BSc (Hons) Healthcare Science (Rehabilitation Engineering) (Part-time) at Swansea University

Programme overview

The part-time Rehabilitation Engineering degree is for individuals employed within NHS health boards and develops the specialist knowledge and technical skills to progress into a band 5 rehabilitation engineering practitioner. Study is at levels 5 and 6 over three years with 1.5 days of study leave per week, one full day being university-led teaching.

Department: School of Health and Social Care | Duration: 3 years part-time (blended study) | Intake: September | Study mode: part-time | Location: Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom

What you will study

Students explore the design, construction and testing of assistive technologies including wheelchairs, artificial limbs, robotic aids and specialist seating, using pressure mapping systems, goniometers, inclinometers and joystick controllers, combined with practice-based learning in their own health board.

Career pathways

Graduates work in electronic assistive technology, clinical movement analysis, wheelchair and seating, prosthetics and orthotics and telehealth and telecare, or progress to medical device development, bespoke technology design, Clinical Scientist training and postgraduate research.

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Entry requirements

Entry requires completion of an HECert or Level 4 apprenticeship in Rehabilitation Engineering, a BTEC Higher National Diploma plus healthcare-based competencies or equivalent, or completion of the Recognition of Prior Learning Admissions Mapping Portfolio. Applicants outside these routes must demonstrate equivalent knowledge and clinical skills mapping to level 4 and sufficient for entry at level 5. Minimum five GCSE passes at grade A-C including Welsh/English language, Maths and Science. Applicants who meet the entry requirements are invited to interview (in person or by telephone or video call). Offers are conditional on a satisfactory enhanced DBS check (or approved equivalent), an occupational health declaration and assessment, and a satisfactory educational reference.

Intake: September

Duration: 3 years part-time (blended study)

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