Study Master of Science in Medical Physics at Virginia Commonwealth University in the USA, School of Medicine

About this course

About this course
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Study options
Entry requirements
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What will I learn?

The Master of Science in Medical Physics offers students course work and practical clinical training in physics as it is applied to the diagnosis and treatment of human diseases. The mission of the master’s program is to serve the commonwealth of Virginia and the nation by helping to meet the demand for competent medical physicists in the health care delivery setting. The program will prepare students for careers as qualified and independent clinical medical physicists. Required course work provides theoretical and practical training in radiation dosimetry, radiation biology, radiation therapy, medical imaging and health physics. Professional competency: To develop professional competency in medical physics by providing a framework in which students progressively develop mastery of the current state of medical physics and an ability to synthesize this information and apply it in a clinical setting. Additionally, students in the program will develop skills in the various means of communicating the core of medical physics knowledge and clinical applications of that knowledge to a variety of potential audiences. Clinical competency: To develop clinically competent medical physics graduates by providing a framework in which students progress from didactic knowledge to clinical knowledge and demonstrate application of clinical medical physics principles, practices and procedures.

Which department am I in?

School of Medicine

Study options

Full Time (3 Semesters)

Tuition fees

US$33,746.00 per year

Food and housing - 19,724 Annual

Application deadline

Expected January 2027

Start date

Expected August 2027

Venue

MCV Campus

1012 East Marshall Street,

Richmond,

Virginia,

23298, United States

Entry requirements

For international students

In addition to the general admission requirements of the VCU Graduate School and the School of Medicine, students are expected to satisfy the following minimum standards for admission.Students shall have a strong foundation in basic physics, demonstrated either by an undergraduate or graduate degree in physics, or by a degree in an engineering discipline or another of the physical sciences, and with course work that is the equivalent of a minor in physics (i.e., one that includes at least three upper-level undergraduate physics courses that would be required for a physics major).Provisional admission may be granted where deficiencies exist. These deficiencies must be removed by the end of the first year of residence, or its part-time equivalent, when the students application will be re-examined. Courses that are designed to remove deficiencies will not be accepted for credit hours toward the graduate degree.

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