Thank you for your interest in the one-year, full-time (two-semester), online, on-demand Master of Science in Orthopaedics – MSc (ORTHO) degree program offered by the National University of Medical Sciences. Our Admissions Department is eager to assist you in any way we can, and we invite you to contact NUMSS with any questions you may have.

All MSc (ORTHO) courses are offered online and in English, with lectures available on demand through the internet. Students also have the option of receiving the lectures on a portable hard drive, which can be connected to a compatible television or computer for convenient viewing.

The MSc (ORTHO) program is offered 100% online with no mandatory campus attendance, allowing students from around the world to study from the comfort of their homes. Students who wish to gain additional hands-on experience and practice techniques under the supervision of a clinician may attend an optional one-week, in-person practical techniques review offered in Madrid, Spain once per semester.

The practical class is optional and is not a required component of the MSc (ORTHO) degree program. Students may complete and graduate from the program without attending the practical class.

Orthopaedics (aka orthopedics) Is a branch of medicine that includes the continued acquisition of knowledge relative to both normal functions and diseases of the human body as they relate to the bones, joints, capsules, discs, muscles, ligaments, tendons, their complete neurological components, referred organ systems and contiguous tissues; and the development and perfection of skills relative to health maintenance when such exists and when not, the investigation, historical review, physical detection, correlative diagnosis development and complete management of any disorder within the bounds defined herein; and the delivery of the combined knowledge and skill on a primary basis to patients who both need and desire this service to the eventual outcome of remission, whenever resolution is not readily achievable.

Health practitioners such as osteopaths, chiropractors & physiotherapists who specialize in Orthopedics to become orthopedists (aka orthopaedists) treats musculoskeletal injuries in a non-surgical, drug free manner and provides non-surgical, drugless treatment options, such as: manual manipulative procedures, massage, ultrasound, electric muscle stimulation, interferential, infrared, therapeutic exercise programs, rehabilitation and more. These are used for the relief of joint, nerve and muscle pain in necks, backs, shoulders, knees, elbows, wrists or other joints.