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MScMedical Physics

Kaunas University of Technology
Lithuania, Kaunas
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Tuition fee €5,266 per year

*KTU offers partial tuition fee waivers for the candidates with outstanding results

Application fee €100 one-time

Payable within 2 weeks from the application submission by transferring it to the KTU bank account. Non-refundable. Bank details will be provided during application.

The application and tuition fee payments can be completed according to following information:

via bank transfer using the credentials indicated in issued invoice if the payment is done using Euro currency;
via Flywire platform using the generated link in issued invoice if the payments is done using any other currency but Euro.

More information

admissions.ktu.edu/..mme/m-medical-physics 

Overview

Can the application of physics concepts, theories and methods save lives? It certainly can.

The teaching curriculum of KTU MSc in Medical Physics focuses on the use of ionising radiation for treatment and diagnosis of oncological diseases, and protection of individuals and environment from unreasonable radiation.

This study programme is implemented together with the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, is adjusted to the medical physics study programmes around the globe and recognised by the International Organisation of Medical Physicists.

KTU MSc in Medical Physics is one of the few programmes of this kind delivered in English in Europe (except for the UK universities).

• State-of-the-art research facilities and equipment available for KTU students’ research
• Hands-on experience while working together with professionals in hospitals and medical care centres
• EC directive 2013/59/EURATOM regulated curriculum


Top reasons to study at KTU:

1. Study programme is implemented together with the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, and is harmonised with Medical Physics study programmes of other European and world’s universities by www.iomp.org.

2. Well-equipped dosimetry laboratory and possibility to work and perform investigations with Linear accelerators, X-ray, CT, MRI, PET and other imaging facilities, gamma cameras (SPECT).

3. Significant part of studies is performed working together with the interdisciplinary teams of radiotherapists/radiologists in hospitals and medical care centres.

Programme structure

Patient dose planning
Radiobiology
Radiotherapy physics
Dosimetry
Applied radionuclide physics

Optimisation of patients’ doses in radio diagnostics
Diagnostic radiology physics
Visualisation methods in medicine
Radiation detectors and registration methods

Development of quality assurance programmes and their implementation in radiology sector
Interaction of radiation with matter
Radiation detectors and registration methods
Diagnostic radiology physics

Development and implementation of radiation protection measures in the institution
Radiation protection and safety
Radiation detectors and registration methods
Diagnostic radiology physics
Applied radionuclide physics
Radiotherapy physics

Career opportunities

The amount of medical physics in the health care institutions is determined according to the number of patients and present equipment. Based on the international standards (IAEA, IOMP), according to the data of 2015, there is a lack of medical physics in the region.
Graduates work in all Lithuanian oncological centres and hospitals, Radiation Protection Centre and have established their private companies.

“Medical physics are needed in all medical institutions that use ionizing radiation; however, they are particularly necessary in the radiation therapy departments of clinical hospitals”.Klaipėda University Hospital, Chief Physician prof. hab. dr. Vinsas Janušonis.

“Only when I started working, I realised that everything we had learned during studies, without any exceptions, including not the most favourite subjects, was useful in everyday practice searching for the best ways to use the acquired knowledge in providing professional assistance to the patients with oncological diseases”.LSMU Hospital Kauno Klinikos, Medical Physic Evelina Jaselskė.

Apply now! Fall semester 2024/25
Application deadline
30 Jun 2024, 23:59:59
Eastern European Time
Studies commence
1 Sept 2024

Application deadlines apply to citizens of: United States

Apply now! Fall semester 2024/25
Application deadline
30 Jun 2024, 23:59:59
Eastern European Time
Studies commence
1 Sept 2024

Application deadlines apply to citizens of: United States