MSc Specialist Practice (Cancer)

The fees will be fully inclusive for the course tuition, administration and computational costs during your studies.

All fees for entry will be subject to yearly review and incremental rises per annum are also likely over the duration of courses lasting more than a year for UK/EU students (fees are typically fixed for international students for the course duration at the year of entry). For general fees information, please visit postgraduate fees . Always contact the department if you are unsure which fee applies to your qualification award and method of attendance.

Please be aware that you are only eligible for the postgraduate loan for English students if you choose the 1 year full-time or 2 year part-time course.

For part-time routes, full-time fees will be split over two or three years as appropriate.

International fees

Self-funded international applicants for this course will be required to pay a deposit of £1,000 towards their tuition fees before a confirmation of acceptance for studies (CAS) is issued. This deposit will only be refunded if immigration permission is refused. We will notify you about how and when to make this payment.

For the latest scholarship and bursary information please visit the fees and funding page.

We require a relevant health or social work professional qualification and current registration with the relevant professional, statutory or equivalent regulatory body. You must also hold a relevant honours first degree (Lower Second or above, or equivalent) from an approved higher education institution or evidence of previous study, research or professional experience that the University accepts as qualifying you for entry.

International students must demonstrate English proficiency through a secure and approved testing system.

We ask for English language proof if you are from non-majority English speaking countries (a list of majority English speaking countries, as defined by the UK Home Office, can be found here ).

Specifically, we require a minimum of:

• IELTS: 7.0, with a score of 6.5 or above in each component;
• TOEFL iBT:100 overall (25 in all subscores);
• GCSE English grade C.

See further information about requirements for your country .

Some English Language test results are only valid for two years. Your English Language test report must be valid on the start date of the course.

Home/UK applicants should usually have current clinical practice experience at the point of application.

Thosestudying part-time should continue to practice throughout the duration of their studies. For part-time students completing units with practical components, we require written support from their employer to attend and complete any practice-based components.

International applicants should usually have a minimum of six months relevant clinical practice experience. Due to the content of some course units, we require students to demonstrate a satisfactory level of experience in a related clinical area to be eligible to undertake the unit.

This course is primarily aimed at nurses and allied healthcare professionals including dieticians, speech and language therapists, physiotherapists and occupational therapists. We require a professional qualification relevant to the course, and current registration with the relevant professional statutory or equivalent regulatory body.

International applicants need to be able to reflect on your current/recent practice and demonstrate how your role can develop, enhance or propose change to patient care and service delivery in order to achieve the course aims and individual clinical unit outcomes.

When completing your application, please include the following in the 'Further Information' section of the application form:

• the focus of your current/recent clinical practice and an overview of your role;
• your areas of clinical interest and the units you are interested in studying.

UK applicants who do not hold a first degree (or equivalent qualification) may be admitted on the basis of a health/social work professional qualification. You must demonstrate the ability to study at postgraduate level.

If you do not have a first degree, you will be required to undertake a stand-alone level 7 unit to test your ability to study at this level. If successful, this unit would be incorporated into your degree pathway.

You can study individual units as standalone short courses or build up units of study towards a PGCert or PGDip award and undertake a dissertation to complete the MSc award. See the units page for more information.

Postgraduate Certificate in Specialist Practice (Cancer) (PGCert) 60 credits

Choose from a range of specialist units

Post Graduate Diploma (Cancer) 120 credits

Choose from a range of specialist units (90 credits) and one compulsory unit: Advanced Evidence Based Practice (30 credits)

MSc in Specialist Practice (Cancer) 180 credits

After successfully completing the 120 credits for the PGDip, you may be eligible to undertake a dissertation from the options below:

• full or adapted systematic review;
• report-based dissertation.

This MSc is a collaboration between the University and The Christie School of Oncology .

Practical support and advice for current students and applicants is available from the Disability Advisory and Support Service .

Individual units from this course can be taken as standalone courses for continuing professional development (CPD).

See the nursing, midwifery and social work CPD page for further information.