Core modules

You take all of the core modules below:

Foundations of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Sciences

Module Leader: Dr Rasheda Chowdhury 

Provides an overview of cardiovascular and respiratory wellbeing, covering:

• cardiovascular and respiratory anatomy and physiology
• the pathophysiology of cardiovascular and respiratory disease
• acquisition and interpretation of physiological data
  

Reflections and Evaluation of Clinical Practice

Module Leader: Dr Rasha Al-Lamee

Provides the opportunity to observe good clinical practice in the field of cardiovascular and respiratory healthcare with a view to critiquing it in relation to evidence-based guidelines and reflecting on how to apply improvements in practice.

Study Design

Module Leader: Professor Jennifer Quint

Covers the principles and practice of quantitative and qualitative research, and key issues in critically evaluating methodology. Provides a strong foundation for conducting your own research.

Quality in Cardiovascular and Respiratory Healthcare

This module will critically consider how a focus on safety, effectiveness and the patient experience contribute to the development and delivery of high-quality healthcare services.

Optional modules

You choose three modules from the list below:

• Cardiovascular Health: Prevention and Rehabilitation
• Innovations in the Management of Cardiovascular Disease: Acute and Community
• Managing the Care of Children and Adults with Cystic Fibrosis (requires previous experience)
• Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Community Respiratory Care
• Respiratory Failure and Respiratory Support

Research project

You complete an extensive research project assessed by a written dissertation and oral presentation.

The research project can be undertaken in a variety of settings. It will be supervised by a member of the faculty at Imperial.

Your supervisor will provide guidance and support for developing the research question, design of the project and data collection, thesis writing and oral presentation.

We offer four types of project:

• Primary research using quantitative or qualitative methods
• Systematic review or qualitative synthesis of the literature
• An analysis of data from research databases or registries
• Clinical service improvement

Core modules

Foundations of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Sciences

Module Leader: Dr Rasheda Chowdhury 

Provides an overview of cardiovascular and respiratory wellbeing, covering:

• cardiovascular and respiratory anatomy and physiology
• the pathophysiology of cardiovascular and respiratory disease
• acquisition and interpretation of physiological data

Optional modules

You choose two elective modules from the list below:

• Cardiovascular Health: Prevention and Rehabilitation
• Innovations in the Management of Cardiovascular Disease: Acute and Community
• Managing the Care of Children and Adults with Cystic Fibrosis (requires previous experience)
• Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Community Respiratory Care
• Respiratory Failure and Respiratory Support

Core modules

Foundations of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Sciences

Module Leader: Dr Rasheda Chowdhury 

Provides an overview of cardiovascular and respiratory wellbeing, covering:

• cardiovascular and respiratory anatomy and physiology
• the pathophysiology of cardiovascular and respiratory disease
• acquisition and interpretation of physiological data

Study Design

Module Leader: Dr Jennifer Quint

Covers the principles and practice of quantitative and qualitative research, and key issues in critically evaluating methodology. Provides a strong foundation for conducting your own research.

Reflections and Evaluation of Clinical Practice

Module Leader: Dr Rasha Al-Lamee

Provides the opportunity to observe good clinical practice in the field of cardiovascular and respiratory healthcare with a view to critiquing it in relation to evidence-based guidelines and reflecting on how to apply improvements in practice.

Quality in Cardiovascular and Respiratory Healthcare

This module will critically consider how a focus on safety, effectiveness and the patient experience contribute to the development and delivery of high-quality healthcare services.

Optional modules

You choose three modules from the list below:

• Cardiovascular Health: Prevention and Rehabilitation
• Innovations in the Management of Cardiovascular Disease: Acute and Community
• Managing the Care of Children and Adults with Cystic Fibrosis (requires previous experience)
• Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Community Respiratory Care
• Respiratory Failure and Respiratory Support

Our minimum requirement is a 2.1 degree in a relevant medical, biomedical or healthcare subject.

Applicants who do not meet the academic requirements above but who have substantial relevant clinical experience may be admitted following completion of the ‘special case procedure’.

We also accept a wide variety of international qualifications.

The academic requirement above is for applicants who hold or who are working towards a UK qualification.

For guidance see our Country Index though please note that the standards listed here are the minimum for entry to the College, and not specifically this Department.

