Healthcare Science (Audiology) ,BSc (Hons)

De Montfort University

United Kingdom, Leicester

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Healthcare Science (Audiology) ,BSc (Hons)

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Transform lives through sound. Study Healthcare Science (Audiology) BSc (Hons) and gain the skills to diagnose, treat, and support hearing and balance disorders.

Overview

At DMU, you'll learn to test a baby's hearing, manage dizziness, and help adults with hearing loss, all while building a strong scientific foundation in anatomy, research, and sound. Practical skills are honed through a mandatory clinical placement, giving you hands-on experience.

Our course uses a 6-week block-teaching model, allowing you to focus deeply on one topic at a time. Whether you want to become an audiologist, hearing aid dispenser, or explore research, this approach will ensure you become a highly skilled practitioner with patient care at the core of everything you do.

Our graduates work in hospitals, private clinics, research, and education, collaborating with doctors, psychologists, and other healthcare professionals.

Ranked #1: Our Anatomy and Physiology courses are ranked 1st in the East Midlands and 11th in the UK by The Guardian University Guide 2026.
An accredited course: Our course is approved by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and accredited by the National School of Healthcare Science; this means that upon graduation you are eligible to apply for registration with the Academy of Healthcare Science and the HCPC.
Become career ready: Our graduates thrive in roles as audiologists and hearing aid dispensers - making an impact at organisations like the NHS, Boots UK, and Specsavers Ltd.
Authentic facilities: Learn in state-of-the-art clinical teaching spaces, equipped with the latest technology.
Industry-informed teaching: Study alongside experienced staff, industry professionals, and clinical experts.
Focused learning: Modules are delivered through our block teaching approach, so you can concentrate on one subject at a time.
Boost your employability: Complete a 30-week mandatory placement, gaining real-world experience and boosting employability. This placement builds skills employers want, resulting in a high proportion of our students securing job offers prior to graduation.
Global experience: Gain international experience through DMU Global, with past opportunities including clinics in India, conferences in Canada and South Africa, and more.

Requirements

Entry Requirements

Entry requirements

Typical offer

UCAS points:

128

A Level:

ABB

with a science subject at grade B or above in one of the following: Psychology, Biology, Human Biology, Physics, Chemistry or Maths / Further Maths

BTEC Extended Diploma:

DDM

in Science

Contextual Offer:

This course does not provide contextual offers due to capacity management. To find out more about our contextual offer policy at DMU, head to dmu.ac.uk/contextual

T Levels:

Distinction in Healthcare Science or Science (with optional module in Laboratory Science or Metrology Sciences not Food Science)

Access to HE:

Access to HE Diploma ‘Science’ or ‘Medicine & Healthcare Professions’ with 45 level 3 credits at Distinction

English and Maths GCSE required as separate qualifications. Equivalency not accepted within the Access qualification.

International Baccalaureate (IB):

30+

with six higher level points in a science subject

GCSEs:

5 x GCSEs at grade 4/C or above including English and Maths

English language requirements

If English is not your first language an IELTS score of 6.5 overall is essential.

English language tuition, delivered by our British Council-accredited Centre for English Language Learning, is available both before and throughout the course if you need it.

Additional application stages

Interview required? No

Work Experience required? Not essential, but to strengthen your application, experience with working directly with the public is positive.

Non-academic requirements

Self-Declaration Form clearance: Yes

Enhanced DBS disclosure clearance: Yes

As part of your application process, you will be required to submit an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) application before starting the course.

For overseas applicants, you will also need to submit a criminal records certificate from your home country.

Further details will provided by our Admissions team after you receive an offer to study with us.

Occupational Health clearance: Yes

Additional information:

Availability: This course has a limited number of places so that we can ensure a good quality placement experience. In exceptional circumstances this may result in the course becoming full before you have completed the admissions process. In this situation we will offer you the opportunity to be considered for a place on an alternative course.

You must meet and fulfil all non-academic requirements before 17 July 2026. Failure to meet this deadline may result in your offer being withdrawn.

Mature applicants need academic attainment normally no more than five years of joining the course.

Career

Graduate careers

Our course equips graduates for the ever-changing world of work, ready to adapt and problem-solve healthcare decisions of today and tomorrow. Our graduates are in high demand, with many securing employment prior to graduation.

Our graduates go on to work in a variety of roles, including within the NHS as Audiologists, and in the private sector as Hearing Aid Dispensers. Clinical roles include working with adults, paediatric and specialist populations. A number of graduates also progress to manage or become partners of their own branches, developing their managerial and leadership skills.

Graduates can also opt to work in settings such as in research or with hearing aid and audiology equipment manufacturers. Some choose to progress to further study, such as the NHS Scientist Training Programme, where they develop their clinical and research skills in audiology even further.

Healthcare Science (Audiology) graduate Layla Mohamed is now working at the Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth as a qualified clinical audiologist.

She said: “The DMU Audiology course ticked a lot of boxes for me in terms of working in the health sector, and job prospects were high. It is the greatest feeling when a patient comes back to me saying how much their life has improved and how much they have benefited from the treatment you have provided.”

Fee Information

Healthcare Science (Audiology) ,BSc (Hons)

De Montfort University

United Kingdom, Leicester

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