Entry requirements
Entry requirements for Therapeutic Radiography include a minimum of eight GCSEs with grades A*- C and between 260-300 UCAS points at A Level (please see below for further clarification on the requirements for GCSE and A Level subjects). Alternative qualifications will be considered and extenuating circumstances may sometimes be taken into account. Please see detailed descriptions for individual requirements – including international qualifications below.
With the exception of GCSEs, all entry qualifications must be completed within a five year period including year of application. If your last academic qualification is over the five year limit, then you will need to undertake a further period of study. We do not consider professional or work based qualifications to be academic and therefore these are not acceptable for entry.
Applicants applying for this course are also subject to occupational health and enhanced police checks. Please see further details below.
Applicants must meet the following academic and non-academic requirements:
- GCSEs or equivalent: Applicants require at least eight subjects at GCSE with grades A*-C to include English Language, Maths, Biology and Physics or Combined Sciences (Double Award).
- IELTS: If English Language is not achieved at GCSE (A*-C) or English is not your first language, you must pass the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) with 7.0 overall and no section less than 6.5. We will consider only one set of results per year - re-sits are not accepted.
- Home Student status: All applicants must be classed as Home Students (which includes nationals of EU countries). Home student are from the UK/EU or EEA (see the list of EU/EEA countries).You may be required to fill in a Fee Status form in order for us to confirm your status. Please contact the Student Recruitment team for more information.
- This course is NHS bursary funded, meaning that all UK students are entitled to have their fees paid and receive a means-tested bursary. EU and EEA students are entitled to support with fees only. As non EU/EEA students are not able to receive NHS funding, this course is not open to international students.
- UCAS Personal Statement: In addition to meeting the academic criteria, you should be able to demonstrate a broad awareness of the scope of radiography and show a keen interest in a career in this area, this should be evident from your personal statement.
- Work Experience: All applicants should demonstrate relevant work experience (e.g. shadowing a Radiographer).
- Evidence of work experience - If invited to interview you will be asked to submit evidence of all work experience listed on your UCAS form. On the day of your interview you will be required to provide a letter from each organisation where you gained relevant work experience. The letter(s) should be printed on headed paper and signed, giving the full contact details of the signatory. The letter(s) should contain details of the dates, number of hours, days and weeks over which you carried out this work experience and a brief description of the duties undertaken. If you gain any work experience between completing your UCAS form and being called for interview, you can also submit letters for this.
In addition to the above, applicants must offer at least one of the following:
A Level
Applicant must offer between 260-300 UCAS points at A Level (A2 minimum grade C) – Science subject preferred. We do not accept applicants who are taking A Levels over three years but applicants may re-sit modules throughout years 12 and 13.
Actual or predicted grades will be taken into consideration when assessing applications. AS level, General Studies and Key Skill will not be accepted as qualifying subjects.
14-19 Diploma
Advanced Diploma in the following lines of learning with a minimum grade B for the Diploma overall and a minimum grade C for an A2 Level in either Biology or Human Biology as your Additional and Specialist Learning:
- Construction and the built environment
- Engineering
- IT
- Society, health and development
- Other qualifications
National Diploma and Certificates (eg BTEC)
We will consider applicants with a National Diploma in Health Studies or Science. You must pass all modules and gain at least a Distinction Distinction Merit (DDM) at the final level.
International Baccalaureate
Applicants must qualify for the full award of the diploma. We will consider actual/predicted overall scores of 26 points with grades 554 at Higher Level and 444 at Standard Level including English Language, Maths and Physics. At application, it is essential that we are provided with full predictions/achieved grades for each subject as well as the overall diploma score.
Irish Leaving Certificate
Applicants must offer six B’s at Higher Level, including English Language, Maths, Biology, Human Biology and Physics. Candidate should also list the Junior Certs on their UCAS form.
Access Diplomas
- You are required to achieve the full diploma with a minimum of 60 credits.You will be expected to achieve 60 credits at Level 3 of which at least 21 must be graded at distinction and 24 at merit.
- 30 of the 60 credits at level 3 must be science related modules and included within the 30 science credits and must be graded at Distinction or Merit and included within the diploma calculations. A minimum of 9 credits in biology and 9 credits in Physics must be studied and included within the 30 science credits.
- Discipline specific Radiography modules available in the diploma must be taken. All of the above credits must be included within the 60 credit diploma.
