Healthcare Science (Radiotherapy Physics), BSc (Hons)
Swansea UniversitySingleton Park Campus, United Kingdom
Course overview
Our BSc in Radiotherapy Physics will give you the expert training you need to begin a rewarding and highly skilled career in the healthcare profession as a dosimetrist in radiotherapy physics. Over this structured, modular degree, you will learn about using radiotherapy to treat various cancers. You will combine in-depth academic work with practical clinical and technological skills in a range of specialised healthcare settings.
Radiotherapy Physics is a vital field of medicine requiring a high level of responsibility and technical skill. As a radiotherapy physicist/radiotherapy physics technologist, you will work as part of a team to develop individual treatment plans for people with cancer and be responsible for the precise calibration and use of sophisticated radiotherapy equipment. As your career progresses, you will have excellent opportunities for advanced practice and further study to Masters and doctoral level.
Key highlights
- Trains you for a career as a dosimetrist in radiotherapy physics
- Covers the use of radiotherapy to treat various cancers
- Combines academic study with practical clinical and technological skills
- Clinical training across a range of specialised healthcare settings
- Prepares you to develop individual cancer treatment plans
- Teaches precise calibration and use of sophisticated radiotherapy equipment
Entry requirements
- A-level: BBB — BBB.
- BTEC: DDD — Typical BTEC Offer DDD Typical Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales Offer B and either BB at A level (including Maths, Physics, Biology or Chemistry) or DD at BTEC Irish Leaving Certificate 345 If you are offered a place…
- Welsh Baccalaureate — Offer B and either BB
- A-level: BB — to include including Maths, Physics, Biology or Chemistry
- BTEC: DD — …either BB at A level (including Maths, Physics, Biology or Chemistry) or DD at BTEC Irish Leaving Certificate 345 If you are offered a place you will also need A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, or approved equivale…
- Irish Leaving Certificate — 345 If you are offered a place you will also need A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, or approved equivalent
- Additional condition: dbs_check — …Leaving Certificate 345 If you are offered a place you will also need A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, or approved equivalent If you are not applying for a WEDS funded place please ensure you h…
- Additional condition: interview — Applicants who meet the entry requirements and selection criteria will be invited to interview, which may take place in person or via telephone/video call.
- Additional condition: occupational_health — All applicants will be required to have a satisfactory enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check and occupational health check.
Scholarships
International Excellence Scholarships
Scholarships are awarded as a discount on tuition fees worth up to £5,000 in the first year of study, with a further £2,000 awarded in Year 2 (for £5,000 awardees only, subject to achieving a 70% average).
Swansea University Sport Scholarship
Financial support (of up to £2000).
Thrive Bursary
The Thrive bursary is a £4,000 reduction in tuition fees for the first year of study, with a progression bursary of £2,000 in subsequent years (applied as a discount off tuition fees).
Up to £4,000
Careers this course leads to
- Dosimetrist
- Radiotherapy physics technologist
- Radiotherapy physicist
- Clinical technologist (radiotherapy)
- Treatment planning technologist
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Swansea University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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