The Master of Science (Medical Radiation Physics) is a program for graduates with preliminary education background in physics, mathematics, biology or engineering who wish to work in public health and related areas, and who have a need for current knowledge and technical expertise in Medical Radiation Physics.

This degree

Our Medical Radiation Physics (MRP) program is backed by clinical associations with local and Sydney hospitals - over 50% of current practising medical physicists in NSW were educated and trained at UOW. Our strong ties with industries and government labs ensure you receive significant industry exposure throughout your degree.

Your lectures in Nuclear Medicine, Radiobiology and Radiation Protection and practical classes will be held in hospitals by practising Medical Physicists and university academics. You will benefit from the strong collaborative links in research and development that our staff have with local and international companies and leading medical radiation physics institutions.

These include:

• USA: Brookhaven National Laboratory, MIT, Harvard School of Medicine Francis H. Burr Proton Therapy Beam Centre (MGH), Loma Linda University Medical Centre, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, Stanford University (SLAC), Montefiore Medical Center Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AECM)
• Japan: KEK, Tsukuba Proton Therapy Centre, NIRS, Hitachi
• Europe: SPA ‘BIT’, Institute for Scintillating Materials (Ukraine), SINTEF(Norway), CERN, (Switzerland), European Synchroton Radiation Facility, (France), PTB, Heidelberg Heavy Ion Therapy and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Germany)
• Australia: ANSTO, CSIRO, Gammasonics Institute for Medical Research Pty Ltd, Optical Fibre CRC, Insight Oceania Pty Ltd, Hitachi Australia, Siemens, Varian

The Master of Science (Medical Radiation Physics) has been approved as a professionally oriented Master program eligible for Student Income Support. For further information, please contact the Department of Human Services (Centrelink) on 132 490.

What you will study

The Master program comprises 12 coursework subjects and an applied research project under the supervision of professional medical physicists. Coursework subjects include:

• Advanced Modern Physics
• Detection of Radiation
• Human Structure and Function
• Differential Equations: Analysis and Applications
• Electromagnetism and Optoelectronics
• Radiation Physics
• Nuclear Physics
• Quantum Mechanics
• Medical Imaging
• Physics of Radiotherapy
• Radiobiology and Radiation Protection
• Nuclear Medicine
• Multivariate and Vector Calculus

When you study the Medical Radiation Physics program you will gain an in-depth understanding of technical and theoretical knowledge, complemented with embedded practical work at hospitals and industry to prepare you for a career as a Medical Physicist in:

• Radiotherapy and nuclear medicine departments in hospitals
• Radiation protection in industrial and scientific facilities
• Research, development and commercialisation of radiation medical instrumentation
• Medical physics instrumentation sales.

A recognised Bachelor degree in Physics or Medicine with an equivalent average mark of 65%.