Allergy (MSc)
Develop the advanced knowledge and practical skills to optimally diagnose and manage allergic diseases.
Allergy (Postgraduate Diploma)
Develop the advanced knowledge and practical skills to optimally diagnose and manage allergic diseases
Allergy (Postgraduate Certificate)
Develop the advanced knowledge and practical skills to optimally diagnose and manage allergic diseases
Develop the advanced knowledge and practical skills to optimally diagnose and manage allergic diseases
Explore the cutting-edge research that influences clinical practice and the latest innovations in diagnosis and treatment
Benefit from flexible or online learning options and fit your studies around your professional commitments
Course key facts
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Qualification
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MSc
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Duration
2 years, 3 years
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Start date
October 2023
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Study mode
Part-time
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Fees
£14,050 Home
£40,800 Overseas
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Delivered by
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Location
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Online
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St Mary's
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Minimum entry standard
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2:1 in a healthcare-related subject, medicine, nursing, dietetics, immunology, physiology or biomedical science.
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Qualification
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PG Dip
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Duration
2 years
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Start date
October 2023
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Study mode
Part-time
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Fees
£11,240 Home
£32,640 Overseas
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Delivered by
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Location
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Online
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St Mary's
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Minimum entry standard
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2:1 in a healthcare-related subject, medicine, nursing, dietetics, immunology, physiology or biomedical science.
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Qualification
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PG Cert
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Duration
9 months
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Start date
October 2023
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Study mode
Part-time
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Fees
£7,025 Home
£10,750 or £20,400 Overseas
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Delivered by
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Location
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Online
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St Mary's
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Minimum entry standard
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2:1 in a healthcare-related subject, medicine, nursing, dietetics, immunology, physiology or biomedical science.
Course overview
Advance your understanding of how to optimally diagnose and manage allergic diseases on this part-time Master's course.
Allergies are an increasing global health problem and there is an urgent need in the UK and worldwide for clinical allergy specialists. This course is designed to help healthcare professionals progress their knowledge towards specialising in areas of medicine such as allergy, paediatrics, respiratory medicine.
You'll explore everything from the basic immune mechanisms underlying allergic diseases to the cutting-edge research that influences clinical practice.
Guided by world-renowned experts you'll develop your practical skills and better understand best practice in assessing, diagnosing and managing patients with allergic diseases in view of available evidence.
A research project forms the major component of this course.
You'll apply research methodology and data analysis techniques to an original research project or systematic review exploring an area of allergy medicine.
This Master's course is delivered either fully online or via a blended format (online and campus-based), providing you with the flexibility to fit studies around your professional commitments. Please note, the fully online Postgraduate Diploma is not yet open for applications.
Advance your understanding of how to optimally diagnose and manage allergic diseases on this course, which leads to a Postgraduate Diploma.
Allergies are an increasing global health problem and there is an urgent need in the UK and worldwide for clinical allergy specialists. This course is designed to help healthcare professionals progress their knowledge towards specialising in areas of medicine such as allergy, paediatrics, respiratory medicine.
You'll explore everything from the basic immune mechanisms underlying allergic diseases to the cutting-edge research that influences clinical practice.
Guided by world-renowned experts you'll develop your practical skills and better understand best practice in assessing, diagnosing and managing patients with allergic diseases in view of available evidence.
The diploma will deepen your appreciation of complex challenges in allergy speciality. You'll design diagnostic and management plans to address these challenges and evaluate preventative strategies and therapeutic procedures.
The Postgraduate Diploma is delivered either fully online or via a blended format (online and campus-based), providing you with the flexibility to fit studies around your professional commitments. Please note, the fully online Postgraduate Diploma is not yet open for applications.
Advance your understanding of how to optimally diagnose and manage allergic diseases on this course, which leads to a Postgraduate Certificate.
Allergies are an increasing global health problem and there is an urgent need in the UK and worldwide for clinical allergy specialists. This course is designed to help healthcare professionals progress their knowledge towards specialising in areas of medicine such as allergy, paediatrics, respiratory medicine.
The course is also relevant for basic scientists and professionals working in industry in the field of asthma and allergy.
You'll explore everything from the basic immune mechanisms underlying allergic diseases to the cutting-edge research that influences clinical practice.
Guided by world-renowned experts you'll develop your practical skills and better understand best practice in assessing, diagnosing and managing patients with allergic diseases in view of available evidence.
The Postgraduate Certificate is delivered fully online or in a blended format, to include a teaching days at St Mary's Medical School Campus.
