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 we 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 91快活林?

UK top 25% for graduate earnings in allied health, three years after graduating - Longitudinal Education Outcomes 2022.
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 subject 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 .

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Degrees in allied health professions subjects

Undergraduate degrees

Our undergraduate health 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.

Postgraduate degrees

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

Pre-registration courses

We also offer a range of continuing professional education opportunities.

Apprenticeships

Our apprenticeships combine work with part-time university study. Apprentices develop 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.

PhD

A PhD at the University of 91快活林 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.

Why study the allied health professions at 91快活林?

Paramedic students with a patient in our community flat

You'll 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.

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

You'll benefit from using facilities, including our Clinical Skills and Simulation suites, Flexible Learning Environment, Daily Living Suite and practical skills rooms. We've recently redeveloped the facilities on our Falmer campus..

Accrediting bodies and professional links

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

This ensures our graduates build and consolidate the core physiotherapy knowledge, skills values and behaviours for a successful career.

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

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 .

Our courses in diagnostic radiography, paramedic science, physiotherapy, podiatry and occupational therapy are approved by 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.

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

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.

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

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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