Diagnostic Radiography BSc(Hons)

Course structure 

The course is delivered full-time over three years. Theoretical modules are delivered in blocks alongside clinical placements.

Teaching at the university includes lectures, seminars, workshops, simulation and skills laboratory sessions.

You’ll go on placement to healthcare settings throughout each academic year to gain hands-on learning and assessment opportunities with a range of diagnostic imaging modalities. 

The final dissertation provides you with a project on a topic of your choice. 

Making sure that what you learn with us is relevant, up to date and what employers are looking for is our priority, so courses are reviewed and enhanced on an ongoing basis. When you have applied to us, you’ll be told about any new developments through Student View.

Areas of study

Our course will ensure you graduate as a competent Diagnostic Radiographer. You'll be able to obtain high quality diagnostic images using a range of complex imaging equipment such as X-rays, cross-sectional imaging methods (Computed Tomography or CT) and fluoroscopy. 

You’ll also have opportunities to gain experience in other imaging modalities for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), breast imaging and nuclear medicine. 

You’ll also experience working with a broad range of patients, from all ages, including with mental and physical disabilities, and the terminally ill.

Year 1 

Modules

• Introduction to Diagnostic Radiography
• Radiation Physics
• Introduction to Anatomy, Physiology and Pathophysiology
• Foundations of Professional Practice in Diagnostic Radiography
• Practice Learning Diagnostic Radiography 1

Year 2 

Modules

• Applied Anatomy, Physiology and Pathophysiology
• Professional Practice in Diagnostic Radiography
• Science and Technology in Diagnostic Radiography
• Research Methods in Healthcare
• Practice Learning Diagnostic Radiography 2

Year 3

Modules

• Image Interpretation
• Enhanced Professional Practice in Diagnostic Radiography
• Practice Learning Diagnostic Radiography 3
• Research-based Project

Placements

Placement learning is integrated into the course as the 40-credit module, Practice Learning Diagnostic Radiography. The module is taken in each year and will account for around 50% of the course.

There is a focus on competence, rather than a set number of hours or a set number of X-rays taken.

Clinical placements will be provided by our local trusts partners who are located throughout the South East in Sussex, Surrey and Kent. You will need to be prepared to travel the region for your placements to ensure exposure to a broad range of practice settings.

You will do shifts, including weekends, to ensure you are fully prepared for the realities of working in the healthcare sector upon graduation.

Placements will take place in a variety of diagnostic radiography settings in hospitals, community and private sector.

All areas of projectional radiography will be covered for theory and practice learning in general radiography, A&E (minor injuries/major trauma imaging), operating theatres, fluoroscopy, paediatrics and community settings.

There will also be opportunities for experience with CT, PET scanning, nuclear medicine, MRI, neuroradiography, interventional radiography, cardiac cath labs, ultrasound and contrast media.

You’ll be supported and overseen by a mentor in the healthcare setting.

Facilities for learning

The University of Brighton has a wide range of facilities to support the learning of our health students which enable students to develop their skills in real-life scenarios.

For this new course we will be creating a Clinical Imaging Suite for our diagnostic radiography students which will include:

• X-ray table and tube
• PACS/DICOM image store
• Clinical imaging simulation software.

In our well-stocked libraries you will have access to relevant books and journals to support your development as a radiographer.

Meet the team

Charlene Wallace, course leader

Charlene graduated from Portsmouth University with a Diagnostic Radiography BSc (Hons) and has since worked both in the NHS and private sector. Following the completion of a PGDip in Medical Ultrasound at Kings College London, Charlene specialised in ultrasound and holds a range of ultrasound competencies.

Charlene has loved teaching and working with students clinically and is excited about her role at the University of Brighton.

Charlene is passionate about a student-focused course and wants to inspire radiography students to reach their full potential and to put the patient at the forefront of all that they do as radiographers.

View Charlene's full academic profile. 

Other members of the team

• Peter Dick, Lecturer
• Vicky Ballard, Senior Lecturer

International requirements and visas

We can help you meet our English language or academic entry requirements.

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Course fees

Additional funding support

UK students studying nursing, midwifery and some allied health professions subjects receive a non-repayable grant of at least £5,000 each academic year. Shortage specialisms, such as radiography, receive an additional £1,000. Find out more on the NHS website.

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The fees listed here are for full-time courses beginning in the academic year 2022–23.

Further tuition fees are payable for each subsequent year of study and are subject to an annual increase of no more than 5% or RPI (whichever is the greater). The annual increase for UK students, who are subject to regulated fees, will increase no more than the statutory maximum fee.

You can find out more about our fees in the university's student contract and tuition fee policy (pdf).

The tuition fee you have to pay depends on a number of factors including the kind of course you take, and whether you study full-time or part-time. If you are studying part-time you will normally be charged on a pro rata basis depending on the number of modules you take.

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