Get an introduction to MSc Allergy from the course director, and hear about the experiences of our students, Tushar and Hannah.
Structure
This page is updated regularly to reflect the latest version of the curriculum. However, this information is subject to change.
Find out more about potential course changes.
You’ll study the following compulsory modules, either fully online or delivered in a blended format.
Compulsory modules
Explore the scientific basis of allergy and the practicalities of allergy patient care in a scenario-based setting.
Develop your understanding of the clinical features seen in allergic diseases and enhance your skills in the use of medical devices and treatments.
Examine recent research advances in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of allergic diseases and how this can be applied in clinical practice.
Assess the epidemiology, mechanisms, clinical presentation and advanced diagnostic and management strategies for a wide range of manifestations of food hypersensitivity.
Review recent advances across the developmental spectrum on the mechanisms underlying allergic airways diseases.
Understand the mechanisms, clinical presentation and advanced diagnostic and management strategies for allergic rhinitis and rhinosinusitis in adults and children.
Analyse a wide range of allergic skin diseases, including atopic eczema, contact dermatitis and urticarias.
Advance your knowledge of allergic diseases in childhood, from the mechanisms underlying the ‘atopic march’ or 'allergy multimorbidity' to difficult clinical scenarios.
Develop the knowledge and skills required to conduct your own original research project or systematic review under supervision.
You'll apply a range of research methods used in allergy medicine and build your appreciation of the importance of research for the development and evaluation of clinical practice.
Your work will be assessed by a thesis and viva (oral examination).
Develop the knowledge and skills required to conduct your own original research project or systematic review under supervision.
You'll apply a range of research methods used in allergy medicine and build your appreciation of the importance of research for the development and evaluation of clinical practice.
Your work will be assessed by a thesis and viva (oral examination).
You’ll study the following core modules, either fully online or delivered in a blended format.
Core modules
Explore the scientific basis of allergy and the practicalities of allergy patient care in a scenario-based setting.
Develop your understanding of the clinical features seen in allergic diseases and enhance your skills in the use of medical devices and treatments.
Examine recent research advances in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of allergic diseases and how this can be applied in clinical practice.
Assess the epidemiology, mechanisms, clinical presentation and advanced diagnostic and management strategies for a wide range of manifestations of food hypersensitivity.
Review recent advances across the developmental spectrum on the mechanisms underlying allergic airways diseases.
Understand the mechanisms, clinical presentation and advanced diagnostic and management strategies for allergic rhinitis and rhinosinusitis in adults and children.
Analyse a wide range of allergic skin diseases, including atopic eczema, contact dermatitis and urticarias.
Advance your knowledge of allergic diseases in childhood, from the mechanisms underlying the ‘atopic march’ or 'allergy multimorbidity' to difficult clinical scenarios.
You’ll study the following core modules, either fully online or delivered in a blended format.
Core modules
Explore the scientific basis of allergy and the practicalities of allergy patient care in a scenario-based setting.
Develop your understanding of the clinical features seen in allergic diseases and enhance your skills in the use of medical devices and treatments.
Examine recent research advances in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of allergic diseases and how this can be applied in clinical practice.
Teaching and assessment
Teaching and learning methods
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Virtual learning environment
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Flipped classroom
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Lectures
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Tutorials
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Group work
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Workshops and practical sessions
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Scenario-based settings and role play
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Student-led activities
Assessment methods
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Tutor and peer feedback
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Group work
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Student-led presentations and case-based sessions
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Quizzes
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Diagram completion exercises
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Mock examinations
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Computer-based examinations
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Poster presentations
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Presentations
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Individual work
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Reports, journal reviews and leaflets
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Thesis
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Oral assessment
Teaching and learning methods
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Virtual learning environment
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Flipped classroom
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Lectures
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Tutorials
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Group work
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Workshops and practical sessions
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Scenario-based settings and role play
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Student-led activities
Assessment methods
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Tutor and peer feedback
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Group work
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Student-led presentations and case-based sessions
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Quizzes
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Diagram completion exercises
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Mock examinations
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Computer-based examinations
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Poster presentations
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Presentations
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Individual work
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Reports, journal reviews and leaflets
Teaching and learning methods
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Virtual learning environment
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Flipped classroom
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Lectures
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Tutorials
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Group work
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Workshops and practical sessions
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Scenario-based settings and role play
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Student-led activities
Assessment methods
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Tutor and peer feedback
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Group work
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Student-led presentations and case-based sessions
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Quizzes
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Diagram completion exercises
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Mock examinations
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Computer-based examinations
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Poster presentations
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Presentations
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Individual work
Key people
Dr Marta Vazquez-Ortiz
Course DirectorMarta is a Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer and the Course Director. She is also Deputy Clinical Lead at Imperial NHS Healthcare Trust. Her research focuses on food allergy and on food immunotherapy, quality of life and improved allergy diagnostics.