- If you do not have GCSE English Language and Maths at grade A*- C, you will be expected to achieve a minimum of 12 credits in English and 12 credits in Maths GCSE equivalent modules at level 2 only. (All units must be verified as GSCE-equivalent by the local OCN), this is in addition to the 60 diploma credits.
Please note: Additional Level 3 credits outside of the 60 credit diploma will not be accepted. However, the additional Level 2 GCSE equivalent credits will be accepted outside the Diploma.
If you are in doubt about your access course, you should arrange for your college to send a course content syllabus for the Admissions Tutor to approve prior to submission of your application. The syllabus should be sent initially to the Radiography Admissions Officer.
Admissions Officer for Radiography, Therapeutic,
Mrs Rozanda Fadiora
Email: admissions@sgul.ac.uk
Access Courses (non-science related)
A non-science access course may also be acceptable as long as the GCSE requirements have been met. You must meet the access course requirements in the relevant elements at level 3 and supplement with at least one full Biology/Human Biology A-level minimum grade C. Applicants will be considered upon application.
Other qualifications
Please note, that if you are undertaking the following qualifications you must provide evidence of GCSE English Language and Maths at minimum grade C.
Birkbeck Certificate in Life Sciences
You are required to achieve 65 per cent overall
Science Foundation Course Applicants
Applicants require a minimum score of 65 per cent per module
Open University
Please note that any release of results from the Open University (OU) depends on when you commenced your studies. Therefore if you are applying to St Georges, with a current course of study at the OU, you will need to obtain a letter from the exams department, stating your name, course, when you commenced your studies and when your results are likely to be released. If your results are not released until October, then it is unlikely that your application will be successful and you should apply for the following year.
We will consider 120 OU credits. If you do not have GCSE Maths at grade A*- C, you must achieve 30 credits at Discovering Mathematics. 60 must be ‘Exploring Science’ and 30 must be either ‘Human Biology’ or ‘Biology, Uniformity and Diversity’. Please note: all results must be received and verified by us by 1 September and therefore applicants studying with the Open University should bear this in mind.
International qualifications
For those applicants with other EU and/or international qualifications please download the following document for further information:
International qualifications (PDF)
Qualifications not accepted
• NVQ 2 and 3
• ITECs
Health and police checks (mandatory non-academic entry requirements)
Occupational Health
Candidates accepted onto healthcare courses are required to pass occupational health screening. When admitting candidates to study and practise as a health practitioner, St George’s has an obligation to both the patients they will encounter and to the individual student. Candidates who are concerned about a health issue are strongly advised to contact the relevant admissions prior to applying. All offers of places at St George's or Kingston University are made subject to satisfactory health clearance and an agreement to undergo appropriate blood tests and immunisations.
All candidates will be asked to be immunised against Hepatitis B for personal safety. Please contact your general practitioner (GP) to arrange screening for infectivity from Hepatitis B. You should begin a course of Hepatitis B immunisation as soon as you submit your UCAS application, as it consists of three injections over a six-month period. Some GPs no longer offer HEP B courses. If your GP does not offer this then the University will immunise you. However, you should be aware that you may be vulnerable to infection until your first injection. If you firmly accept an offer made to you by the School, you will be sent a confidential health questionnaire and further information about the process of screening for Hepatitis B if this has not already been done.
Criminal Records Bureau (CRB)
As this course will include work with children and vulnerable adults, all applicants will be required to have an enhanced CRB disclosure. More information about this process will be sent to applicants as part of the admissions process. Please see our list of frequently asked questions (PDF) about the process.
Professional registration
If you are a current healthcare professional and a member of a registered professional body (e.g. HPC, NMC), we require that you provide the details of your registration if selected for interview.
If you have had your registration terminated, or undergone disciplinary action, you will be required to provide additional information. This will be reviewed by an admissions panel. Information you disclose will only be used for the purpose of considering your application to the applied programme and will only be shared with those who need to use this information for this purpose.
Student entry information
All applicants offered a place are asked to agree to a set of principles which enable us to deliver the teaching required for you to pass your course. You will be required to complete the Student Entry Agreement as part of the admissions process. Further information will be sent to you if you are invited to interview.
Applicant eligibility
There are no lower or upper age limits for this course. We will consider applications from mature applicants with alternative qualifications and/or appropriate professional experience.
Cases will be considered on individual merit but applicants must provide evidence of recent academic study (ie within the past 5 years).
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