MSc Clinical Perfusion Science at University of Bristol

Programme overview

This unique blended learning programme integrates academic knowledge and understanding of perfusion science with both the needs of the working professional clinical perfusion scientist and the demands of professional registration with the Society of Clinical Perfusion Scientists of Great Britain and Ireland (SCPS) . You study the programme alongside your clinical practical training in an accredited hospital cardiac centre. This programme is only available to students who have secured a clinical perfusion scientist trainee position with an accredited hospital training centre in Great Britain or Ireland.

What you will study

The MSc in Clinical Perfusion Science consists of six taught units (one of which includes the work-based clinical practice and assessment), and a research project. This part-time programme requires you to attend lectures, tutorials and workshops in intensive study weeks in Bristol (four times per year including in person exams), combined with allocated distance learning weeks.

Career pathways

Completing this programme will accredit you to practise as a clinical perfusion scientist in GB and Ireland.

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Application information

Entry requirements

You will typically need an upper second-class honours degree or an international equivalent in a science or medicine-related subject. To be successful in your application, you must have secured a Clinical Perfusion Scientist trainee position at an accredited training centre in Great Britain or Ireland. We will consider your application if your interim grades are currently slightly lower than the programme's entry requirements and may make you an aspirational offer. English language: profile level E.

Domestic applicants: GBP 6,300 a year (2027/28). part-time per year; 2027 entry, subject to annual review. Source

International applicants: GBP 15,400 a year (2027/28). part-time per year; 2027 entry, subject to annual review. Source

Intake: September 2027

Duration: Two years part-time

Apply through the official page: https://www.bristol.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/apply/start-application/

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