Program Overview

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BSc (Honours) Diagnostic Radiography

Course summary

This challenging and inspiring course provides the foundational knowledge and skills you’ll need to safely operate a variety of diagnostic imaging equipment. As part of a multidisciplinary team, you'll ensure patients receive high standards of care. After graduating you'll be eligible to apply for registration as a diagnostic radiographer with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).

How you learn

You’ll experience a blended approach to learning and teaching – on campus, online and in practice placements. You’ll be taught by professionals who are active in their field of practice and research – providing contemporary, interprofessional practice knowledge and experiences.

You learn through:

• Lectures
• Guest speakers
• Seminars and tutorials
• Group work
• Practical activities
• Simulation, including digital, in imaging, ward and theatre suites
• Image interpretation activities

Modules

Year 1

• Collaboration For Individual And Community Wellbeing (20 credits)
  • This module introduces you to the biopsychosocial, cognitive, political, economic, and medical factors which influence the health and wellbeing of individuals, diverse populations and communities.
• Developing Radiographic Practice (40 credits)
  • This module will develop your understanding and application of the topics covered in semester 1. You’ll explore X-ray physics, equipment used, anatomy, radiographic technique and relevant legislation – building your confidence and knowledge of the role of the diagnostic radiographer.
• Drad Practice Placement 1 (no credits)
  • This module enables you to demonstrate an appropriate level of competent, accurate and safe practice for a range of clinical skills.
• Introduction To Diagnostic Imaging (40 credits)
  • This module will develop your understanding and application of the topics covered in semester 1. You’ll explore X-ray physics, equipment used, anatomy, radiographic technique and relevant legislation – building your confidence and knowledge of the role of the diagnostic radiographer.
• Personal And Professional Development (20 credits)
  • This module consolidates your progression to graduate-level study and professional practice, reflecting on your role as a professional who delivers safe and effective person-centred care.

Year 2

• Assessing And Addressing Complexity In Practice (20 credits)
  • This module is your chance to apply your professional knowledge, skills and values in an integrated manner. You’ll work collaboratively with peers from other disciplines to assess, intervene and overcome the challenges of complex health and social care situations – supporting individuals, groups and communities.
• Contemporary Imaging Practice (40 credits)
  • This module evaluates diagnostic imaging modalities within themed practice areas, synthesising knowledge and justifying approaches to imaging practice throughout the patient pathway.
• Contemporary Imaging Practice 2 (40 credits)
  • This module builds further knowledge by evaluating diagnostic imaging modalities within themed practice areas – justifying approaches and techniques to imaging practice throughout the patient pathway.
• Drad Practice Placement 2 (no credits)
  • This module enables you to demonstrate an appropriate level of competent, accurate and safe practice for a range of clinical skills.
• Evidence And Enquiry For Practice (20 credits)
  • This module introduces you to research and enquiry design and methods. You’ll be able to apply them to an area of investigation – considering factors that impact on literature appraisal – preparing you to undertake and manage an investigation as a professional practitioner.

Year 3

• Complexity & Leadership In Professional Practice (20 credits)
  • This module develops your systematic understanding of leadership and education concepts in practice. You’ll critically reflect on these in the context of collaboration within health and social care practice – considering how you can effectively support people who use services, their carers and families, and communities who have complex health and care needs to thrive.
• Drad Practice Placement 3 (no credits)
  • This module enables you to demonstrate an appropriate level of competent, accurate and safe practice for a range of clinical skills.
• The Advancing Professional (40 credits)
  • This module enables you to undertake a sustained, in-depth piece of independent learning, demonstrating a critical understanding and applying appropriate research methods within a piece of work.
• The Autonomous Radiography Practitioner (40 credits)
  • This module consolidates your understanding of how imaging outcomes inform the treatment pathways in relation to overall patient management. You’ll develop your clinical reasoning skills and increase your own confidence in key decision-making processes.
• The Radiography Revolution (20 credits)
  • This module prepares you for a future career in diagnostic radiography, exploring a range of specialisms. You’ll critically reflect on your own professional journey while exploring contemporary and extended roles – recognising the professional legal frameworks which govern practice.

Future careers

By the end of the course, you’ll have demonstrated the requirements that confer your eligibility to apply for registration as a professional diagnostic radiographer with the HCPC – qualified to work in diagnostic imaging departments throughout the UK and overseas.

Previous graduates have gone on to work in specialist areas including:

• The NHS
• Private sector imaging services in the UK and internationally
• Further and higher education
• Management
• Quality assurance
• Equipment design and sales

Equipment and facilities

Our on-campus teaching is conducted in and around clinical and ward settings. You’ll have access to all the equipment and furniture found in a contemporary hospital clinical space.

On this course you work with:

• A fully equipped digital X-ray suite
• Mobile X-ray units
• An operating theatre C-arm
• Dental imaging equipment
• Virtual reality imaging and PACs software
• A wide and diverse range of imaging phantoms and life-like patient models

Where will I study?

You study at Collegiate Campus through a structured mix of lectures, seminars and practical sessions as well as access to digital and online resources to support your learning.

Entry requirements

• UCAS points: 128
• GCSE's: Science at grade C or 4 or equivalents, Maths at grade D or 4 or equivalents, English Language or Literature at grade C or 4 or equivalents
• IELTS: 6.5 with a minimum of 5.5 in all skills, or equivalent
• Experience: Experience of interacting with members of the public from a range of backgrounds in different settings is essential when applying to a health or social care course.
• Reference: You must provide a reference from a current or recent employer or educational institution with your UCAS application.
• Interview: After you have submitted your application, If you are shortlisted, we will invite you to an online interview.

Fees and funding

• Home students: Tuition fees for 2026/27 are not yet confirmed. Our tuition fee for UK students on full-time undergraduate courses in 2025/26 is £9,535 per year. The NHS Learning Support Fund offers a non-repayable training grant of £5,000 per year to all eligible new and current pre-registration students.
• International students: Our tuition fee for International/EU students starting full-time study in 2026/27 is £20,000, which includes an annual placement supplement of £2,000.