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MSc Extreme Medicine (Distance)

UK

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What will I learn?

Overview

  • A unique programme delivered in partnership between the University of Exeter Medical School and World Extreme Medicine
  • Distance-learning programme, delivered through attendance at residentials in the UK or overseas
  • You’ll experience medicine at its best,?crossing geographical and professional boundaries
  • You will be challenged to think critically around the concepts for delivering care in challenging environments
  • You can choose to undertake a specialism in Cold Environments, Hot Environments or Humanitarian Relief
  • You’ll learn how to make the exceptional happen, by challenging traditional thinking and defying conventional boundaries

Careers

Extreme Medicine is an emerging specialty. Graduates of the programme will enhance their medical skills to practice in challenging and remote environments. They will acquire field based knowledge and skills to demonstrate their strategic understanding of expedition operations, to potential employers and to the wider deployment team.

Potential roles may include:

  • Disaster response, working with NGO’s or government contracts
  • Medical cover for security operations
  • Expedition and wilderness medicine
  • Working with media organisations
  • Remote research or logistics

Which department am I in?

Healthcare and Medicine

Study options

Online/Distance with attendance (3 years)

Tuition fees
£12,000.00 (13,07,474) per year
£12,000 (year 1 and 2), £3,500 (year 3) part-time 3 years

This is a fixed fee

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please

Start date

September 2025

Venue

St Luke's Campus

Heavitree Road,

Exeter,

Devon,

EX1 2LU, SOUTHERN ENGLAND, England

Online/Distance with attendance (2 years)

Tuition fees
£13,750.00 (14,98,148) per year
This is a fixed fee

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please

Start date

September 2025

Venue

St Luke's Campus

Heavitree Road,

Exeter,

Devon,

EX1 2LU, SOUTHERN ENGLAND, England

Entry requirements

For international students

Normally a 2:2 Honours degree (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline. IELTS: Overall score 6.5. No less than 6.0 in any section. TOEFL: Overall score 90 with minimum scores of 21 for writing, 21 for listening, 22 for reading and 23 for speaking.

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

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About University of Exeter

Never far from the breathtaking coasts of south west England, Exeter offers world-class education in unbeatable surroundings.

  • Top 15 UK universities (Guardian University Guide 2023)
  • Member of the globally renowned Russell Group of unis
  • Triple accredited business school (AACSB, AMBA, EQUIS)
  • Top 150 universities globally (Times Higher Education 2023)