Healthcare Science (Nuclear Medicine), BSc (Hons)
Swansea UniversitySingleton Park Campus, United Kingdom
Course overview
Our BSc in Nuclear Medicine will give you the expert training you need to begin a rewarding and highly skilled career working in the healthcare profession as a medical physics technologist/nuclear medicine technologist. Over three years you will learn about using isotopes and various forms of radiation to diagnose and treat many diseases, including different types of cancers, heart disease, gastrointestinal, endocrine and neurological disorders. You will combine in-depth academic work with practical clinical and technological skills in a range of specialised healthcare settings.
Nuclear Medicine is an exciting, continually developing field that requires a high level of responsibility and technical skill. As a medical physics technologist, you will be operating, maintaining, and monitoring complex, specialised equipment used in the diagnosis and treatment of patients of all ages. As your career progresses, you will have excellent opportunities for advanced practice and further study to Masters and doctoral level.
Key highlights
- Trains you to use isotopes and radiation to diagnose and treat disease
- Covers cancers, heart disease, gastrointestinal, endocrine and neurological disorders
- Combines academic study with clinical skills in specialised healthcare settings
- Teaches operation, maintenance and monitoring of complex diagnostic and treatment equipment
- Opens routes to advanced practice and Masters or doctoral study
Entry requirements
- A-level: BBB — BBB.
- BTEC: DDD — Typical BTEC Offer DDD Typical Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales Offer Pass at B and either BB at A level (including Maths, Physics, Chemistry or Biology) or DD at BTEC Irish Leaving Certificate 345 All applicants will…
- Welsh Baccalaureate — Offer Pass at B and either BB
- A-level: BB — to include including Maths, Physics, Chemistry or Biology
- BTEC: DD — …either BB at A level (including Maths, Physics, Chemistry or Biology) or DD at BTEC Irish Leaving Certificate 345 All applicants will need a satisfactory educational reference.
- Irish Leaving Certificate — 345 All applicants will need a satisfactory educational reference
- 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: dbs_check — …interview, any offer of a place will be conditional upon a satisfactory DBS/police check or equivalent from your home country as well as an occupational health declaration and assessment prior to starting y…
- 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
- Nuclear Medicine Technologist
- Medical Physics Technologist
- Clinical Physiologist
- Healthcare Science Practitioner
- Clinical Scientist (after further study)
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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