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Medical Ultrasound has become an essential part of investigative healthcare, used to support a variety of medical professionals including radiographers, physiotherapists, chiropractors, podiatrists, nurses, midwives and doctors. This postgraduate degree course will give you an understanding of the science and instrumentation of ultrasound to produce optimum images, with safety and quality assurance to make sure you lead with best practice. Developed by experts from the University’s School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences our course has been created to be part-time, so you can gain your new qualification while you work. You’ll be taught by actively practising practitioners and highly-qualified academic staff, through professional development, experiential learning and reflective practice, tutorials, workshops, practical clinical skills classes, seminars, small group work, and lectures. The course consists of three progressive levels, with an exit qualification at the end of each if you want to finish early, allowing you to tailor a learning experience that’s right for you. Some of our units are available to study as standalone units which means you do not have to enrol onto the full course. If there is a particular unit you would like to study as a standalone unit, please use the contact form below.
Modules
Year 1 PgCert Stage: Optional Ultrasound Skills-based Units Upper Limb Ultrasound Lower Limb Ultrasound Hip Ultrasound Soft Tissue Ultrasound MSK Ultrasound Guided Injections Gynaecology Ultrasound 1st Trimester Ultrasound 2nd and 3rd Trimester Ultrasound Superficial Structures Ultrasound Negotiated Ultrasound Skills Abdominal Ultrasound Non-application specific optional units Work-based Practice Evidence-based Practice Current Advances in Practice Structured Learning Event Year 2 PgDip Stage: For the PgDip Stage of your degree, you get to choose from any of the units that you did not complete during the previous PgCert Stage (Year 1). All units have M Level Credits assigned to them. You’ll need to pick units that total 60 M Level Credits for the PgDip. Year 3 and 4 Masters Stage: For your final stage of the MSc Medical Ultrasound, you can pick between two unit groups. Research Methods and Dissertation or Audit Methods and Clinical Audit.
Professional bodies
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
- Consortium for the Accreditation of Sonographic Education
How to apply
International applicants
We are unable to sponsor students who require a Tier 4 student visa to study in the UK.
Entry requirements
You’ll need a recognised professional qualification or a first degree in a relevant healthcare subject (minimum 2:2). Examples of these are; General Medicine, Physiotherapy, Radiography, Osteopathy, Chiropractic, Sports and Exercise Medicine, Nursing. Together with registration from a professional body e.g. GMN, NMC, HCPC etc. If you have an undergraduate degree that’s not listed, it may still be considered. Talk to Admissions team by completing the form below or call them on 01202 436200.
English language requirements
IELTS (academic) score of 7.0 or above with no less than 6.0 in each section.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| England | £1200 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £1200 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £1200 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £1200 | Year 1 |
| Channel Islands | £1200 | Year 1 |
| Republic of Ireland | £1200 | Year 1 |
| EU | £2435 | Year 1 |
| International | £2435 | Year 1 |
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
Health Sciences University reserves the right to increase your tuition fees each year, reflecting the changes in costs of delivering your course, improving the educational services we provide to you, and any changes in government policy or regulation.
In line with our tuition fee policy, your tuition fee will not exceed a 10% increase on the previous academic year’s tuition fee (subject at all times to the maximum tuition fee caps set by Government from time to time).
There may be additional course related costs you will need to budget for to fully participate in and complete the course. For more information about additional costs for this course please visit https://www.hsu.ac.uk/student-life/student-finances/additional-costs/
Provider information
Health Sciences University
Parkwood Campus
Parkwood Road
Bournemouth
BH5 2DF