Master’s Programme in Radiography

Master’s Programme in Radiography enables to provide the highest-quality education for health care specialists: it is the only master level opportunity in the field of radiography in the Baltics. The graduates are awarded a Master’s Degree in Radiography. The programme is unique in the Baltics, creating conditions for the graduates of basic radiography education and training to obtain profound knowledge, advanced skills and professional conduct in the specialist area, as well as the competence of supervised research to be employed at different levels of the health care system as well as in education and research institutions.

Form of study: Full-time study
Workload of programme: 120 ECTS
Standard period of study: 2 years
Language of instruction: English
Conditions for commencing studies: Bachelor degree or equivalent qualification in Radiography
The applicants are ranked based on the following two criteria: 

• the average result of the applicant’s Bachelor studies (40 %)
• admission interview (60 %)

The programme consists of the following modules:

• Master’s thesis (30 ECTS)
• Specialist subjects in Radiotherapy (30 ECTS) 
• Internship in Radiotheray (30 ECTS)
• Basic subjects (30 ECTS, incl. elective subjects 6 ECTS)

Title of academic degree awarded on graduation: Master’s Degree in Radiography (Radiotherapy)

Tuition fee: 4500 EUR per academic year (tuition waivers for Estonian and EU applicants and one for the best Ukrainian applicant)

General structure of the programme

	Semester I	Semester II	Semester III	Semester IV
Module of basic subjects (30 ECTS)	Development of radiotherapy and the radiographer profession in international cooperation (4 ECTS) Electives (6 ECTS) Pedagogy (6 ECTS)		Pedagogical practice (8 ECTS)	Management and Entrepreneurship (6 ECTS)
Module of Master’s thesis (30 ECTS)	Master’s thesis I (6 ECTS)	Master’s thesis II (6 ECTS)	Master’s thesis III (6 ECTS)	Master’s thesis IV (12 ECTS)
Module of  specialist subjects in Radiotherapy (30 ECTS)	Introduction to cancer and cancer management (5 ECTS) Radiotherapy physics and radiobiology (5 ECTS)	Radiotherapy and the principles and practice of pre-treatment procedures (5 ECTS) Introduction to radiotherapy treatment planning (5 ECTS)	Principles and practice of radiotherapy delivery and patient care (10 ECTS)
Module of internship in Radiotherapy (30 ECTS)		Internship I (12 ECTS)	Internship II (6 ECTS)	Internship III (12 ECTS)