Course summary
From SEPTEMBER 2025 this course will be delivered using NEW COURSE CODE HU12. If you are interested in starting in September 2025 please apply using this code Our physiotherapy degree leads to a career in which you can play a vital role in supporting people to live the best life they can, maximising their health, wellbeing and quality of life through movement, exercise, manual therapy and education. Our physiotherapy degree enables you to register with the HCPC as a physiotherapist on graduation. It prepares you for a wide range of roles in various settings, including clinical work in the NHS, consultancy and private practice, sports rehabilitation in gyms and clubs, research and specialist education. The future of the profession is changing and the course has been designed with this in mind. In addition to preparing you for clinical practice, you will explore entrepreneurship skills, your role in disease prevention and get to grips with technological advances.
- Professionally accredited by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), enabling you to apply to practice as a physiotherapist in the UK.
- Gain the skills to deliver professional, impactful, evidence-informed care. You’ll learn to effectively critique evidence sources and make safe and effective decisions.
- Learn to collaborate and thrive as a physiotherapist across and within multidisciplinary teams, developing your relationship management skills and coordinating care delivery.
- Focus on one module at a time, with five weeks of learning followed by one week of assessment per module.
- You will complete five placements with a total clinical contact time that meets the recommendations for membership of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP).
- All home learners on this course can apply for a minimum payment from the government of £5,000 per year. You can apply for additional payments if you incur childcare costs.
- Our approach supports you to develop a strong sense of professional identity as a physiotherapist from the outset.
- Our teaching approach is hands-on and practical. In addition to practice and simulation, we involve service users in the delivery of the physiotherapy course, who may act as models within demonstrations of physiotherapy interventions.
- Employability and entrepreneurial skills are embedded throughout the course. You can explore a range of placement opportunities from the NHS to sports clubs, schools and the community, so you can get a good idea of where you might take your future career.
- Develop your digital fluency, curiosity, critical and reflective thinking.
- The diversity of our learner community is a key strength, with our learners bringing a wealth of previous experience from different backgrounds.
Modules
Year one
- Becoming a Professional Practitioner
- Evidence: Your Profession in a Global Context
- Understanding Human Health and Function
- Exploring Human Movement
- Person Centred Approaches to Physiotherapy
- Placement1: Introduction to Practice-based Learning
- Pathways of Care in Physiotherapy Practice
- Placement 2: Progressing Practice-based Learning
- Optimising Health and Wellbeing
- Placement 3: Developing towards independent practice
- Exploring Knowledge Through Curiosity
- Values Based Physiotherapy
- Placement 4: Engaging in Quality Practice
- Exploring Physiotherapy Practice
- Leading for the Future as a Health Care Professional
- Facilitating Change through Physiotherapy
- Placement 5: Developing autonomous practice
- The Evidence-based Practitioner: Professional Project
Assessment method
This course will be assessed using a variety of methods which will vary depending upon the module. Assessment methods may include:
- written coursework
- practice placements
- virtual simulated placements
- simulations
- Objective Structured Clinical Examinations or viva voces
- presentations – both in-person and pre-recorded.
Professional bodies
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
- Physiotherapy, Chartered Society of
- Health and Care Professions Council
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
- Course code:
- B160
- Institution code:
- C85
- Campus name:
- Main Site
- Campus code:
- -
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 128 points
A level - ABB
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - DDM
Access to HE Diploma - D: 42 credits
Scottish Higher - ABCCC
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme - 34 points
GCSE/National 4/National 5
We’re here to help you achieve your study goals. If your qualifications or expected levels of grades differ from those outlined above, chat with our admissions team and between us we will explore the possibilities open to you. We accept a range of qualifications and our study experience is designed to give you options and support from the start. Contact us via our website to find out more.
Additional entry requirements
Criminal records declaration (DBS/Disclosure Scotland)
Health checks
Interview
Student Outcomes
The number of student respondents and response rates can be important in interpreting the data – it is important to note your experience may be different from theirs. This data will be based on the subject area rather than the specific course. Read more about this data on the Discover Uni website.
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 |
*This is a provisional fee and subject to change.
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
Coventry University
Priory Street
Coventry
CV1 5FB