style="margin:0 0 10px"><div style="display:flex;justify-content:space-between;gap:10px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin:0 0 4px"><span style="color:#303846">Location choices open (10 Apr)</span><strong style="color:#171d29;white-space:nowrap">+94 days</strong></div><div style="background:#f1eee6;border-radius:6px;height:12px;overflow:hidden"><div style="width:62.7%;height:12px;background:#c2553a;border-radius:6px"></div></div></div><div style="margin:0 0 10px"><div style="display:flex;justify-content:space-between;gap:10px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin:0 0 4px"><span style="color:#303846">Location choices close (14 Apr)</span><strong style="color:#171d29;white-space:nowrap">+98 days</strong></div><div style="background:#f1eee6;border-radius:6px;height:12px;overflow:hidden"><div style="width:65.3%;height:12px;background:#2a8f8f;border-radius:6px"></div></div></div><div style="margin:0 0 10px"><div style="display:flex;justify-content:space-between;gap:10px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin:0 0 4px"><span style="color:#303846">Window for most interviews begins (5 May, expected)</span><strong style="color:#171d29;white-space:nowrap">+119 days</strong></div><div style="background:#f1eee6;border-radius:6px;height:12px;overflow:hidden"><div style="width:79.3%;height:12px;background:#6b6f2a;border-radius:6px"></div></div></div><div style="margin:0 0 10px"><div style="display:flex;justify-content:space-between;gap:10px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin:0 0 4px"><span style="color:#303846">Expected window for most interviews ends (5 Jun)</span><strong style="color:#171d29;white-space:nowrap">+150 days</strong></div><div style="background:#f1eee6;border-radius:6px;height:12px;overflow:hidden"><div style="width:100.0%;height:12px;background:#5b6472;border-radius:6px"></div></div></div><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472">Calendar days, our arithmetic from the NSHCS 2026 key-dates page (archived copy). In March 2026 NSHCS said interviews were due to finish in the second week of June. The STP starts in September, about eight months after applications open.</p></figure>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">What the two cycles suggest (our reading, not a forecast): the application window was short both times (two weeks in 2025, just under two weeks in 2026), the SJT opened 8 days after the close in 2026 and 18 days after it in 2025, and the whole process ran to the summer. The 2027 window length is not known; plan as if it will again be about two weeks, so the work that takes time (your specialty choice, a UK ENIC statement if you have overseas qualifications, drafts of your supporting-information answers, which had three questions in 2026) should be done in December.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">NSHCS publishes the stages with the status Oriel shows you at each one. This is the official sequence:</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">Source: the “Different stages of recruitment” section of <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/stp-direct-entry-recruitment-guidance/applying-for-an-stp-direct-entry-post/" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">NSHCS: Applying for an STP direct entry post</a>. NSHCS contacts you about your application by direct message in Oriel, so check your Oriel account regularly once applications open; it may also use your email, so check junk folders too.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">You can register on <a href="https://www.oriel.nhs.uk/Web/Home" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">Oriel</a> now, months before the vacancy opens. NSHCS gives these instructions for registering and applying:</p>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><h3 style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">Registering and applying on Oriel (NSHCS instructions)</h3><ul style="margin:0;padding-left:20px"><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Click “Register” and choose <strong>“Register to apply to scientist training programmes”</strong>.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Use an email address that will work until the programme starts, <strong>not a work or university address</strong>.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Do not open Oriel in more than one tab in the same browser: saving in one tab can change data in the other.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">If you will leave a job to start the STP, Oriel needs an end date for it; for 2026 NSHCS told applicants to enter 31 August 2026, so check the 2027 guidance for the date to use.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">When the vacancy opens, search under training programme “Scientist Training Programme” and post type <strong>“Healthcare Science – Direct Entry”</strong>, not in-service.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Choose your one specialty in the “Preferences” section by drag and drop. Use a PC or laptop: drag and drop does not work on a phone or tablet.</li></ul><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472">From NSHCS: Applying for an STP direct entry post (last updated 3 February 2026). Supported browsers listed there: Safari 12+, Chrome 77+, all versions of Edge, Firefox 68+.