Miratul Muqit obtained his medical degree from the University of Edinburgh. He was a Kennedy Scholar at Harvard University before receiving his PhD from University College London. Miratul undertook specialist training in Neurology in London including at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery at Queen Square. He is a Wellcome Senior Clinical Fellow at the MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit investigating the biological basis of Parkinson's. He also cares for patients with Parkinson's disease at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee.