BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy

Study based in Bournemouth. Placements (a minimum of 1,000 hours) will be spent across the south.

Key Information

Approved by: Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC)

Accreditations: The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP)

Duration and delivery: 3 years full-time with mandatory placements

Entry requirements: 136-152 tariff points including 40 points in a required subject

Required subjects: Biology, Human Biology, Physical Education, Applied Human Biology, Health & Social Care

If English is not your first language: IELTS (Academic) 7.0 with a minimum of 6.5 in each component or equivalent

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Key areas of study

UCAS code B160

Physiotherapists work to improve the lives of people with physical and psychosocial difficulties. This degree, which is approved by the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) and accredited by The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP), has extremely high student employment rates with 100% of graduates employed within 15 months of finishing (DLHE survey 2020).

Small cohort

The course maintains small cohort sizes resulting in an excellent lecturer-to-student ratio meaning more support, education and resource availability throughout your studies.

Healthcare techniques

As a trainee physiotherapist, you’ll treat people of all ages affected by a range of conditions and discover ways to help maximise each individual’s potential through your knowledge of human movement and function. You’ll also gain healthcare techniques to manage people’s physical, psychological and social wellbeing, and because practical experience is central to this course, you’ll gain real-world placement experience in a diverse array of clinical settings across the south. In your final year you’ll present an innovation project at a student conference, designed to help to boost your career prospects.

Research active staff

Your learning will be delivered by a range of staff with relevant clinical expertise and knowledge appropriate to all units of study. All staff are research active, contributing to driving the profession forwards.

Bournemouth University allowed me to learn in a supported environment, while giving me the freedom to develop and become the autonomous practitioner I am today.

Tracy Sherwood, graduate

Science for Physiotherapy Practice | Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation | Neurological Rehabilitation | Cardio-respiratory Rehabilitation | Progressing Physiotherapy Practice | Innovations in Physiotherapy