</p></div>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">The form asks for personal information, academic history, work experience, employment history and equality data, then a <strong>supporting information</strong> section. In 2026 that section had three questions, each with a 500-word maximum, answered against the STP job description and person specification; NSHCS says applications may be screened for AI-generated text and your answers must be in your own words. Shortlisters read the supporting information and education sections together, but not your employment history, so put relevant experience in your answers; and leave your name and anything else that identifies you out of them. NSHCS warns not to assume the process is the same as the year before, so treat the 2026 questions as a guide until the 2027 guidance appears. The 2026 questions, and how to answer them, are in <a href="/hub/nhs-stp-application-questions" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600">our guide to the STP application questions</a>. If you list voluntary work or work experience in the employment history section, mark it as non-paid.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">Sources: <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/stp-direct-entry-recruitment-guidance/applying-for-an-stp-direct-entry-post/" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">applying for a direct entry post</a>, <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/stp-direct-entry-recruitment-guidance/before-you-begin-your-stp-application/" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">before you begin your application</a>, the <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/faqs-for-applicants-to-the-scientist-training-programme/application-process-faqs/" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">application process FAQs</a> and the <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/stp-direct-entry-recruitment-guidance/application-longlisting-and-the-situational-judgement-test-sjt/" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">SJT page</a>.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">After applications close, every applicant takes the STP situational judgement test online through Pearson VUE, in a set window that in 2026 lasted three days. First-time applicants get their login by email from Pearson before the window opens (the username is not your email address); if nothing has arrived 1 working day before the window opens, check spam and use Pearson’s account recovery. If you sat the SJT in an earlier year, your old Pearson login stays the same when you apply with the same email address (the SJT page) or the same Oriel account (the FAQ); if in doubt, use Pearson’s forgotten username or password route. Before the test you must accept a non-disclosure agreement and terms of use; if you decline, your application cannot progress. NSHCS says you must score above the required threshold to be longlisted, and that a cut score is used; its guidance does not give the number. NSHCS’s SJT FAQ adds that there is no set percentage that passes: you are in competition with the other applicants to your specialty, the best scorers go through, and if a specialty has few applicants who all score well, all of them can. Miss the window and your application is removed. No confirmation email comes after the test: to check it was submitted, log out of Pearson, log back in and look for “Delivery Successful” in your exam history (NSHCS asks you to allow at least an hour for it to show before contacting support; completion does not show in Oriel). There is no negative marking, so NSHCS expects you to attempt every question, and its recruitment team is not available outside office hours, so do not leave the test to the last evening of the window.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">The test itself (25 scenarios in 50 minutes, each response rated 1 to 5 and marked by closeness to the key) is explained in <a href="/hub/nhs-stp-sjt" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600">our STP SJT guide</a>. Sources: <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/stp-direct-entry-recruitment-guidance/application-longlisting-and-the-situational-judgement-test-sjt/" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">NSHCS SJT page</a> and <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/faqs-for-applicants-to-the-scientist-training-programme/sjt-faqs/" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">SJT FAQs</a>.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">Because the SJT came 8 days after the form closed in 2026 (18 days in 2025), the time to practise is before January, not after you submit. Our NHS STP SJT practice test uses original scenarios in the official 1 to 5 format with a 50-minute timer, and a few of its responses are free to try on this page. It is independent practice: NSHCS has not written, seen or endorsed it, and NSHCS’s own free sample test on the Pearson website should be part of your preparation too.</p>

Stage 3: shortlisting and choosing locations

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">Longlisted applications go to national specialty panels, usually clinical staff who review applications on top of their day jobs. They check your qualifications against the entry requirements and score your application against the person specification; the scores decide who is invited to interview and who goes on the interview reserve list. NSHCS cannot confirm your eligibility in advance: degree relevance is judged here, at shortlisting.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">If you are shortlisted, a short window opens to choose your <strong>sub-preferences</strong>: the locations and employers you would accept (in 2026, Friday 10 April to Tuesday 14 April). The rules:</p>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><h3 style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">Sub-preferences (NSHCS rules)</h3><ul style="margin:0;padding-left:20px"><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Choose as many locations as you like, but <strong>only ones where you would train for the full 3 years</strong>: an offer is a commitment to that location, and transfers are not expected.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Post details by specialty and employer are published before this stage (by 1 April in 2026), and posts can be added or removed as NHS needs change.