24 monthsProgramme duration
17,850 GBPTuition Fee/year
02 Aug, 2026Application Deadline
Jan, SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Health/Healthcare
Degree
MSc
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
If you have a scientific background and enjoy being with patients, a role working in the healthcare profession as a Physician Associate can be both inspiring and rewarding.
The MSc Physician Associate programme is in alignment to Physician Associate Curriculum Framework to ensure that you succeed in the National Examination and can work as a physician associate in healthcare.
Our experienced lecturers will prepare you with all the skills you need to provide care and treatment to patients. You will learn to carry out a range of medical activities such as physical examinations, medical histories, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. The programme draws on broad science principles whereby anatomical and patho-physiological processes are incorporated into a healthcare practice context. This course was designed in partnership with trusts and placement organisations and we aim to provide all the required skills and knowledge to succeed in placement and in the world of work afterwards. We encourage you to identify and study subjects you would like to understand as well as our core programme, as our objective is to support you in your career goals.
Over the course of the programme, you will undertake a minimum of 1,600 hours of clinical practice (up to 200 hours of simulation) in order to achieve competency framework requirements. Practice will cover a variety of clinical placements, such as General Practice, Acute Medicine, Accident and Emergency, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics, Mental Health, Surgery and an opportunity to undertake an elective placement in areas such as: Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Dermatology, Neurology and more.
During clinical placements, you will work on average an 8 hour day and across the 24 hour period to include, where appropriate, weekends and night duty since this exposes you to different medical challenges and to different working systems. Whilst in the clinical setting you will be able to apply learning to real patients/clients under the direct supervision of their clinical supervisor. University time is designed to support your work in placement, applying theory to placement, understanding the latest sciences, research and methodology and seeing your new skills work positively for you before your eyes.
The MSc Physician Associate programme is in alignment to Physician Associate Curriculum Framework to ensure that you succeed in the National Examination and can work as a physician associate in healthcare.
Our experienced lecturers will prepare you with all the skills you need to provide care and treatment to patients. You will learn to carry out a range of medical activities such as physical examinations, medical histories, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. The programme draws on broad science principles whereby anatomical and patho-physiological processes are incorporated into a healthcare practice context. This course was designed in partnership with trusts and placement organisations and we aim to provide all the required skills and knowledge to succeed in placement and in the world of work afterwards. We encourage you to identify and study subjects you would like to understand as well as our core programme, as our objective is to support you in your career goals.
Over the course of the programme, you will undertake a minimum of 1,600 hours of clinical practice (up to 200 hours of simulation) in order to achieve competency framework requirements. Practice will cover a variety of clinical placements, such as General Practice, Acute Medicine, Accident and Emergency, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics, Mental Health, Surgery and an opportunity to undertake an elective placement in areas such as: Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Dermatology, Neurology and more.
During clinical placements, you will work on average an 8 hour day and across the 24 hour period to include, where appropriate, weekends and night duty since this exposes you to different medical challenges and to different working systems. Whilst in the clinical setting you will be able to apply learning to real patients/clients under the direct supervision of their clinical supervisor. University time is designed to support your work in placement, applying theory to placement, understanding the latest sciences, research and methodology and seeing your new skills work positively for you before your eyes.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Health/Healthcare
Degree
MSc
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
If you have a scientific background and enjoy being with patients, a role working in the healthcare profession as a Physician Associate can be both inspiring and rewarding.
The MSc Physician Associate programme is in alignment to Physician Associate Curriculum Framework to ensure that you succeed in the National Examination and can work as a physician associate in healthcare.
Our experienced lecturers will prepare you with all the skills you need to provide care and treatment to patients. You will learn to carry out a range of medical activities such as physical examinations, medical histories, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. The programme draws on broad science principles whereby anatomical and patho-physiological processes are incorporated into a healthcare practice context. This course was designed in partnership with trusts and placement organisations and we aim to provide all the required skills and knowledge to succeed in placement and in the world of work afterwards. We encourage you to identify and study subjects you would like to understand as well as our core programme, as our objective is to support you in your career goals.
Over the course of the programme, you will undertake a minimum of 1,600 hours of clinical practice (up to 200 hours of simulation) in order to achieve competency framework requirements. Practice will cover a variety of clinical placements, such as General Practice, Acute Medicine, Accident and Emergency, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics, Mental Health, Surgery and an opportunity to undertake an elective placement in areas such as: Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Dermatology, Neurology and more.
During clinical placements, you will work on average an 8 hour day and across the 24 hour period to include, where appropriate, weekends and night duty since this exposes you to different medical challenges and to different working systems. Whilst in the clinical setting you will be able to apply learning to real patients/clients under the direct supervision of their clinical supervisor. University time is designed to support your work in placement, applying theory to placement, understanding the latest sciences, research and methodology and seeing your new skills work positively for you before your eyes.
The MSc Physician Associate programme is in alignment to Physician Associate Curriculum Framework to ensure that you succeed in the National Examination and can work as a physician associate in healthcare.
Our experienced lecturers will prepare you with all the skills you need to provide care and treatment to patients. You will learn to carry out a range of medical activities such as physical examinations, medical histories, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. The programme draws on broad science principles whereby anatomical and patho-physiological processes are incorporated into a healthcare practice context. This course was designed in partnership with trusts and placement organisations and we aim to provide all the required skills and knowledge to succeed in placement and in the world of work afterwards. We encourage you to identify and study subjects you would like to understand as well as our core programme, as our objective is to support you in your career goals.
Over the course of the programme, you will undertake a minimum of 1,600 hours of clinical practice (up to 200 hours of simulation) in order to achieve competency framework requirements. Practice will cover a variety of clinical placements, such as General Practice, Acute Medicine, Accident and Emergency, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics, Mental Health, Surgery and an opportunity to undertake an elective placement in areas such as: Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Dermatology, Neurology and more.
During clinical placements, you will work on average an 8 hour day and across the 24 hour period to include, where appropriate, weekends and night duty since this exposes you to different medical challenges and to different working systems. Whilst in the clinical setting you will be able to apply learning to real patients/clients under the direct supervision of their clinical supervisor. University time is designed to support your work in placement, applying theory to placement, understanding the latest sciences, research and methodology and seeing your new skills work positively for you before your eyes.
Admission Requirements
7.5+
3.3+
02 Aug 2026
2 Years
Jan
Sep
Tuition fees
Domestic
11,690 GBP
International
17,850 GBP
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