Medical Physics MSc

<strong>Why choose this course</strong><br/>We have trained more than 1,000 medical physicists and we’re accredited by the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM), so youre guaranteed high-quality, effective teaching during your time at Surrey.<br/><br/>There are generous external funding opportunities available for students on this course including the IAEA Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship Programme, which aims to help increase the number of women in the nuclear field.<br/><br/><strong>What you will study</strong><br/>Our Medical Physics MSc will provide you with the knowledge, skills and experience required of a graduate medical physicist.<br/><br/>This medical physics course places more emphasis than many other similar programmes on topics beyond ionising radiation (X-rays and radiotherapy), allowing you to study areas such as magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound and the use of lasers in medicine.<br/><br/>You’ll learn the theoretical foundations of modern imaging and treatments, and you’ll acquire a set of experimental skills that are essential to a medical physicist’s job. You’ll gain these through experimental sessions in our newly refurbished radiation laboratories, as well as through practical experiences using state-of-the-art clinical facilities at collaborating hospitals.