Please note applications for September 2025/26 entry are now closed. The next Admissions Portal will be open in April 2026, for the course commencing September 2026. Both Home and International students will be eligible to apply; however, we are only accepting applications from students who have secured suitable NHS placements prior to application.
The MSc in Clinical Ultrasound provides a contemporary research-enhanced curriculum with a minimum of 800 hours of professional practice experience and an accelerated route into the profession. It is an ideal study pathway for trainee sonographers and existing Healthcare Professionals wishing to achieve excellence in all aspects of clinical ultrasound practice.
The programme has a strong emphasis on the development of professional skills for effective communication, evidence-based practice, and leadership in healthcare, alongside promoting a systematic understanding of the core principles underpinning ultrasound practice to guide image optimisation and clinical reasoning.
Entry at PG Cert level is suitable for healthcare professionals learning ultrasound for the first time. This 1-year part-time PG Cert focuses on understanding the science and technology underpinning ultrasound examinations and supports students in gaining clinical proficiency in General Medical Ultrasound, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Ultrasound, or Specialist Ultrasound Practice (e.g. Point-of-Care, Gynaecology, Musculoskeletal, or Vascular Ultrasound). On completion of the PG Cert, graduates will be able to practice ultrasound independently (although a 3-month preceptorship period is recommended).
Entry at PG Dip level is aimed at existing PG Cert-qualified ultrasound practitioners who wish to extend their clinical and professional training through a second year of part-time study. The PG Dip year emphasises the importance of improving the delivery of ultrasound services through education, leadership, and research.
The 1-year part-time MSc dissertation is aimed at existing PG Dip qualified ultrasound practitioners. Academic support is provided for completing a Clinical Ultrasound research project to publication standard. If you are an early career registrant you may be eligible to apply for top-up funding to complete the MSc dissertation though an NIHR INSIGHT award: https://www.nihr.ac.uk/insight-inspiring-students-research-round-1-guidance-notes
Teaching on the Ultrasound programme brings together excellence in research and practice led by education, clinical and research staff who are experts in their field. We have a strategic partnership with clinicians from our local NHS Trust partners, to provide high quality clinical and practical teaching. Interprofessional learning, with students from other healthcare disciplines (including medicine, nursing, midwifery, and physiotherapy), and opportunities to scan volunteers, are highly valued by our students. The full MSc programme is delivered part-time over 3 years and comprises 180 Level 7 credits.
The educational aims and structure of the course have been designed to provide a supervised framework for training a range of healthcare professionals in conducting safe and accurate diagnostic ultrasound scans within their chosen scope of clinical practice.
Course type:
Certificate
Delivery mode:
In person
Study mode:
Part time
Duration:
PG Cert 1 year, PG Dip 1 year (with 60 credits RPL), MSc 1 year (with 120 credits RPL)
Application status:
Closed
Start date:
September 2026
We encourage you to apply as early as possible if you meet the entry requirements and placement requirements so that there is sufficient time for your application to be assessed. We may need to request further information from you during the application process.
Our first application deadline is on 1 June 2026 (23:59 UK time).
The final application deadlines for this programme are:
Both Home and International students will be eligible to apply; however, we are only accepting applications from students who have secured suitable NHS placements prior to application.
After the first application deadline, if the programme becomes full before the final deadlines stated above, we will close the programme to further applications.
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