Advanced Counselling and Psychotherapy Studies (Supervision)

Undergraduate degree

Normally a 2:2 honours degree or equivalent.

To gain entry onto this course, you will need to be a qualified counsellor or psychotherapist with a recognised counselling or psychotherapy professional membership (or evidence of eligibility to apply for recognised counselling or psychotherapy professional membership) and at least one year of post-qualification supervised practice.

Professional qualification

A recognised professional qualification in counselling or psychotherapy: this is a post-qualification course and those without a professional counselling or psychotherapy are not eligible to apply. If you are not qualified, please apply for the MSc/PGDip Counselling and Psychotherapy (Professional Training).

Evidence of a recognised counselling or psychotherapy professional membership (for example, BACP/UKCP or equivalent, or evidence of eligibility to successfully apply for professional membership).

Evidence of at least one year of post-qualification supervised professional practice while a member of a recognised counselling or psychotherapy professional body. This evidence is ideally provided as a reference by your supervisor.

Accredited Counsellor or Psychotherapist Entry

Accredited counsellors or psychotherapists with the BACP or UKCP are eligible for specific entry routes.

Accredited counsellors or psychotherapists with a degree are able to receive 60 M-level credits via a specific accreditation of prior learning process, resulting in a fast-track through the MSc.

Accredited counsellors or psychotherapists without a degree are able to apply for direct entry onto the MSc.

Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL)

We welcome applications from students who may not have formal/traditional entry criteria but who have relevant experience or the ability to pursue the course successfully. The Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) process could help you to make your work and life experience count. The APL process can be used for entry onto courses or to give you exemptions from parts of your course. Two forms of APL may be used for entry: the Accreditation of Prior Certificated Learning (APCL) or the Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL).

International Students - Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS)

International Students are required by the Home Office and/or the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) to apply for an Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) Certificate before they begin studying their course. You may need to obtain an ATAS Certificate before you come to the UK in order for you to comply with Home Office regulations. Please refer to your offer conditions.

You can find out if your programme requires an ATAS by checking the FCO website at the Gov.uk Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) page with your JACS code which will be on your offer letter should you choose to make an application. If you cannot find it please contact International Conversion team at application@salford.ac.uk. If you have any queries relating directly to ATAS please contact the ATAS team on salford-atas@salford.ac.uk.

You can apply for your ATAS Certificate at the Gov.uk ATAS Academic Technology Approval Scheme page.