Biostatistics PhD Summer Internship

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Roche, one of the leading global pharmaceutical companies, is delighted to announce the opening of its 2027 internship scheme for UK PhD students to join the Biostatistics team within the Product Development Data Sciences and Analytics (PDD) department located in Welwyn Garden City, UK.

Our biostatistics interns will work full-time for 10 weeks (extendable to 12 weeks) at our Roche Welwyn site under the supervision of experienced statisticians and data scientists. Interns will work on theoretical or applied problems with direct relevance to Roche’s ongoing clinical drug development in therapeutic areas such as oncology, immunology, infectious diseases, ophthalmology, or neuroscience.

There will be opportunities to interact with Roche’s global network of over 600 statisticians and data scientists. In addition to engaging in an exciting research topic, interns will have the opportunity to experience first-hand the work of statisticians and data scientists within the pharmaceutical industry and see how they add value to clinical development plans. Interns will learn both new technical and non-technical skills highly relevant to their future careers. At the end of the internship, students will give a department-wide presentation on their research topic.

Applicants must currently be registered on a UK PhD programme with a significant methodological focus on statistics or data science, alongside relevant research experience within areas such as biostatistics/epidemiologists, statistics or mathematics, ideally but not necessarily with experience in the health sector. Applicants are required to have successfully passed their initial annual PhD review (typically held at 10-15 months) and must not have completed their PhD viva voce before the application closing date.

Applications close on Friday, 13 November 2026. The application process may be extended beyond this date but could close at any point after this time.

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