Course summary
This programme is for clinicians, senior nurses and allied health professionals working in musculoskeletal fields. It will provide you with a thorough grounding in the discipline together with the tools to maintain your knowledge base through a course of advanced, specialist instruction. You will be taught by leading experts from the Centre for Experimental Medicine and Rheumatology (EMR), which has been awarded Centre of Excellence status by the European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR) for its outstanding contributions to rheumatology and improving patient care. The programme will:
- Help you acquire the theoretical understanding and skills to advance and promote knowledge in the specialty, as well as develop your leadership skills
- Promote your understanding of how advanced technologies and innovative clinical trials represent the next step towards tailoring diagnostic and therapeutic strategies to individual subsets of patients
- Encourage you to think beyond the available modalities and synthesise information, hypotheses, and approaches to fill in the gap of unmet needs in musculoskeletal sciences
- Choose from MSc, Postgraduate Diploma or Certificate
Modules
To complete the MSc, you will study 8 taught modules (120 credits) and undertake a supervised dissertation (60 credits). Please see the programme webpage for up-to-date module information
Assessment method
A variety of assessment strategies will be used for the taught modules including written assignments, presentations, case reports, essay questions, modified essay questions and examination papers. These strategies allow precise assessment of your scientific and clinical knowledge during and at the end of the modules.
Entry requirements
2:2 or above at undergraduate level in a degree related to Biomedical Sciences such as Physiology, Biological Sciences, Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Pathology, Biochemical Sciences, Microbiology, or other related allied health professional degrees such as Physiotherapy, Osteopathy, Nursing, or Pharmacy, or a Medical degree (non-UK medical degrees marked on a grading scale must be equivalent to UK 2:2 degree). Both UK and overseas candidates are eligible to apply as well as intercalating medical students.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
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
Students enrolling on a postgraduate degree programme are charged tuition fees each year by Queen Mary. The rate you will be charged depends on whether you are assessed as a Home/EU or Overseas student.
You can find tuition fees for each course on the course finder pages on our website by clicking the apply link, or navigate here: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/
Further details about postgraduate taught tuition fees can also be found on our website: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/tuitionfees/
Provider information
Queen Mary University of London
Admissions and Recruitment Office
Mile End Road
Tower Hamlets
London
E1 4NS