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MSc/PGDip/PGCert Cancer Biology and Radiotherapy Physics / Overview
Year of entry: 2020
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- Degree awarded
- MSc/PGDip/PGCert
- Duration
- MSc: 1yr FT, 3yr PT; PGDip: 9m FT; PGCert: 6m FT
- Entry requirements
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We require an honours degree (minimum Upper Second class) or overseas equivalent in:
- physics
- biology
Healthcare professionals with an equivalent qualification will also be considered and may be invited to interview. We will consider applicants with a Lower Second class degree via interview.
- How to apply
Please apply via our online application form . See the application and selection section for details of the supporting documents we require.
We recommend that you apply as early as possible. We reserve the right to close applications earlier if the course is full.
Course options
| Full-time | Part-time | Full-time distance learning | Part-time distance learning | |
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| MSc | Y | Y | N | N |
| PGDip | Y | N | N | N |
| PGCert | Y | N | N | N |
Course overview
- Develop the skills and knowledge needed for a career in cancer research and/or cancer therapy involving ionising radiation.
- Learn from academics and clinical scientists in a range of fields, including biology, engineering, physics and oncology.
- Access MR-Linac and proton therapy research facilities at The Christie to undertake unique research projects unavailable anywhere else in the UK and most of Europe.
- Study at a university ranked 7th in the UK for Biological Sciences and 8th in the UK for Medicine (QS World University Rankings 2020).
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You can also watch webinar recordings from our recent virtual open week, including subject-specific sessions and webinars about general topics such as teaching and funding. Visit the postgraduate taught virtual open week website for a list of sessions.
Fees
For entry in the academic year beginning September 2020, the tuition fees are as follows:
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MSc (full-time)
UK/EU students (per annum): £10,500
International students (per annum): £24,000 -
MSc (part-time)
UK/EU students (per annum): Year 1 £4,200; Year 2 £4,200; Year 3 £2,100 -
PGDip (full-time)
UK/EU students (per annum): £8,400
International students (per annum): £19,200 -
PGCert (full-time)
UK/EU students (per annum): £4,200
International students (per annum): £9,600
The fees quoted above 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.
Policy on additional costs
All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).
Scholarships/sponsorships
Alumni bursary
The Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health offers an alumni bursary of £1,000 towards tuition fees for successful applicants who are recent University of Manchester graduates and who are commencing one of our postgraduate taught master's programmes in 2020.
The bursary is available to students or alumni who:
- graduated in 2019 or are graduating in 2020;
- hold a First or Upper Second class honours degree;
- have home or overseas fee status;
- are applying for full- or part-time study;
- are self-funded and not in receipt of any other funding support.
The bursary will be applied as a fee reduction automatically for those students and alumni who meet the alumni bursary criteria so there is no application process.
Contact details
- School/Faculty
- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health
- Telephone
- +44 (0)161 275 5220
- pgtaught.medicine@manchester.ac.uk
- Website
- https://www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/medicine/
- School/Faculty
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Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health
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