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If your career goal is to become a qualified diagnostic radiographer, but you’re also looking for a competitive edge, then this course will give you the skills, knowledge, and experience to confidently apply for employment both in Australia and overseas – six months ahead of other diagnostic radiographer courses.

This course offers an accelerated four-year degree which completes all training in only 3.5 years allowing you enter the job market earlier and giving UC graduates a definite competitive advantage when it comes to looking for future employment opportunities.

Packed with Work Integrated Learning (WIL) choices, this unique course can include an embedded honours program, allowing you to study the bachelor’s degree on its own for three and a half years, or undertake a research project in your third and fourth year to graduate with Honours.

Upon graduation, you’ll be eligible for registration from the Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia (MRPBA) to practice as a Diagnostic Radiographer and can explore career opportunities in general radiography, angiography, mammography, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and medical ultrasound.

Study a Bachelor of Medical Radiation Science (Medical Imaging) at UC and you will:

gain a high level of ethical and interpersonal skills for interacting with patients from diverse backgrounds and cultures
learn to effectively function as part of a healthcare team
acquire and apply clinical reasoning, treatment and evaluation skills to basic and life sciences
develop skills to undertake all routine diagnostic radiographic procedures
learn to operate diagnostic radiographic instrumentation to optimise image quality and minimise radiation dose or other potential patient hazards
develop skills in designing, implementation and management of quality assurance programs for medical imaging applications
acquire professional attitudes and attributes as a reflective practitioner.

Career opportunities

A Bachelor of Medical Radiation Science (Medical Imaging) is a globally recognised and respected qualification that will enable to pursue a career in any of the following positions.

general radiographer
mammographer
angiographer
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) radiographer
computed tomography (CT) radiographer
clinical educator
clinical researcher
research manager
vendor application specialist
sonographer*

To gain accreditation in this field*, further postgraduate study is necessary.

Professional accreditation

This course is accredited with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) through the Medical Radiation Practice Accreditation Committee (MRPAC), the accreditation committee of the Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia (MRPBA). Graduating students will be eligible to apply for registration as a Diagnostic Radiographer with the MRPBA.