Medical Physics and Engineering
5 credits
Course, Bachelor's level, 3MG050
Spring 2024 Spring 2024, Uppsala, 33%, On-campus, The course will be taught in English, if needed
- Location
- Uppsala
- Pace of study
- 33%
- Teaching form
- On-campus
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 15 January 2024–17 March 2024
- Language of instruction
- The course will be taught in English, if needed
- Entry requirements
-
60 credits in physics or engineering.
- Selection
-
Higher education credits (maximum 165 credits)
- Fees
-
If you are not a citizen of a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are required to pay application and tuition fees.
- First tuition fee instalment: SEK 10,833
- Total tuition fee: SEK 10,833
- Application deadline
- 16 October 2023
- Application code
- UU-92004
Admitted or on the waiting list?
Spring 2025 Spring 2025, Uppsala, 33%, On-campus, The course will be taught in English, if needed
- Location
- Uppsala
- Pace of study
- 33%
- Teaching form
- On-campus
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 20 January 2025–23 March 2025
- Language of instruction
- The course will be taught in English, if needed
- Entry requirements
-
60 credits in physics or engineering.
- Selection
-
Higher education credits (maximum 165 credits)
- Fees
-
If you are not a citizen of a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are required to pay application and tuition fees.
- First tuition fee instalment: SEK 10,833
- Total tuition fee: SEK 10,833
- Application deadline
- 15 October 2024
- Application code
- UU-92005
Admitted or on the waiting list?
About the course
The course gives an overview of physics application in medicine for diagnostic and therapeutic aims. The described techniques include:
- X-ray tube and diagnostic X-ray
- accelerator technology for tumour treatment
- tomographic methods used for medical images, such as PET (Positron Emission Tomography), SPECT (Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography), CT (Computed Tomography) and MR (Magnetic Resonance)
- ultrasound
- the chemical and biological impact of ionising radiation
- dosimetric calculations
- risk estimations.
Contact
- Director of studies IGP
- studierektor-igp@uu.se
- +46 18 471 43 56