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Drag choices into the “wanted” column, tick the confirmation box and save. There is no submit button; you can edit until the deadline.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Use a PC or laptop: drag and drop does not work on touch screens.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">The university for your master’s is set by your employer and NHS England, not by you or by location.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">NSHCS has a special circumstances policy for applicants who need to train in a particular location; evidence is uploaded on Oriel when prompted.</li></ul><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472">From NSHCS: applying for a direct entry post, application process FAQs and About the STP FAQs.</p></div>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">Interview places depend on the number of posts and are given in shortlist order. The published timetables for the last two cycles specified online or virtual interviews: the 2026 key-dates page expected most between 5 May and 5 June, and in March 2026 NSHCS said they were due to finish in the second week of June; the 2025 page scheduled them throughout June. In its announcement of 25 March 2026, NSHCS said reserves would be contacted if slots became free until Monday 1 June (after that, reserves could assume no interview, with no change to their Oriel status), and that no outcomes are released until all national interviews have finished and scores are ratified. Your interview score is ranked against everyone else interviewed in your specialty.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">The person specification shows what the interview tests: it lists, for example, the ability to troubleshoot equipment and unexpected results, and to support patients with a range of conditions, as assessed at interview. Question types and model answers are in <a href="/hub/nhs-stp-interview-questions" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600">our STP interview questions guide</a>. Sources: <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/stp-direct-entry-recruitment-guidance/applying-for-an-stp-direct-entry-post/" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">applying for a direct entry post</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20260515172314/https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/key-deadline-dates-for-applications-to-the-stp-2026/" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">2026 key dates</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20260612212919/https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">the archived 25 March 2026 announcement</a>, <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/STP-core-person-specification.pdf" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">core person specification</a>.</p>

Stage 5: offers, conditions and the September start

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">Sources: <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/stp-direct-entry-recruitment-guidance/applying-for-an-stp-direct-entry-post/" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">applying for a direct entry post</a>, <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/stp-direct-entry-recruitment-guidance/before-you-begin-your-stp-application/" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">before you begin</a>, <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/faqs-for-applicants-to-the-scientist-training-programme/entry-requirements-faqs/" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">entry requirements FAQs</a>, <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/faqs-for-applicants-to-the-scientist-training-programme/application-process-faqs/" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">application process FAQs</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250718173727/https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/key-deadline-dates-for-applications-to-the-stp-2025/" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">2025 key dates</a>.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">The general degree rule applies across direct entry specialties, with extra requirements for some, below. Panels check it at shortlisting:</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">Sources: <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/stp-direct-entry-recruitment-guidance/entry-requirements-for-direct-entry-applicants/" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">NSHCS entry requirements</a>, <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/faqs-for-applicants-to-the-scientist-training-programme/entry-requirements-faqs/" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">entry requirements FAQs</a> and the <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/STP-core-person-specification.pdf" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">core person specification</a>. Because degrees vary so much, NSHCS publishes only examples of commonly accepted degrees, not a definitive list, and its recruitment team cannot confirm in advance whether your degree is eligible.</p>

International applicants: visa, UK ENIC and English