If you have any questions about admissions and the standard required for the qualification you hold or are currently studying then please contact the relevant admissions team.

All candidates must demonstrate a minimum level of English language proficiency for admission to the College.

For admission to this course, you must achieve the higher College requirement in the appropriate English language qualification. For details of the minimum grades required to achieve this requirement, please see the English language requirements for postgraduate applicants.

We will start considering applications in December. We consider applications in batches and make a proportion of offers at a set point each month, starting from January.

It takes four to six weeks to process an application and make a decision. Shortlisted candidates will then be invited to interview.

Please note that there is not a set application deadline for this course but we strongly encourage candidates to apply before 1 July.

This course is divided into three progressional levels of study:

• PG Certificate (PG Cert)
• PG Diploma (PG Dip)
• MSc

Each level of study has its own separate entry point; you can apply to any level in the first instance.

Read more about Postgraduate Certificate, Diploma and MSc degrees

Apply online

All applicants must apply online.

Visit our Admissions website for details on the application process.

You can submit one application form per year of entry. You can usually choose up to two courses.

Application fee

For 2021–22 entry, we are introducing a pilot application fee for our Master's courses. This helps cover some of the administrative and staffing costs associated with processing the large volume of applications we receive.

This fee will be £80 per application and not per course. 

We will waive the fee for any applicant – Home or Overseas – who demonstrates that they are experiencing financial hardship.

There is no application fee for Postgraduate Certificates, Postgraduate Diplomas or PhDs. The fee for MBA applications to the Imperial College Business School is £135. 

Find out more about the application fee and waiver

An ATAS certificate is not required for overseas students applying for this course.

2021 entry

MSc

Full fee - £12,600
Top-up fee* - £2,520

Postgraduate Diploma (PG Dip)

Full fee - £10,080
Top-up fee* - £3,780

Postgraduate Certificate (PG Cert)

Full fee - £6,300

* If you have already completed one of the above qualifications and are moving on to the next level of study, e.g. you've already completed the PG Cert and want to study the PG Dip, you will only need to pay the top-up fee for the course you’re applying for.

You may apply to enter this programme at any level of study.

If you enter the MSc, without having studied the PG Cert or PG Dip, then you will pay the full fee listed for the MSc.

If you enter at the PG Cert or PG Dip level and return in future academic years to complete a higher award, you will pay the top-up fee advertised in the year of your return, instead of the full fee for your chosen course.

If you continue uninterrupted from one award to the next, you will pay the relevant top-up fee, plus any annual inflationary increases applied to the entry fee. This applies to applicants who originally entered for a PGDip or MSc. This does not apply to those who have completed a PGCert or PGDip and are re-entering for a higher award.

The measure of inflation used will be the Retail Price Index (RPI) value in the April of the calendar year in which the academic session starts e.g. the RPI value for April 2020 will apply to fees for the academic year 2020–2021.

You could be eligible for a Postgraduate Master’s Loan from the UK government if you apply for the MSc in the first instance.

PG Cert and PG Diploma students are not eligible for the Master's loan since each of these programmes are not worth 90 ECTS credits, which is one of the eligibility criteria for this loan.

Fee status

Whether you pay the Home fee depends on your fee status.

Your fee status is assessed based on UK Government legislation and includes things like where you live and your nationality or residency status.

Find out more about how we assess your fee status.

EU/EEA/Swiss students

The Government has confirmed that EU/EEA/Swiss students who begin a course before the 31 July 2021 will be eligible to pay the same fee as Home students and have access to student finance for the duration of their course, as long as they meet certain requirements which are unchanged from previous years. This includes students who begin the course remotely.

EU/EEA/Swiss students starting a course on or after 1 August 2021 will no longer be eligible for the Home fee rate and so will be charged the Overseas fee. Please note, we do not expect this to apply to Irish students or students benefitting from Citizens' Rights under the EU Withdrawal Agreement, EEA EFTA Separation Agreement or Swiss Citizens' Rights Agreement respectively. However, we are currently awaiting the formal publication of the amended Fees and Awards regulations.

The UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA) website has useful information on the conditions you currently need to meet to be entitled to pay tuition fees at the Home rate for study on a higher education course in England and reflect the regulations as they currently stand (not the amended regulations which are subject to publication).

