Course summary
Got a cool head and a taste for fast-paced environments? Study on our full-time Paramedic Science degree and open the door to a rewarding career in emergency healthcare. You’ll learn in purpose-built skills labs and on placements with London Ambulance Service or East of England Ambulance Service. Our course is validated by the Health & Care Professions Council so you’ll graduate eligible to register as a Paramedic. Our exciting Paramedic Science degree course will teach you the skills you need to work as a Paramedic. You'll get practical experience by using our modern skills laboratories, mannequins and specialist equipment, and back it up with the theory you learn in the lecture theatre. Then you'll apply both theory and practice on your clinical placements with local ambulance trusts. You'll be placed with either East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust or London Ambulance Service NHS Trust. As well as your ambulance placement you'll also experience other types of placement including critical care, maternity and emergency departments. You'll get expert guidance from supportive tutors, including practising professionals, you'll learn to work as a multidisciplinary team, reflecting the real-life working environment. Our Paramedic Science degree is designed and delivered by our team of Paramedic academics and practitioners with input from our partner ambulance services. It's approved by the Health & Care Professions Council, so you'll be eligible to apply for registration to work as a Paramedic as soon as you graduate. After graduation and registration, you could work in a wide range of out-of-hospital care settings, including an ambulance or response car, the control room, an air ambulance (HEMS) team, or a hazardous area response team. Increasingly, Paramedics are also helping to deliver acute care in hospitals and private healthcare, such as at concerts or motor-racing events, as well as working in primary care settings including GP surgeries and walk-in centres. We're dedicated to the continual improvement of every aspect of healthcare and delivering the values set out in the NHS Constitution.
Modules
Year 1 Core modules Applied Anatomy and Physiology Fundamentals of Paramedic Practice Into ARU Paramedic Assessment and Management 1 Professionalism, Ethics and Law for Paramedic Practice Clinical Practice in Paramedic Science 1 Year 2 Core modules Paramedic Assessment and Management 2 Paramedic Pharmacology Clinical Practice in Paramedic Science 2 Resuscitation Skills Trauma Skills Year 3 Core modules Clinical Practice in Paramedic Science 3 Evidence-based Practice for Paramedic Science Paramedic Assessment and Management 3 Quality Improvement in Healthcare
Assessment method
We’ll assess you regularly so that you and your tutors can check your progress. We’ll look at your placement assessment records, essays, presentations, observed clinical examinations (OSCEs), case studies, exams and your major project. In order to successfully complete the course and be eligible to apply for Paramedic registration, you must achieve a pass in all modules. Please note that you'll need to pass all of the below core modules in order to be eligible to register with the HCPC. This course does not have any optional modules. Modules are subject to change and availability.
How to apply
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application codes
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Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 112 points
A level
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Access to HE Diploma
Scottish Higher
GCSE/National 4/National 5
2025 entry requirements have been published using the current cycle information however, due to a current review these are subject to change. Please check back here for updates.
Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course
https://www.anglia.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/paramedic-science
Additional entry requirements
Criminal records declaration (DBS/Disclosure Scotland)
Health checks
Interview
Student Outcomes
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
England | £9250 | Year 1 |
Northern Ireland | £9250 | Year 1 |
Scotland | £9250 | Year 1 |
Wales | £9250 | Year 1 |
Channel Islands | £9250 | Year 1 |
Republic of Ireland | £9250 | Year 1 |
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
Provider information
Anglia Ruskin University
East Road
Cambridge
CB1 1PT