Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery MCh

Designed by clinical experts, the course will prepare you to advance your career development and opportunities in this area of surgical specialism. On successful completion you’ll be ideally suited to pursue a higher surgical training post or postgraduate study at MD or PhD level.

A recognised primary medical degree that has been approved by the General Medical Council or which has been awarded by an institution listed on the Avicenna Directory for Medicine/ The World Directory of Medical Schools. To be included on the Avicenna directory an institution must have a physical address in the country awarding the qualification.

You’ll undertake laparoscopic simulation training, based at the ICENI Centre in Colchester, and you’ll also have access to the Broomfield Robotic Centre at Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford. The ICENI Centre is internationally recognised as a leading centre of excellence in the field of minimally invasive surgery. It combines the advanced multidisciplinary laparoscopic techniques practised at Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust, with the highest-quality research infrastructure established here in Anglia Ruskin University.

We're home to the Postgraduate Medical Institute (PMI), which has its own £10 million building on our Chelmsford campus. It features state-of-the-art laboratory and training facilities and lecture theatres linked with partner hospital sites. In conjunction with Colchester Hospital University Foundation Trust, we’ve funded a £2 million building specifically for minimally-invasive surgery research and a training centre.