24 monthsProgramme duration
7,400 GBPTuition Fee/year
21 Sep, 2026Application Deadline
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Medicine
Degree
MSc
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
Online
Ranked 1st globally in THE subject rankings for research quality in clinical and health subjects (THE2025)
The MSc in Cardiovascular Perfusion provides a high-quality, research-led education that will equip you with enhanced knowledge, understanding and critical awareness of the current approaches and emerging research relating to cardiovascular medicine and perfusion science. Teaching and learning includes:
This online programme is intended to provide advanced level knowledge and understanding of the field of clinical perfusion science to practising perfusionists, culminating in the completion of a novel research project related to this area.
The MSc in Cardiovascular Perfusion provides a high-quality, research-led education that will equip you with enhanced knowledge, understanding and critical awareness of the current approaches and emerging research relating to cardiovascular medicine and perfusion science. Teaching and learning includes:
- Academic and research skills training including study design and data analysis.
- Advanced physiology and disease states of blood and organs that are affected by cardiopulmonary bypass.
- Pathobiology, epidemiology and symptoms of cardiovascular diseases (coronary artery disease, vascular disease, heart and valve disease, paediatric heart disease) and their current treatments.
- Theory and principles of currently used techniques in adult and paediatric perfusion science.
- Key elements of a well-designed research project.
This online programme is intended to provide advanced level knowledge and understanding of the field of clinical perfusion science to practising perfusionists, culminating in the completion of a novel research project related to this area.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Medicine
Degree
MSc
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
Online
Ranked 1st globally in THE subject rankings for research quality in clinical and health subjects (THE2025)
The MSc in Cardiovascular Perfusion provides a high-quality, research-led education that will equip you with enhanced knowledge, understanding and critical awareness of the current approaches and emerging research relating to cardiovascular medicine and perfusion science. Teaching and learning includes:
This online programme is intended to provide advanced level knowledge and understanding of the field of clinical perfusion science to practising perfusionists, culminating in the completion of a novel research project related to this area.
The MSc in Cardiovascular Perfusion provides a high-quality, research-led education that will equip you with enhanced knowledge, understanding and critical awareness of the current approaches and emerging research relating to cardiovascular medicine and perfusion science. Teaching and learning includes:
- Academic and research skills training including study design and data analysis.
- Advanced physiology and disease states of blood and organs that are affected by cardiopulmonary bypass.
- Pathobiology, epidemiology and symptoms of cardiovascular diseases (coronary artery disease, vascular disease, heart and valve disease, paediatric heart disease) and their current treatments.
- Theory and principles of currently used techniques in adult and paediatric perfusion science.
- Key elements of a well-designed research project.
This online programme is intended to provide advanced level knowledge and understanding of the field of clinical perfusion science to practising perfusionists, culminating in the completion of a novel research project related to this area.
Admission Requirements
168+
3.3+
88+
6.5+
67+
You will typically need an upper second-class honours degree or international equivalent in a medicine-related, clinical or bioscience subject, including nursing and perfusion-related subjects.
This programme is intended for international applicants who are currently training in or working as a perfusionist. If you are not currently working as a perfusionist, we would recommend you consider applying to the MSc Translational Cardiovascular Medicine or MSc Translational Cardiovascular Medicine (Online) instead.
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. This offer would be at the standard level, so you would need to achieve the standard entry requirements by the end of your degree.
We will also consider your application if your final overall achieved grade is slightly lower than the programme's entry requirement. If your achieved grade is lower than our entry requirements, your application may be more likely to receive an offer if you have additional relevant work experience or qualifications. If you have at least one of the following, please include your CV (curriculum vitae / résumé) when you apply, showing:
This programme is intended for international applicants who are currently training in or working as a perfusionist. If you are not currently working as a perfusionist, we would recommend you consider applying to the MSc Translational Cardiovascular Medicine or MSc Translational Cardiovascular Medicine (Online) instead.
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. This offer would be at the standard level, so you would need to achieve the standard entry requirements by the end of your degree.
We will also consider your application if your final overall achieved grade is slightly lower than the programme's entry requirement. If your achieved grade is lower than our entry requirements, your application may be more likely to receive an offer if you have additional relevant work experience or qualifications. If you have at least one of the following, please include your CV (curriculum vitae / résumé) when you apply, showing:
- evidence of relevant work experience in a clinical-related role, examples include, perfusionist, organ preservationist, operating department practitioner, cardiac physiologist
- a relevant postgraduate qualification in a medicine-related, clinical or bioscience subject, including nursing and perfusion-related subjects.
English language requirements
If English is not your first language, you will need to reach the requirements outlined in our profile level E.
21 Sep 2026
2 Years
Sep
- Candidates are required to submit references or letter(s) of recommendation for acceptance
Tuition fees
Domestic
7,400 GBP
International
7,400 GBP
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