Radiography: Diagnostic Radiography BSc(Hons): Course features

What this course offers you

  • You'll receive a rigorous, hospital-based, clinical education, which is delivered at leading specialist centres.
  • You share a common foundation programme with medicine, midwifery, nursing and physiotherapy students, which takes place at St George's, University of London.
  • Our teaching was recently reviewed by the Quality Assurance Agency and was awarded the highest possible rating.
  • The academic staff are qualified radiographers with many years of clinical expertise. They ensure that our education programmes reflect current practice.
  • You'll benefit from a range of excellent learning resources, including access to:
    • clinical skills laboratories;
    • X-ray machines and ultrasound machines; and
    • new, purpose-built practical and teaching rooms with state-of-the-art AV equipment and digital imaging equipment.
  • Clinical placements are an essential part of your course so you'll get hands-on experience of working with real patients.
  • You'll engage in multidisciplinary education with fellow students from other healthcare disciplines, including nursing, midwifery, social work and physiotherapy.
  • A personal tutor plus strong support from academic and clinical staff ensure you get the help you need to reach your full potential.
  • The integrated teaching and emphasis on clinical skills ensure that Kingston and St George's graduates are highly sought after.
  • Career paths for diagnostic radiographers include:
    • specialising in advanced procedures;
    • management, teaching or research;
    • quality assurance; and
    • counselling.
  • As a diagnostic radiography graduate, you'll have opportunities to work in specialist departments, the private sector and in primary care settings in the community.
  • For more details of life as a radiography student at the joint Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, please visit www.healthcare.ac.uk/schools/radiography.

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