This MSc covers the core technology and applications of the latest medical imaging tools currently available in healthcare, as well as new developments and the valuable data and analysis that can be extracted from them.
You will explore core methods and techniques in both AI and medical imaging, and undertake your own piece of research to put your skills into practice working on clinically relevant problems. Explore topical challenges like medical image segmentation, quantifying pathological regions in medical images, improving imaging-based diagnosis and treatment response prediction, working alongside UCL’s researchers who are helping to shape and influence new developments in this exciting field.
There’s a lot of flexibility too, with the chance to add in optional modules. The course spans the departments of UCL Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering and UCL Computer Science, so you can focus on computing, study AI and computational modelling in surgery, or learn more about med-tech entrepreneurship if you’re interested in exploring a start-up career path.
By the end of this Master’s, you’ll be well placed to pursue diverse careers and opportunities from academic research to roles in industry and positions that contribute to emerging technologies such as the use of AI in healthcare. Your expertise will be relevant in both industry and public healthcare. You could go on to develop or evolve new technologies as part of a med-tech start-up or global company. This MSc is also an excellent starting point for doctoral studies and a career in research, as you’ll be learning from world-leading UCL researchers at the forefront of healthcare innovations.
Globally, the use of AI in healthcare is rising rapidly. Diagnostic workflows in clinics and other healthcare settings rely on an ever-increasing amount of imaging data such as X-rays, MRIs and ultrasounds, and their analysis puts time pressure on consultations.
AI technologies can help ease the burden, and provide faster and more accurate diagnoses.
High-tech start-ups and established healthcare providers need to recruit engineers with these skills to drive research and innovation in this rapidly emerging field.
The Graduate Outcomes Survey data shows that graduates from our department have obtained employment with a wide range of employers and sectors, such as financial technology, MedTech industries, hospitals, clinical settings and academia. (Graduate Outcomes survey carried out by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), looking at the destinations of graduates in the 2018–2024 cohorts.)
This degree offers you the following benefits and opportunities: