Radiologist
The doctor who reads the scans everyone else is waiting on — and increasingly, who works alongside AI tools to do it.
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- Typical pay
- €50k–€105k
- Usual education
- Medicine degree + 4-year radiology residency
- Outlook
- High demand; teleradiology adds flexible options.
A day in the life
Hours of CT, MRI, ultrasound and X-ray reporting, plus image-guided biopsies and drains, and calls from clinicians who need an answer now.
Ways in
- Medicine degree
- MIR exam
- Four-year radiodiagnosis residency
- Hospital imaging departments, private centres or teleradiology
What to study at 16
The subjects you choose for the final years of secondary school can shape which degrees, exams and careers are easiest to reach. This is about choosing courses, not choosing a school.
Spain
Bachillerato de Ciencias y Tecnología
Portugal
Ciências e Tecnologias
France
Bac général — spécialités
Germany
Oberstufe — Leistungskurse
Italy
Liceo scientifico
Netherlands
Profiel Natuur & Gezondheid
Exams you'll need
The gates between you and this job, and when each one comes.
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Best courses to take
The study routes that lead most directly into this career.
Degree in Medicine
Six years, the highest entrance marks in the country, and the only route to becoming a doctor of any specialty.
Specialty chosen after the MIR exam.
Helpful school subjects: Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Pathology, Pharmacology, Clinical rotations
Diagnostic Imaging & Nuclear Medicine (Grado Superior)
Learn to run X-ray, CT and MRI equipment safely — a two-year route into a well-paid hospital job.
Not the doctor route, but a two-year way into the same department.
Helpful school subjects: Radiological anatomy, Radiation protection, CT and MRI technique, Patient positioning, Work placement
Places that hire for this
Charité — Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Hires across clinical teams, from placements to permanent posts.
Clínica Universidad de Navarra
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Comunidad de Madrid
Hires across clinical teams, from placements to permanent posts.
Elsan
Hires across clinical teams, from placements to permanent posts.
Erasmus MC
Hires across clinical teams, from placements to permanent posts.
Helios Health (Fresenius)
Hires across clinical teams, from placements to permanent posts.
Generalitat de Catalunya
Hires across clinical teams, from placements to permanent posts.
HM Hospitales
Hires across clinical teams, from placements to permanent posts.
Gruppo Ospedaliero Humanitas
Hires across clinical teams, from placements to permanent posts.
Junta de Andalucía
Hires across clinical teams, from placements to permanent posts.