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Certificate of Higher Education in Healthcare with Health Science at The Open University

The Open University, United Kingdom

Programme overview

This certificate examines health through both scientific knowledge and healthcare practice, covering the experience of receiving and providing care and the causes and patterns of particular health conditions using science, maths, psychology and epidemiology. It is relevant to employment in healthcare and health science.

Duration: 1 year at a pace equivalent to full-time, or 2 years part-time (120 credits)  |  Intake: October  |  Study mode: part-time distance learning  |  Location: Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Students study two 60-credit modules: Introducing health and social care (K102) and Science and health: an evidence-based approach (SDK100).

Career pathways

Develops transferable skills in written communication, presentation, problem-solving, time management and data analysis, and basic knowledge to apply to debates on health.

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Application information

Entry requirements

No formal entry requirements. The Science, technology and maths or Psychology, social science and wellbeing Access modules are recommended for those wanting to build confidence.

Domestic applicants: GBP 4,088 a year (2026/27). England fee; part-time study of 60 credits per year over 2 years Source

Intake: October

Duration: 1 year at a pace equivalent to full-time, or 2 years part-time (120 credits)

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