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Biomedical Training Courses

Our training courses are aimed at people who are applying to the Home Office for Personal or Project Licences.

Personal Licence training courses (PIL A,B and C)  and Project Licence Holder (PPL) courses are held every term plus in the summer vacation.


Our PIL courses are FELASA accredited and all students receive a FELASA certificate as well as a certificate from our UK accrediting body.

We also offer additional species training, individual training modules: for example Modules L & E1 only, Module 21 Advanced Anaesthesia, and refresher training.

Personal Licence (PIL) Training Course

Guidance on how to apply for a Personal Licence for your work at Oxford, and information on exemptions, the training course, PIL A, B and C training modules, learning outcomes, course dates, costs and FAQs.

Read about Personal Licence training

Project Licence Holder (PPL) Training Course

Find out how to become a Project Licence Holder at Oxford, including details of the training course,  modules, learning outcomes, course dates, costs and FAQs.

Read about Project Licence Holding training

Experimental Design & Statistics in Preclinical Research

A one-day course addressing some of the fundamental issues that are behind designing good (pre-clinical) experiments, the bedrock of reproducible science.

Read more about the course