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Allied health professions degrees

As an Allied Health Professional (AHP) you’ll enjoy a rewarding and challenging career.

We place the values of the NHS constitution at the heart of our health degree courses and provide a stimulating learning experience designed to motivate and inspire you to become a high-performing, compassionate and patient-focused health professional who puts the health and wellbeing of the public first.

Why Brighton?

  • UK top 20% for graduate earnings in allied health, three years after graduating – Longitudinal Educational Outcomes 2024.
  • 3rd in the UK for physiotherapy courses – Guardian University Guide 2025.
  • 8th in the UK and 2nd in the South East for physiotherapy – Complete University Guide 2025.
  • Many specialist facilities on campus including a clinical imaging suite, virtual anatomy lab, and clinical skills and simulation suites.   
  • In allied health professions, dentistry, nursing and pharmacy, 100% of our research environment is rated as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework.

Additional funding support

UK students studying nursing, midwifery and some allied health professions subjects receive a non-repayable grant of at least £5,000 each academic year. Find out more on the NHS website.

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Degrees in allied health professions subjects

Undergraduate degrees

Our undergraduate degree courses offer a balance of placement and university learning. You’ll be joining a university where health students enjoy excellent graduate rates of employment.

  • Diagnostic Radiography BSc(Hons)
  • Occupational Therapy BSc(Hons)
  • Paramedic Science BSc(Hons)
  • Physiotherapy BSc(Hons)
  • Podiatry BSc(Hons)

Postgraduate degrees

Our postgraduate degrees offer opportunities to train as an allied health profession in two years. If you are already in the profession, we offer opportunities to take your career to the next level.

Pre-registration courses

  • Diagnostic Radiography (Pre-Registration) MSc
  • Occupational Therapy (Pre-Registration) MSc
  • Physiotherapy (Pre-Registration) MSc
  • Podiatry (Pre-Registration) MSc

Continuing professional education

  • Health MSc (PGCert PGDip)
  • Health and Education MSc (PGCert PGDip)
  • Health and Management MSc (PGCert PGDip)
  • Health Research MRes (PGCert PGDip)

We also offer a range of other continuing professional education opportunities.

Apprenticeships

Our apprenticeships combine work with part-time university study. Apprentices develop their skills through on-the-job learning with work-based projects relevant to their organisation. Programmes are offered through a combination of face-to-face and digital learning.

  • Advanced Clinical Practitioner Masters Degree Apprenticeship
  • Occupational Therapist Degree Apprenticeship
  • Physiotherapy Degree Apprenticeship

PhD

A PhD at the University of Brighton will develop your professional skills as a researcher in your chosen discipline and enable you to make your original contribution to knowledge, working alongside dedicated academics in a vibrant, supportive community.

  • Occupational Therapy PhD
  • Physiotherapy PhD
  • Podiatry PhD
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The degree programme was eclectic and challenging. It was the perfect place to start a career that has had quite a few twists and turns. It introduced me to frontline patient care a few months into my first year and has prepared me for a career in healthcare with a broad foundation of knowledge and skills combined with a strong focus on understanding patients needs.

Siobhan Melia, Podiatry BSc(Hons) graduate and CEO of Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Why study the allied health professions at Brighton?

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You will be joining a university where health students enjoy excellent graduate rates of employment. Our students qualify for professional practice in areas including diagnostic radiography, occupational therapy, paramedic science, physiotherapy and podiatry.

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You’ll build experience on placement with local NHS trusts and other health and social care providers in a variety of settings. You will put learning into practice while building relationships and working with other health professionals.

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You will benefit from using our newly developed facilities which include our clinical skills and simulation suites, flexible learning environment, daily living suite and practical skills rooms. 

Accrediting bodies and professional links

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Our Physiotherapy BSc(Hons) and Physiotherapy (Pre-registration) MSc are accredited by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.

This ensures that you build and consolidate the core physiotherapy knowledge, skills values and behaviours needed for a successful career.

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Our Occupational Therapy BSc(Hons), Occupational Therapy (Pre-registration MSc and Occupational Therapy Apprenticeship are accredited by the Royal College of Occupational Therapists.

Accreditation ensures our courses meet the education standards set by the profession, respond to local, national and global issues which may affect the profession, and produce graduates who are fit for academic award, practice, purpose and the profession.

Royal College of Podiatry logo

Our Podiatry BSc(Hons), Podiatry (Pre-registration) MSc and Podiatry Degree Apprenticeship are accredited by The Royal College of Podiatry.

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Our Diagnostic Radiography BSc(Hons), Paramedic Science BSc(Hons), Physiotherapy BSc(Hons), Podiatry BSc(Hons) and Occupational Therapy BSc(Hons) are approved by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). 

The HCPC is a regulator of 15 health and care professions in the UK. Our courses provide everything you need to start working as an HCPC-registered professional in these areas.

College of Paramedics logo

Our Paramedic Science BSc(Hons) is endorsed by the College of Paramedics.

This endorsement demonstrates our commitment to the paramedic profession beyond the ‘threshold’ required by the HCPC – our programme strives to go above and beyond the minimum requirements.

College of Radiographers (CoR) logo

Our Diagnostic Radiography BSc(Hons), Diagnostic Radiography (pre-registration) MSc and Diagnostic Radiography Degree Apprenticeship are approved by the College of Radiographers. 

The College’s approval and accreditation framework secures consistency of standards of clinical imaging and oncology education and aligns standards of clinical practice with the profession’s Education and Career Framework (2013).

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