About Radiology Schools

Radiology schools are institutions that offer training to medical students who wish to become licensed radiologists. Radiology training requires an extensive amount of hard work and time to complete. The process can take up to a total of seven years following graduation from undergraduate college.

Radiology schools are medical schools that offer education to medical students that plan to study radiology as a specialty. The schools often work closely with medical institutions to complete the education and training of radiologists. Students must have earned an undergraduate degree to enter medical school where they can expect to study fields that include the following:

• Basic sciences such as anatomy, chemistry, physiology, and biology 


• Specialized sciences that include organic and inorganic chemistry, biochemistry, and neuroanatomy


• Pharmacology, the study of drug interactions with the body


• Pathology, the study of disease


• Immunology, the study of the immune system


• Microbiology, the study of microorganisms


• Applications of radiology


• Course work centered around methods of using radiation and radioactive materials to detect, diagnose, and treat medical problems

Students will also complete rotations assisting doctors that specialize in various fields with their duties. This process is designed to allow medical students to both discover and gain knowledge in the medical practice as a whole. Training to become a radiologist does not end at graduation from medical school, as many as seven years of internship, residency, and fellowship are required to become a licensed radiologist.