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">NSHCS welcomes international applicants who meet the entry criteria, with these extra steps:</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">Sources: <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/stp-direct-entry-recruitment-guidance/additional-information-for-non-uk-applicants/" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">NSHCS: Additional information for non-UK applicants</a> (23 September 2026) and <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/faqs-for-applicants-to-the-scientist-training-programme/entry-requirements-for-international-applicants-faqs/" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">FAQs for international applicants</a>. Deadlines are in UK GMT, so allow for your time zone. The UK ENIC statement has its own processing time and fee: start it in good time before January.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">Wherever you apply from, the SJT follows soon after the form closes (8 days later in 2026), in the same format for everyone (25 scenarios with 4 to 8 responses each, in 50 minutes, or 25% longer with approved extra time): you judge what a trainee scientist should do, each response rated on its own from 1 = Very Appropriate to 5 = Very Inappropriate, and ratings can repeat. A few free practice responses from our NHS STP SJT practice test (independent practice, not made or endorsed by NSHCS):</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">Source: <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/introducing-the-scientist-training-programme/difference-between-direct-entry-and-inservice/" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">NSHCS: Difference between direct entry and in-service</a>. If you work in the NHS without an employer nomination, you apply through direct entry.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">NSHCS groups the STP into Life Sciences (12 specialties on its list, from Andrology to Histopathology), Physical Sciences (Clinical Engineering, Clinical Informatics, Clinical Scientific Computing, Medical Physics in four strands, Pharmaceutical Science, Reconstructive Science) and Physiological Sciences (10, from Audiology to Vascular Science). Not every specialty recruits every year, so check which ones are open when the 2027 vacancy goes live. You can apply to only one, and applying to a different one in a later year has no effect on that application.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">Competition varies a lot between specialties. NSHCS publishes <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/services/training-programme-data/scientist-training-programme-recruitment-statistics/" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">recruitment statistics for each year from 2021 to 2026</a>; <a href="/hub/nhs-stp-competition-ratios" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600">our competition ratios guide</a> turns them into a readable table. Sources: <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/introducing-the-scientist-training-programme/what-are-the-stp-specialties/" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">STP specialties</a>, <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/faqs-for-applicants-to-the-scientist-training-programme/application-process-faqs/" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">application process FAQs</a>.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">NSHCS runs STP recruitment for England. The other UK nations run their own recruitment, with different portals and dates; in Wales, HEIW says the programme itself is still run by NSHCS:</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">Sources: <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/faqs-for-applicants-to-the-scientist-training-programme/about-stp-faqs/" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">NSHCS FAQs about the STP</a>, <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/scientist-training-programme-in-nhs-wales/" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">NSHCS: STP in NHS Wales</a>, <a href="https://heiw.nhs.wales/updates/news/applications-for-the-scientist-training-programme-posts-in-wales-for-2026-29-are-open/" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">HEIW news of 30 April 2026</a>, <a href="https://www.hcstraining.nhs.scot/trainees/clinical-scientist-pre-registration-training/" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">NHS Education for Scotland</a> and <a href="https://hcstraining.nhs.scot/news/clinical-scientist-training-expressions-of-interest-for-the-2027-cohort/" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">its 2027 cohort news</a>. Our post count adds up HEIW’s list of adverts. Wales and Scotland adverts are separate from the NSHCS Oriel process, so you can watch for them as well.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">The STP combines a salaried training job with a funded master’s and workplace learning. NSHCS says you are employed for 3 years, normally in an NHS department, at Agenda for Change <strong>Band 6</strong>, while you complete a fully funded part-time master’s, workplace training recorded in an e-portfolio, and a final assessment. Successful trainees can then apply to the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) for registration as a Clinical Scientist. The pay figures are in <a href="/hub/nhs-stp-salary" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600">our STP salary guide</a>.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">Sources: <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/introducing-the-scientist-training-programme/about-the-stp/" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">About the STP</a>, <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/faqs-for-applicants-to-the-scientist-training-programme/about-stp-faqs/" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">FAQs about the STP</a>, <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/news/update-on-the-stp-educational-training-support-funding/" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600" rel="nofollow noopener">NSHCS news of 2 September 2026</a>.</p>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><h3 style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">Rules that end an application (NSHCS)</h3><ul style="margin:0;padding-left:20px"><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Submitting late: late applications are never accepted, for any reason. Leaving it to the last hours risks a slow system.