MSc Specialist Practice (Cancer)

This course is primarily aimed at nurses and allied healthcare professionals. You will:

• Develop your knowledge and skills in the foundations of cancer care and treatment, enhanced supportive and palliative care, living with and beyond cancer, acute oncology, breast cancer and haematological cancers if you are a nurse or other health professional.
• Benefit from the combined theoretical and clinical expertise of The University of Manchester and The Christie School of Oncology.
• Study at a university ranked 6th in the world and 2nd in the UK for Nursing (QS 2024).
• Choose from a wide range of course units, studying them individually for CPD or build up credits for a postgraduate award.

Our MSc Specialist Practice (Cancer) course is a partnership between The University of Manchester and The Christie School of Oncology aimed at nurses and other healthcare professionals who want to develop their professional skills and clinical practice within oncology.

You will develop an expert knowledge base, higher decision-making skills and professional competencies to deliver care within the integrated multi-professional clinical teams that will form the basis of future healthcare delivery.

The course consists of a wide range of taught generic professional skills and advanced clinical practice units that can be undertaken individually as CPD or as part of a postgraduate qualification.

The MSc can be studied full-time (one year) or part-time, allowing you to fit study around your other commitments. The delivery format of the course has been tailored to offer a large degree of flexibility, making it attractive and accessible to individuals currently working within the NHS both locally and nationally.

Full entry requirements

International students must demonstrate English proficiency through a secure and approved testing system.

We ask for English language proof if you are from non-majority English speaking countries (a list of majority English speaking countries, as defined by the UK Home Office, can be found here ).

Specifically, we require a minimum of:

• IELTS: 7.0, with a score of 6.5 or above in each component;
• TOEFL iBT:100 overall (25 in all subscores);
• GCSE English grade C.

See further information about requirements for your country .