MSc Physiotherapy (Pre-registration) at Manchester Metropolitan University

Running over two years (45 weeks per year), our full-time, accelerated course supports students who have an undergraduate degree in a related subject to practise as a physiotherapist. If you are already a physiotherapy graduate and have an active registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), please see our MSc Advanced Physiotherapy programme. Our taught masters degree helps you to integrate physiotherapy theory with practice and to develop your skills in critical thinking.

Faculty: Faculty of Health and Education  |  Department: Department of Health Professions  |  Duration: Full-time: 2 years  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Manchester, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

When you're in university, you'll undertake tutorials and practical sessions in a small teaching group. Physiotherapy is a practical, hands-on profession, and our practical classes are designed to reflect real clinical practice. Year 1 core: Foundations In Physiotherapy Theory And Practice, Physiotherapy Management MSK, Physiotherapy Management CR, Physiotherapy Management Neurology, Placement Preparation, Practice Placement 1. Year 2 core: Practice Placement 2, Practice Placement 3, Practice Placement 4, Practice Placement 5, Contemporary Practice, Dissertation.

Career pathways

Graduates from our course usually begin their physiotherapy careers by working as band 5 physiotherapists, on rotation positions in NHS hospitals. However, as a Chartered Physiotherapist you could work in the private sector.

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