Healthcare Practice BSc (Hons) top-up / GradCert

Typical offer 2025

Healthcare Practice BSc (Hons) top-up

• DipHE / FdSc or equivalent from a UK or Republic of Ireland university.
• DipHE / FdSC or equivalent qualification from an approved institution of higher education outside the UK and Republic of Ireland will be accepted subject to benchmarking of award equivalence by UK National Information Centre for the recognition and evaluation of international qualifications and skills (UK ENIC).

Healthcare Practice GradCert

• Honours or ordinary degree qualification (or equivalent) from a UK or Republic of Ireland university.
• Honours or ordinary degree qualification from an approved institution of higher education outside the UK and Republic of Ireland will be accepted, subject to benchmarking of award equivalence by UK National Information Centre for the recognition and evaluation of international qualifications and skills (UK ENIC).

Short course applicants – standard entry

Applicants meeting the above entry requirements, wishing to take modules from the programme as free-standing CPD may do so without registering for an award, up to a value of 60 credits. Short course enrolment leading to an accumulation of 60 free-standing credits will normally lead to programme enrolment.

Typical offer 2024

Healthcare Practice BSc (Hons) top-up

• DipHE / FdSc or equivalent from a UK or Republic of Ireland university.
• DipHE / FdSC or equivalent qualification from an approved institution of higher education outside the UK and Republic of Ireland will be accepted subject to benchmarking of award equivalence by UK National Information Centre for the recognition and evaluation of international qualifications and skills (UK ENIC).

Healthcare Practice GradCert

• Honours or ordinary degree qualification (or equivalent) from a UK or Republic of Ireland university.
• Honours or ordinary degree qualification from an approved institution of higher education outside the UK and Republic of Ireland will be accepted, subject to benchmarking of award equivalence by UK National Information Centre for the recognition and evaluation of international qualifications and skills (UK ENIC).

Short course applicants – standard entry

Applicants meeting the above entry requirements, wishing to take modules from the programme as free-standing CPD may do so without registering for an award, up to a value of 60 credits. Short course enrolment leading to an accumulation of 60 free-standing credits will normally lead to programme enrolment.

Additional requirements

• All applicants will normally hold a professional healthcare qualification and current UK professional registration and have six months' post-qualifying practice experience.
• Module specific practice-related requirements and additional entry criteria may apply to specified modules and will be indicated in the module outlines.
• No Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) clearance required.
• A minimum Academic IELTS of 7 overall, with Writing at 7 and no other element below 6.5(or equivalent) is required for those for whom English is not their first language.

Covid-19 vaccination requirement

The Nursing and Midwifery Council, General Pharmaceutical Council and Social Work England strongly encourage everyone eligible to be fully vaccinated against Covid 19 to keep yourselves and your community safe.

We are aware that some placement providers may require their staff and students to be fully vaccinated for some clinical areas. The University position is to strongly recommend everyone eligible to be fully vaccinated for health and care courses.

You can book your vaccinations here.

You can read information about Coronavirus vaccines here.

Alternative routes

Short course applicants – non-standard entry

Applicants who do not meet standard programme entry requirements may take modules from the programme as free-standing CPD up to a value of 60 credits. They will not be eligible to enrol on a programme of study. Applicants who are unable to demonstrate a minimum of 60 credits of certificated learning at Level 5 will be required to undertake an entrance test to establish suitability for study at Level 6.

Recognition of prior learning

Students who gained credit on the earlier Joint Faculty version of the courses referred to in this specification may apply to RPL both current credit and grades. Normally credit will have been gained no longer than five years prior to enrolment on the programme.

Typical offer and UCAS points explained

Like most universities, we use the UCAS Tariff point system for our course entry requirements.

Find out more about UCAS Tariff points and see how A-level, AS level, BTEC Diploma and T-level qualifications translate to the points system.