PG Certificate (Postgraduate Certificate) Clinical Perfusion Science at University of Bristol

Programme overview

This blended learning programme provides a high-quality, research-led education that focuses on adult and paediatric perfusion principles and practice. It is studied alongside your clinical practical training in an accredited hospital cardiac centre. This qualification addresses both the academic and professional requirements to enable perfusionists to practice in Great Britain or Ireland.

What you will study

The PG Certificate in Clinical Perfusion Science consists of four taught units (including the work-based clinical practice and assessment). You will study by blended learning while working/training as Limited Registrant perfusionists in accredited hospitals in Great Britain or Ireland. In-person teaching and exams are delivered in four intensive study periods in Bristol (including in person exams).

Career pathways

Successful completion of this programme allows graduates to practise as accredited clinical perfusion scientists in Great Britain or 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 Limited Registrant post at an accredited 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 5,040 a year (2027/28). part-time per year; 2027 entry, subject to annual review. Source

International applicants: GBP 12,320 a year (2027/28). part-time per year; 2027 entry, subject to annual review. Source

Intake: September 2027

Duration: One year part-time

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

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