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Applying to two specialties in the NSHCS round, or twice to one vacancy: you are disqualified.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Missing the SJT window: applications without a completed SJT are removed.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">A false declaration: it invalidates the application.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">No evidence of your grade or higher degree by the deadline, or a result that does not meet the entry rule: NSHCS says the offered place will be withdrawn (a predicted 1st that becomes a 2:1 is fine).</li></ul><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472">From the NSHCS pages listed in the sources below.</p></div>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><h3 style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">Risks to avoid (our advice from NSHCS guidance)</h3><ul style="margin:0;padding-left:20px"><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Choosing the in-service vacancy without an employer nomination: direct entry applicants cannot apply for it.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Planning to take the SJT on a phone or tablet: mobile devices are not supported.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Not checking Oriel messages and junk email, and missing the short location-choice window.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Ranking a location you would not live in for 3 years: an accepted offer is a commitment to it.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Leaving the UK ENIC statement until applications open: it has its own processing time and fee.</li></ul><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472">Drawn from the NSHCS pages listed in the sources below. Welsh and Scottish posts are separate processes.</p></div>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0" id="stp-2027-ready"><h3 style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">Get ready before STP 2027 applications open</h3><p style="margin:0 0 12px;line-height:1.6">NSHCS says the 2027 vacancy will likely open in January 2027, and last time the form was open for about 13 days. Tick these off in December so the window is for submitting, not starting.</p><div style="background:#f1eee6;border-radius:6px;height:12px;overflow:hidden;margin:0 0 6px"><div id="stp-2027-ready-bar" style="width:0%;height:12px;background:#1f7a45"></div></div><p id="stp-2027-ready-txt" style="margin:0 0 14px;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472">0 of 13 done</p><div style="margin:0 0 12px" data-g="0"><div style="font-weight:700;color:#171d29;margin:0 0 6px">Eligibility <span data-gc="0" style="font-weight:600;color:#5b6472;font-size:13px">(0/3)</span></div><label style="display:flex;gap:8px;align-items:flex-start;margin:0 0 6px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.5;color:#303846;cursor:pointer"><input type="checkbox" data-i="0" style="margin-top:4px;width:16px;height:16px;flex:0 0 auto"> <span>Checked my degree class and subject against the NSHCS entry requirements for my specialty</span></label><label style="display:flex;gap:8px;align-items:flex-start;margin:0 0 6px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.5;color:#303846;cursor:pointer"><input type="checkbox" data-i="1" style="margin-top:4px;width:16px;height:16px;flex:0 0 auto"> <span>If I hold international qualifications: requested my UK ENIC Statement of Comparability, with its English language competency component if I am not a national of a majority English-speaking country</span></label><label style="display:flex;gap:8px;align-items:flex-start;margin:0 0 6px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.5;color:#303846;cursor:pointer"><input type="checkbox" data-i="2" style="margin-top:4px;width:16px;height:16px;flex:0 0 auto"> <span>International: checked my right to work and study for all 3 years, and what a visa switch would involve</span></label></div><div style="margin:0 0 12px" data-g="1"><div style="font-weight:700;color:#171d29;margin:0 0 6px">Choices <span data-gc="1" style="font-weight:600;color:#5b6472;font-size:13px">(0/3)</span></div><label style="display:flex;gap:8px;align-items:flex-start;margin:0 0 6px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.5;color:#303846;cursor:pointer"><input type="checkbox" data-i="3" style="margin-top:4px;width:16px;height:16px;flex:0 0 auto"> <span>Read the curricula and Health Careers pages for my one specialty</span></label><label style="display:flex;gap:8px;align-items:flex-start;margin:0 0 6px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.5;color:#303846;cursor:pointer"><input type="checkbox" data-i="4" style="margin-top:4px;width:16px;height:16px;flex:0 0 auto"> <span>Looked at the NSHCS recruitment statistics for that specialty</span></label><label style="display:flex;gap:8px;align-items:flex-start;margin:0 0 6px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.5;color:#303846;cursor:pointer"><input type="checkbox" data-i="5" style="margin-top:4px;width:16px;height:16px;flex:0 0 auto"> <span>Decided which parts of England I would live in for 3 years</span></label></div><div style="margin:0 0 12px" data-g="2"><div style="font-weight:700;color:#171d29;margin:0 0 6px">Oriel and the form <span data-gc="2" style="font-weight:600;color:#5b6472;font-size:13px">(0/4)</span></div><label style="display:flex;gap:8px;align-items:flex-start;margin:0 0 6px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.5;color:#303846;cursor:pointer"><input type="checkbox" data-i="6" style="margin-top:4px;width:16px;height:16px;flex:0 0 auto"> <span>Registered on Oriel with a personal email address that will last</span></label><label