This course is for 2025/26 entry.
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Delivered in collaboration with the Rose Breast Education Centre, St George’s NHS Foundation Trust.
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A blended teaching style allows for the utilisation of distance learning alongside any mandatory clinical skills, facilitating a balance of practice and study.
Professional Practice in Mammography PGCert Course overview
Benefits of this course
This programme offers the opportunity to train at our highly renowned clinical partner training centres, including the Rose Breast Education Centre at St George’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. You will have access to specialist expertise in advanced breast practice, breast imaging, and practice education, with teaching input from qualified NHS clinical staff.
Our course and modules have been developed in collaboration with our healthcare sector partners, incorporating significant reflection on the NHS Breast Screening Programme and symptomatic breast care services. This ensures that your studies address both current and future workforce demands.
The programme features a blended teaching approach that combines distance learning with mandatory clinical skills, offering a balanced integration of practice and study. Additionally, flexible structure and delivery allows you to tailor your studies to meet the needs of your professional practice, providing a personalized learning experience that aligns with your career goals.
Who is this course for?
This course is designed for Radiographers interesting in working within the NHS Breast Screening Programme as a Mammographer.
Accreditation
This course is accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
Award
You can select to apply for one of the available exit points for this course.
- Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert)
Structure
The Professional Practice in Mammography PgCert comprises two mandatory core modules, undertaken concurrently, both must be passed successfully in order to be awarded the PgCert. No optional modules are required as all necessary content to confer the ability to work as a Mammographer within the NHS Breast Screening Programme will be included within the two core modules.
Initial online teaching is supported by clinical practice and mentorship primarily based at your place of employment, this is supported by the excellent clinical and academic teams at the Rose Centre and St George’s, University of London.
Assessment is completed through a combination of written work, clinical competency assessment and reflective practice. The PgCert is completed in one year.
Teaching and assessment
Teaching and learning
This course is delivered by City St George’s, University of London in collaboration with the Rose Breast Education Centre, St George’s NHS Foundation Trust. This means you benefit from the experience and facilities of multiple complementary institutions.
Initial online teaching is supported by clinical practice and mentorship primarily based at your place of employment. You will be supported by excellent clinical and academic teams at the Rose Centre and City St George’s, University of London.
Assessment
Assessment is completed through a combination of written work, clinical competency assessment and reflective practice.
Fees and funding
Fees for academic year 2025/26
Postgraduate Certificate
(PGCert)
Part-time
per year
Home/UK: £5,000
Part-time per year
Home/UK: £5,000
Where applicable, tuition fees for City St George's programmes will be subject to inflationary increases in each year of study. Our policy for these increases is set out in our terms and conditions of study.
Please note that applicants holding a Tier 2 visa, and with evidencable appropriate access to practice with patients of the NHS Breast Screening Programme, will be eligible for ‘Home’ fees (above) despite being assessed as an Overseas student for visa purposes.
Funding your study
We have a range of funding opportunities available for students. You may be eligible for the following:
- Other funding for Postgraduate Study
- An alumni discount – if you're a former City St George’s student you can qualify for an additional 10% discount from this course if you're self-funded
Additional costs
We do not expect students to incur any extra costs over and above those that we have advertised on the course page. To get the most from your studies, you will need your personal computer or laptop (Windows 10 or Mac OS) and an internet connection in your home.
Find out more about technology requirements associated with online learning.
Career
Successful completion of the Professional Practice in Mammography PgCert will confer the right to work within the NHS Breast Screening Programme as a Mammographer.
Mammographers may choose to continue their development in the future with advanced practice and Consultant Mammography.
How to apply
Entry requirements
UK
To apply for this course, you should hold or be expected to achieve:
- an honours degree in Diagnostic Radiography or Therapeutic Radiography, or equivalent degree title.
Applicants also need:
- To be registered with the UK Health and Care Professions Council or relevant healthcare registrant body. Confirmed via HCPC registration uploaded onto application
- To have employment-based access to appropriate patient groups (breast screening patients or symptomatic patients). Confirmed via personal statement, employment history, or reference.
International qualifications
We also accept qualifications from other countries for postgraduate study.
English language requirements
If your first language is not English you must demonstrate you meet our English Language requirements.
Most common test requirements:
- IELTS Academic: 7.0 overall with 7.0 in Writing and 6.5 in all other components
- TOEFL (iBT) and (iBT Paper): 93 overall with 27 in Writing, 20 in Listening and Speaking, and 19 in Reading.
For further details please see the St George's UoL English Language requirements page. This is a Group 1 course.
Application process
To be considered for this course, you will need to:
- meet the entry criteria
- write a personal statement
- provide two suitable references
- provide a Study Leave Confirmation (if your tuition fees are being paid by your employer).
Before beginning your application please check the entry criteria of the course you wish to study to ensure you meet the required standards. Guidance on submitting an application can be found on our how to apply webpage.
Access our online application system
- Access our online application system via the application button below.
- You will be asked to create an account.
- Once you have created your account, you will be able to complete an application form and upload any relevant documents. You can save a partly completed form and return to it later. Please make sure you complete all sections. Please make sure that the information you provide is accurate, including the options you select in menus.
- Add pgadmissions@sgul.ac.uk to your address book to ensure you do not miss any important emails from us.
- When you have checked that your application is complete and accurate, click ‘submit’.
You can track your application through your online account.
Application Deadline
24 August 2025
September 2025 entry
Our academics
Your studies are supported by a team of committed and enthusiastic teachers and researchers, experts in their chosen field. On occasion we also work with external professionals to enhance your learning and appreciation of the wider subject.