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Physiotherapy with Foundation Year

Entry requirements


120 UCAS points including at least 1 A level qualification OR 96 UCAS points including at least 1 A level in Chemistry OR Biology

120 UCAS points including at least 1 Level 3 qualification OR 96 UCAS points from at least 1 level 3 qualification, A Level/Scottish Higher/IB Diploma in Chemistry or Biology; T Level Health, Healthcare Science or Science; BTEC Applied Human Biology or Applied Science (any level)

GCSE/National 4/National 5

GCSE English at grade C (or 4) OR Level 2 Functional Skills English AND GCSE Maths at grade C (or 4) or Level 2 Functional Skills Maths

120 UCAS points including at least 1 Level 3 qualification OR 96 UCAS points from at least 1 level 3 qualification, A Level/Scottish Higher/IB Diploma in Chemistry or Biology; T Level Health, Healthcare Science or Science; BTEC Applied Human Biology or Applied Science (any level)

120 UCAS points including at least 1 Level 3 qualification OR 96 UCAS points from at least 1 level 3 qualification, A Level/Scottish Higher/IB Diploma in Chemistry or Biology; T Level Health, Healthcare Science or Science; BTEC Applied Human Biology or Applied Science (any level)

120 UCAS points including at least 1 Level 3 qualification OR 96 UCAS points from at least 1 level 3 qualification, A Level/Scottish Higher/IB Diploma in Chemistry or Biology; T Level Health, Healthcare Science or Science; BTEC Applied Human Biology or Applied Science (any level)

120 UCAS points including at least 1 Level 3 qualification OR 96 UCAS points from at least 1 level 3 qualification, A Level/Scottish Higher/IB Diploma in Chemistry or Biology; T Level Health, Healthcare Science or Science; BTEC Applied Human Biology or Applied Science (any level)

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About this course


Course option

5years

Full-time including foundation year | 2024

Subject

Physiotherapy

**Foundation Year**
Our Foundation Year provides an excellent alternative route to Keele, providing a unique opportunity to better prepare for your chosen degree, and with guaranteed entry onto your undergraduate course once you successfully complete your Foundation Year. This extra year of study can improve your academic skills, expand your subject knowledge, give you a better understanding of higher education and, perhaps most importantly of all, build your confidence. On the Keele Foundation Year, you'll study on campus, joining our undergraduate community from the outset, with access to all the facilities and support that you'd get as an undergraduate student at Keele.

**Physiotherapy**
Accelerate your physiotherapy career with our diverse and innovative four-year Master’s programme. Become a highly competent and clinically astute physiotherapist who can improve people's quality of life and physical wellbeing by restoring, maintaining and enhancing their function and movement.

**Why choose this course**
- Accredited by the UK Health and Care Professions Council

- Top 10 for Physiotherapy (Guardian University League Table, 2023)

- Accredited by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy

- Gain extra experience and qualify with a Masters

Accelerate your physiotherapy career with our diverse and innovative four-year Master’s programme. Become a highly competent and clinically astute physiotherapist who can improve people's quality of life and physical wellbeing by restoring, maintaining and enhancing their function and movement.

As a physiotherapist you will use physical approaches to strengthen and maintain people's physical, psychological, and social wellbeing, optimising their general health and helping to prevent illness. Physiotherapy at Keele provides you with an exceptional breadth of theoretical knowledge and practical experience to enable you to deliver high quality patient centred care.

This innovative course has been carefully designed to reflect physiotherapy in the 21st century and is flexible and future proof to accommodate the changing demands of health and social care, and the profession globally. You will develop the required competencies and clinical skills, which are underpinned by evidence to enable you to deliver high quality, safe and effective care that meets the needs of patients.

**About Keele**
Keele University was established in 1949 by the former Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University. Founded to meet the needs of a changing world, Keele has always had a pioneering vision to be a different kind of university.

We excel in both teaching and research, with some of the most satisfied students in England, and research that is changing lives for the better at a regional, national and global level.

Our beautiful 600-acre campus is one of the biggest in Britain – but all the most important services and facilities are on your doorstep, with accommodation, teaching spaces, facilities including a medical centre, sports centre and pharmacy, and a range of shops, eateries and entertainment venues – including the Students’ Union – clustered around the centre.

Modules

For a list of indicative modules please visit the course page on the Keele University website.

The Uni


Course location:

Keele University

Department:

School of Allied Health Professions

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What students say


How do students rate their degree experience?

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Physiotherapy

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Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

80%
UK students
20%
International students
44%
Male students
56%
Female students
54%
2:1 or above
3%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

C
A
C

After graduation


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Physiotherapy

What are graduates doing after six months?

This is what graduates told us they were doing (and earning), shortly after completing their course. We've crunched the numbers to show you if these immediate prospects are high, medium or low, compared to those studying this subject/s at other universities.

£22,000
med
Average annual salary
96%
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Employed or in further education

Top job areas of graduates

80%
Therapy professionals
4%
Science, engineering and production technicians
3%
Teaching and educational professionals

What about your long term prospects?

Looking further ahead, below is a rough guide for what graduates went on to earn.

Physiotherapy

The graph shows median earnings of graduates who achieved a degree in this subject area one, three and five years after graduating from here.

£25k

£25k

£29k

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£31k

Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree.

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