Medical Physics Khalifa University

Overview

The program aims at fulfilling the needs of the country for competent medical physics practitioners. Students will utilize modelling, computer simulation and experimental techniques as tools to analyze and understand different phenomena and processes. Graduates of the MSc will have acquired the advanced level of knowledge and experience to assume a career in hospitals, in industry and government, as well as continuing their studies to the Doctorate level.

Khalifa University will offer full scholarships to all admitted applicants.

Learning Objectives

The objectives of the MSc in Medical Physics program are to produce graduates who:

• Advance professionally and be recognized as leaders in their career.

• Apply their technical expertise to address the needs of society in critical, creative, ethical, and innovative manner.

• Further develop their knowledge and skills through graduate education and professional schools.

• Medical physics knowledge, including core medical physics concepts and topics relating to the methods and techniques of clinical practice and research for the prevention, diagnosis, and safe treatment of human disease.

• Solve medical physics problems individually and collaboratively involving the integration of knowledge including basic and applied physics, mathematics, biological and physics sciences; development of theoretical solutions; use of various concept representations, computational methods, simulations, and experimental tests.

• Demonstrate skills related to posing new questions and solving problems in research, clinical, and industrial settings, including problem solving, troubleshooting, experimental skills, coding and software use, data processing and analysis.

• Organize and communicate about scientific and technical concepts for different audiences and contexts using various and appropriate communication methods and modalities.

• Develop familiarity with basic workplace concepts, issues, practices, professional conduct, and life skills, including ethical conduct and actions that are required of medical physicists.

Career opportunities

Medical Physics is an exciting and rapidly developing field, within which skilled professional are in high demand. Integrating physics, medicine and technology, medical physics is rich in opportunities for academic and clinical pursuit. KU’s master’s in medical physics program will offer career and research pathways for graduates in physical science, biophysics, biomedical engineering or equivalent, having substantial physics and mathematics components. The program will exploit student’s problem-solving abilities to critically evaluate and optimize the quality assurance of medical equipment.