style="display:flex;gap:8px;align-items:flex-start;margin:0 0 6px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.5;color:#303846;cursor:pointer"><input type="checkbox" data-i="7" style="margin-top:4px;width:16px;height:16px;flex:0 0 auto"> <span>Read the person specification and job description</span></label><label style="display:flex;gap:8px;align-items:flex-start;margin:0 0 6px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.5;color:#303846;cursor:pointer"><input type="checkbox" data-i="8" style="margin-top:4px;width:16px;height:16px;flex:0 0 auto"> <span>Drafted my supporting-information answers in my own words (three questions of up to 500 words each in 2026)</span></label><label style="display:flex;gap:8px;align-items:flex-start;margin:0 0 6px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.5;color:#303846;cursor:pointer"><input type="checkbox" data-i="9" style="margin-top:4px;width:16px;height:16px;flex:0 0 auto"> <span>Collected evidence for 25% extra time on the SJT, if I need it: a dated report or signed letter in English that meets the NSHCS criteria, uploaded before I submit: no requests or extra documents are considered after that, and evidence that misses the criteria is rejected without appeal</span></label></div><div style="margin:0 0 12px" data-g="3"><div style="font-weight:700;color:#171d29;margin:0 0 6px">The SJT <span data-gc="3" style="font-weight:600;color:#5b6472;font-size:13px">(0/3)</span></div><label style="display:flex;gap:8px;align-items:flex-start;margin:0 0 6px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.5;color:#303846;cursor:pointer"><input type="checkbox" data-i="10" 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<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">After this page, read the series in the order you will need it: <a href="/hub/nhs-stp-application-questions" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600">our guide to the STP application questions</a> for the supporting-information answers (three questions in 2026), then <a href="/hub/nhs-stp-sjt" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600">our STP SJT guide</a> for the test that follows the form, then <a href="/hub/nhs-stp-interview-questions" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600">our STP interview questions guide</a> for the interview (scheduled for May to June last cycle; 2027 dates not confirmed). For the bigger choices, <a href="/hub/nhs-stp-competition-ratios" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600">our competition ratios guide</a> and <a href="/hub/nhs-stp-salary" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600">our STP salary guide</a> cover competition and pay.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">Applications must pass SJT longlisting before any specialty panel scores them, and the test came 8 days after the form closed in 2026. Try a few practice responses in the 1 to 5 format below. Independent practice, written by us; not made or endorsed by NSHCS.</p>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><h3 style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">More in this series</h3><ul style="margin:0;padding-left:20px"><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><a href="/hub/nhs-stp-sjt" style="color:#255a45">NHS STP SJT 2027: practice questions in the 1–5 format</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><a href="/hub/nhs-stp-application-questions" style="color:#255a45">NHS STP application questions and personal statement examples</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><a href="/hub/nhs-stp-interview-questions" style="color:#255a45">NHS STP interview questions and answers (2027)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><a href="/hub/nhs-stp-competition-ratios" style="color:#255a45">NHS STP competition ratios by specialty, and how to pick one</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><a href="/hub/nhs-stp-salary" style="color:#255a45">NHS STP salary 2027: trainee pay (Band 6), London weighting and progression</a></li></ul></div>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><h3 style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">Sources</h3><ul style="margin:0;padding-left:20px"><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">NSHCS: STP applicants (announcement 30 July 2026: 2026 recruitment concluded, 2027 applications likely to open in January 2027)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20260515172314/https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/key-deadline-dates-for-applications-to-the-stp-2026/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">NSHCS: Key deadline dates for applications to the STP 2026 (archived copy of the official page, last updated 29 April 2026; the live page now says the content was removed)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250718173727/https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/key-deadline-dates-for-applications-to-the-stp-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">NSHCS: Key deadline dates for applications to the STP 2025 (archived copy of the official page, last updated 3 July 2025)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/stp-direct-entry-recruitment-guidance/applying-for-an-stp-direct-entry-post/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">NSHCS: Applying for an STP direct entry post (stages, Oriel statuses, registration, deadlines, supporting information), last updated 3 February 2026</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/stp-direct-entry-recruitment-guidance/before-you-begin-your-stp-application/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">NSHCS: Before you begin your STP application (late applications, last 48 hours, 1 August results, references), last updated 23 December 2025</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/stp-direct-entry-recruitment-guidance/entry-requirements-for-direct-entry-applicants/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">NSHCS: Entry requirements for direct entry applicants (degree classes, relevant degrees, research experience), last updated 23 December 2025</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/STP-core-person-specification.