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This four-year Master of Radiography: Therapeutic (MTRad) course will give you the theoretical understanding and practical skills you will need to build a rewarding career as a therapeutic radiographer. Practice placements are an integrated part of the course and allow students to put their theoretical knowledge into practice. This is an undergraduate Master’s course which provides an option to transfer to the BSc (Hons) route at the end of Year Two. There are very high employment rates for graduates of therapeutic radiography.

Year One: Anatomy and Physiology; Becoming and Allied Health Professional; Developing Resilience of Self and Others; Introduction to Radiotherapy Practice; Radiotherapy Practice 1; Finding your Academic Voice.

Year Two: Health Coaching Conversations; Developing a Spirit of Inquiry; Cross Sectional Imaging Science; Radiotherapy Practice 2; Radiotherapy Placement A.

Year Three: Active Citizenship; Health Literacy; Less Common Cancers in Radiotherapy; Theoretical and Clinical Approaches to Multidisciplinary Team Working; Understanding and Appraising the Evidence for Practice; Radiotherapy Placement B.

Year Four: Advancing Practice in Radiotherapy; Applying Skills of Critical Enquiry; Evidence Informed Practice; Leadership and Enterprise in Healthcare; Radiotherapy Placement C

Entry Requirements

2025 entry requirements:
4 Highers at BBBC (standard entry) or BCCC (widening access entry) including a science subject plus English, Maths and a science subject at National 5.

You may be requested to be immunised against Hepatitis B.

You would require a satisfactory PVG (Protecting Vulnerable Groups) check to show you are suitable for this type of course. Contact Disclosure Scotland for details.