Physics is a cornerstone of 21st century healthcare. Medical physics is the application of physical theory, concepts and methods, to the field of medicine and biomedicine. It is an extremely broad field, ranging from cancer treatment to diagnostic imaging, and including the physics of the body.

According to the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM), UK’s medical physics and clinical engineering workforce is at risk of being unable to deliver safe and effective services, with a 10% vacancy rate and 24% of experts nearing retirement. The current workforce needs to increase by 44% and to meet this demand, and the MSci and BSc Physics with Medical Physics addresses this by offering students practical experience to protect patient care.

You will learn from senior practising medical physicists who teach modules such as Functional Medical Imaging and Molecular Biophysics. These courses provide an excellent base for students to land high-level positions in medical physics and biotechnology. In fact, many of the school's medical physics graduates have built careers in medical physics and associated disciplines in the NHS, like radiotherapy and neurophysiology.