Entry requirements
We consider all applicants on an individual basis, welcoming students from all over the world.
How to apply
Apply online
You can submit one application form per year of entry. You can choose up to two courses.
The Allergy programme consists of three award stages, the MSc being the highest:
- PG Cert
- PG Dip
- MSc
You can enter the programme at any level and all courses are offer in either a fully online or blended format.
Please apply for the award with which you intend to exit. The PG Cert component is completed in the first year, PG Dip in the second year and the MSc in the final year.
After successfully completing an award, you can switch to the other mode of delivery. For example, from the online to the blended programme.
Please note, the fully online Postgraduate Diploma and MSc are not yet open for applications.
Read more about Postgraduate Certificate, Diploma and MSc degrees
Find out more about how to apply for a Master's course, including references and personal statements.
An ATAS certificate is not required for students applying for this course.
Tuition fees
Home fee
PG Cert (online and blended)
£7,025
PG Dip
£11,240
Top-up fee - £4,215
MSc
£14,050
Top-up fee - £2,810
Please note, the tuition fees for the fully online Postgraduate Diploma and MSc have not been confirmed. We will update this page with their fees when they are confirmed. The fees shown are for the PG Cert (online and blended), PG Dip (blended) and MSc (blended).
If you have already completed one of the qualifications and are moving on to the next level of study, you will only need to pay the top-up fee for the course you’re applying for.
You should expect and budget for your fees to increase each year.
Your fee is based on the year you enter the College, not your year of study. This means that if you repeat a year or resume your studies after an interruption, your fees will only increase by the amount linked to inflation.
Find out more about our tuition fees payment terms, including how inflationary increases are applied to your tuition fees in subsequent years of study.
Whether you pay the Home or Overseas fee depends on your fee status. This is assessed based on UK Government legislation and includes things like where you live and your nationality or residency status. Find out how we assess your fee status.
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 2022-23 entry, the maximum amount was £11,836. The loan is not means-tested and you can choose whether to put it towards your tuition fees or living costs.
Overseas (PG Cert)
PG Cert (blended)
£20,400
PG Cert (online)
£10,750
Overseas fee (PG Dip and MSc)
PG Dip
£32,640
Top-up fee - £12,240
MSc
£40,800
Top-up fee - £8,160
Please note, the tuition fees for the fully online Postgraduate Diploma and MSc have not been confirmed. We will update this page with their fees when they are confirmed. The fees shown are for the PG Cert (online and blended), PG Dip (blended) and MSc (blended).
If you have already completed one of the qualifications and are moving on to the next level of study, you will only need to pay the top-up fee for the course you’re applying for.
You should expect and budget for your fees to increase each year.
Your fee is based on the year you enter the College, not your year of study. This means that if you repeat a year or resume your studies after an interruption, your fees will only increase by the amount linked to inflation.
Find out more about our tuition fees payment terms, including how inflationary increases are applied to your tuition fees in subsequent years of study.
Whether you pay the Home or Overseas fee depends on your fee status. This is assessed based on UK Government legislation and includes things like where you live and your nationality or residency status. Find out how we assess your fee status.
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 2022-23 entry, the maximum amount was £11,836. The loan is not means-tested and you can choose whether to put it towards your tuition fees or living costs.
Scholarships
Allergy scholarships
Value per award
- £2,000 to £3,000
Who it's for
- All students who make an application to the PG Certificate in Allergy.
Allergy scholarships
Value per award
- £2,000 to £3,000
Who it's for
- All students who make an application to the PG Certificate in Allergy.
Allergy scholarships
Value per award
- £2,000 to £3,000
Who it's for
- All students who make an application to the PG Certificate in Allergy.
Your future career
Develop expertise in the area of allergies.
Become more familiar with the evidence base that supports allergy and asthma research and clinical practice.
Pursue roles in secondary and tertiary care in areas of medicine such as allergy, paediatrics, respiratory medicine, dermatology and gastroenterology.
Further links
Contact the department
Email: allergypgs@imperial.ac.uk
Course Director: Dr Marta Vazquez-Ortiz
Visit the National Heart and Lung Institute website.
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Meet Our Students
We asked some of our Master's students about their individual journeys.
Meet our Allergy students.
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