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">NSHCS: Scientist Training Programme core person specification (PDF)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/stp-direct-entry-recruitment-guidance/additional-information-for-non-uk-applicants/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">NSHCS: Additional information for non-UK applicants (right to work, visas, ATAS, UK ENIC, IELTS, sanctioned countries), last updated 23 September 2026</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/stp-direct-entry-recruitment-guidance/application-longlisting-and-the-situational-judgement-test-sjt/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">NSHCS: Application longlisting and the Situational Judgement Test (SJT), last updated 23 September 2026</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/introducing-the-scientist-training-programme/difference-between-direct-entry-and-inservice/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">NSHCS: Difference between direct entry and in-service STP vacancies, last updated 12 March 2026</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/introducing-the-scientist-training-programme/what-are-the-stp-specialties/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">NSHCS: What are the STP specialties?, last updated 24 September 2026</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/introducing-the-scientist-training-programme/about-the-stp/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">NSHCS: About the STP (3 years, Band 6, funded master’s, in-person, HCPC), last updated 15 June 2026</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/faqs-for-applicants-to-the-scientist-training-programme/application-process-faqs/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">NSHCS: FAQs about the STP application process, last updated 10 December 2025</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/faqs-for-applicants-to-the-scientist-training-programme/entry-requirements-faqs/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">NSHCS: FAQs about STP entry requirements, last updated 10 December 2025</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/faqs-for-applicants-to-the-scientist-training-programme/entry-requirements-for-international-applicants-faqs/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">NSHCS: FAQs about entry requirements for international applicants, last updated 12 January 2026</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/faqs-for-applicants-to-the-scientist-training-programme/about-stp-faqs/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">NSHCS: FAQs about the Scientist Training Programme (Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, pay, travel, no job guarantee), last updated 16 December 2025</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/faqs-for-applicants-to-the-scientist-training-programme/sjt-faqs/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">NSHCS: FAQs about the situational judgement test, last updated 10 December 2025</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/services/training-programme-data/scientist-training-programme-recruitment-statistics/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">NSHCS: Scientist Training Programme recruitment statistics (2021 to 2026)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/news/update-on-the-stp-educational-training-support-funding/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">NSHCS news, 2 September 2026: update on the STP educational training support funding (£2,137 per trainee a year)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/news/express-an-interest-in-hosting-trainees-on-our-healthcare-science-training-programmes/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">NSHCS news, 22 October 2026: expressions of interest in hosting 2027/8 STP trainees (portals open until 30 October 2026)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/stp/applicants/scientist-training-programme-in-nhs-wales/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">NSHCS: Scientist Training Programme in NHS Wales, last updated 31 October 2025</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://heiw.nhs.wales/updates/news/applications-for-the-scientist-training-programme-posts-in-wales-for-2026-29-are-open/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">HEIW news, 30 April 2026: applications for STP posts in Wales for 2026-29 are open (closing 13 May 2026)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://www.hcstraining.nhs.scot/trainees/clinical-scientist-pre-registration-training/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">NHS Education for Scotland (PSD Scotland Healthcare Science): Clinical Scientist pre-registration training, last updated 7 April 2026</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://hcstraining.nhs.scot/news/clinical-scientist-training-expressions-of-interest-for-the-2027-cohort/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">NHS Education for Scotland news, 7 July 2026: Clinical Scientist training expressions of interest for the 2027 cohort</a></li></ul><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472"><strong style="color:#1f7a45">official</strong> = a document published by the conducting body. <strong style="color:#8a5300">reported</strong> = a news or coaching site we could not check against an original. Where sources disagree this page says so rather than picking one.</p></div>

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