UKCISA has also provided some information in response to Questions for students starting their course from the 1 August 2021. 

For regular updates for EU students, please see our Imperial and the EU webpages.

2021 entry

MSc

Full fee - £36,700
Top-up fee* - £7,340

Postgraduate Diploma (PG Dip)

Full fee - £29,360
Top-up fee* - £11,010

Postgraduate Certificate (PG Cert)

Full fee - £18,350

* If you have already completed one of the above qualifications and are moving on to the next level of study, e.g. you've already completed the PG Cert and want to study the PG Dip, you will only need to pay the top-up fee for the course you’re applying for.

You may apply to enter this programme at any level of study.

If you enter the MSc, without having studied the PG Cert or PG Dip, then you will pay the full fee listed for the MSc.

If you enter at the PG Cert or PG Dip level and return in future academic years to complete a higher award, you will pay the top-up fee advertised in the year of your return, instead of the full fee for your chosen course.

If you continue uninterrupted from one award to the next, you will pay the relevant top-up fee, plus any annual inflationary increases applied to the entry fee. This applies to applicants who originally entered for a PGDip or MSc. This does not apply to those who have completed a PGCert or PGDip and are re-entering for a higher award.

The measure of inflation used will be the Retail Price Index (RPI) value in the April of the calendar year in which the academic session starts e.g. the RPI value for April 2020 will apply to fees for the academic year 2020–2021.

You could be eligible for a Postgraduate Master’s Loan from the UK government if you apply for the MSc in the first instance.

PG Cert and PG Diploma students are not eligible for the Master's loan since each of these programmes are not worth 90 ECTS credits, which is one of the eligibility criteria for this loan.

Fee status

Whether you pay the Overseas fee depends on your fee status.

Your fee status is assessed based on UK Government legislation and includes things like where you live and your nationality or residency status.

Find out more about how we assess your fee status.

EU/EEA/Swiss students

The Government has confirmed that EU/EEA/Swiss students who begin a course before the 31 July 2021 will be eligible to pay the same fee as Home students and have access to student finance for the duration of their course, as long as they meet certain requirements which are unchanged from previous years. This includes students who begin the course remotely.

EU/EEA/Swiss students starting a course on or after 1 August 2021 will no longer be eligible for the Home fee rate and so will be charged the Overseas fee. Please note, we do not expect this to apply to Irish students or students benefitting from Citizens' Rights under the EU Withdrawal Agreement, EEA EFTA Separation Agreement or Swiss Citizens' Rights Agreement respectively. However, we are currently awaiting the formal publication of the amended Fees and Awards regulations.

The UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA) website has useful information on the conditions you currently need to meet to be entitled to pay tuition fees at the Home rate for study on a higher education course in England and reflect the regulations as they currently stand (not the amended regulations which are subject to publication).

UKCISA has also provided some information in response to Questions for students starting their course from the 1 August 2021. 

For regular updates for EU students, please see our Imperial and the EU webpages.

This section outlines any additional costs relevant to this course, which are not included in your tuition fees. It is possible that all, or only some, of these will be relevant to you.

Please note that the figures provided are usually based on the cost in the most recent academic year. These are likely to change from year to year. However, it is useful for you to be aware of the types of things you may have to pay for and their approximate cost to help you budget for student life at Imperial.

This section indicates whether any additional costs that apply are mandatory or optional. Mandatory costs are those that you will need to pay to fully participate in and complete your studies. Optional costs are not essential to your studies so you will be free to opt out of these.

If you're a UK national, or EU national with settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme, you may be able to apply for a Postgraduate Master’s Loan from the UK government, if you meet certain criteria.

For 2020-21 entry, the maximum amount was of £11,222. The loan is not means-tested and you can choose whether to put it towards your tuition fees or living costs.

We offer a range of scholarships for postgraduate students to support you through your studies. Find out more about our scholarships to see what you might be eligible for.

There are a number of external organisations also offer awards for Imperial students, find out more about non-Imperial scholarships.

Living costs, including accommodation, are not included in your tuition fees.

You can compare costs across our different accommodation options on our Accommodation website.

A rough guide to what you might expect to spend to live in reasonable comfort in London is available on our Fees and Funding website.