MSc Medical Ultrasound

Course overview

Course leader

Warren Foster is currently Deputy Director of AECC University College's School of Medical Ultrasound, a member of the Senior Management Group and program Lead for the MSc Ultrasound courses.

Course details

To earn your degree in MSc Medical Ultrasound, you’ll need a total of 180 Master’s level credits. Usually, you’ll aim to gain 60 credits a year - at the end of stage one, you’ll qualify for a PgCert (60 M credits), at stage two you’ll qualify for a PgDip (120 M credits), and finally an MSc at the end of stage three (180 M credits). Don’t be put off if you think this is too much or too little, as you’re encouraged to go at your own pace so you can do more or less than this in one year, depending on what suits you.

We recommend that you don’t take on more than 40 credits a year in one of our clinical application units due to the practical-skills workload involved. We want to make sure that you are comfortable and able to complete the workload that you take on at a reasonable pace.

To get a picture of the curriculum check out a list of units below, or should you need more information about each module’s aims, content and assessment structure, just take a look at our Course Specification.

A limited number of supervised clinical placements are available at our Ultrasound Clinic. Placements are at the discretion of the Head of School of Medical Ultrasound and are reviewed each year. These are charged at an additional cost to the course fee. SMU clinical placement students should expect to attend 1 - 3 clinical placement days per month, for each skills-based unit, for a period of at least 5 - 6 months. 

Our Masters in Medical Ultrasound, developed by experts from the University College's School of Medical Ultrasound (CASE accreditation pending), will give you the specialist knowledge, plus all the advanced clinical and practical skills needed for ultrasound practice.

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MSc Medical ultrasound important dates 2018-2019

Unit breakdown

Entry Requirements

How do I apply for the MSc Medical Ultrasound?

Apply today for 2018 start: visit our online application portal, the deadline for this years applicants is 31st August 2018.

Applications for 2019 start will open on our online application portal, October 2018. To be kept up to date with how to apply to this postgraduate course please register your details on the form below. 

What grades do I need?

You’ll need a recognised professional qualification or a first degree in a relevant healthcare subject in line with the admissions regulations. 

When you apply you should also include a Clinical Workplace Agreement (completed by the work-place supervisor/mentor), just to make sure you can meet all the clinical requirements of the course. A limited number of placements are available at the School of Medical Ultrasound should you be interested; assigned and reviewed by the Course Leader. Please note that this is charged at an additional cost to the course fee. Speak with our School of Medical Ultrasound team for prices, dates, and further details.

If you’re applying from outside of the UK

To find out if you're eligible to apply, talk to our Admissions team by email or calling us on +44 1202 436200 and we’ll be happy to answer any questions you have.

English language requirements

To be accepted onto the MSc Medical Ultrasound course you will need to demonstrate that you meet the minimum standards of English. Please note that you will need to achieve IELTS (academic) overall score of 7.0 or above with no less than 6.0 in each section or acceptable equivalent.

We also accept an undergraduate degree from a university in the UK degree or a completed undergraduate or postgraduate degree which has been taught in a ‘majority English-speaking’ country. These are: Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Ireland, Jamaica, New Zealand,  St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia,  St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America.

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We may be able to consider other English language qualifications, so call or email our Admissions team and they will be happy to help. Try to book your language tests as early in the year as you can, just in case re-sits are needed. 

For more information about our admissions policies and procedures, including our Admissions Complaints and Appeals Policy, please click here.

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Course Fees

One of the most important things you’ll need to consider before applying for this course are the tuition fees. Our current course costs for the MSc Medical Ultrasound (2018/2019) entry are per annum and are shown below. 

*You are classed as an ELQ student if you have previously completed a Masters level (NQF level 7) or higher qualification before enrolment.

Please note that fees after your 1st year should not increase by more than RPI + 1% (UK Retail price index - RPI). 

If the course detail isn’t incentive enough, we also offer all new MSc Ultrasound enrolments that are starting in 2018 a 10% discount to AECC UC alumni on the annual tuition fee for the duration of your part-time MSc programme. What’s more, those starting a postgraduate course for the first time, who are under 60 and living in the UK, could qualify for a Postgraduate Loan of up to £10,000 to help with study costs. 

This is being offered to people starting a postgraduate course from 1st September 2018. Find out more about postgraduate loans and if you qualify on the gov.uk website.

As we don’t want you to have any nasty surprises during your time with us, please take a few minutes to read through the following information. To stay on the course your fees are due annually, and may be subject to change. Decisions about changes to course fees, arrangements, and dates for teaching sessions are the right of the course organisers - they’ll let you know if anything is due to change. Bear in mind that the fees currently advertised by the AECC University College are for the first year of the programme only. We advise you to budget for an increase of up to 5% for each following year, and all increased fees will be posted to the AECC University College website, so don’t worry if you forget. Three termly instalments can be arranged with the Finance Department, but please note a surcharge of 5% is made for termly instalments.

For students to be eligible for funding from Student Finance England, they must be studying on an eligible course at a provider registered with the Office for Students (OfS).The OfS is the new independent regulator for higher education in England and all higher education providers need to register with the OfS for their students to be eligible for student support in the 2019-20 academic year. The OfS will start publishing providers on its Register from July 2018. We have made an application to register and expect a decision by mid-September 2018. No provider will be able to confirm whether student support is available until it has a decision from the OfS. Visit www.officeforstudents.org.uk for more information. 

To view our Tuition Fees Policy, please click here. 

For more information about any additional associated costs and our Student Agreement, please click here.