Nuclear Medicine Technology

Application and Acceptance

Acceptance to the Nuclear Medicine program is selective and competitive. Applications are available on December 1 each year and are due at the end of February. Applicants are screened according to academic performance and timely completion of prerequisite courses and a two-step interview process. The program chair makes the final selection of students after all transcript screening and interview evaluation is completed by the acceptance committee. Course work begins in the fall after acceptance.

Steps in the Application Process:
1. Attend a virtual Information Session.

2. Make an appointment to observe at least two nuclear medicine departments, including at least one that is affiliated with the program. A form for documenting your visits is available on the program website: Bellevue College Nuclear Medicine Technology. Bring the completed form to the first interview.

3. Apply for college admissions. If you are new to Bellevue College or have not attended in the last four academic quarters, you must apply for college admission in addition to applying to the program. Note: To avoid paying an additional fee for the college application, you should apply for the college through the Apply Online link on this website when you submit your Nuclear Medicine Technology program application.

4. Application packet must include the following:
      a. Transcripts from all colleges you have attended
      b. Radiologic Sciences and Imaging programs application
      c. Current resume
      d. Reference letter from an employer (not a professor unless you were employed by them)
      e. A personal statement indicating why you are interested in becoming a nuclear
 medicine technologist and;
      f. $40 application fee

5. Mail application packet to: 
    Radiation and Imaging Sciences, A242
    Bellevue College
    3000 Landerholm Circle SE
    Bellevue, WA 98007-6484

Most nuclear medicine technologists work in hospitals. However, some will work in:

• Physician’s office
• Medical and Diagnostic laboratories
• Imaging clinics

In a hospital setting, a nuclear medicine technologist may advance into these positions:

• Lead technologist
• Nuclear medicine supervisor
• Advanced medical imaging manager
• Radiology department administrator

Other areas of practice that nuclear medicine technologists may move into, depending on education level and/or advanced training:

• Health physics
• Medical physics
• Applications technologist (e.g., for a company selling nuclear medicine equipment)
• Research
• Faculty for a nuclear medicine technology program