Course summary
This course aims to produce highly competent, passionate, compassionate speech and language therapists who practise safely and effectively. You will gain knowledge and understanding of communication and eating, drinking and swallowing problems and how these problems impact on your client's ability to live a full live, as well as how they affect their family. You will learn to assess such problems and how to work with the person to improve, maintain, or manage their communication and eating, drinking and swallowing, so that they can fully engage in living their life. You will be supported to develop skills of team working, clinical analysis and high-level communication skills during the in-house university modules as well as when out on placement. You will also develop your research skills in order to ensure that your management of people with a communication and/or eating, drinking, swallowing problem is based on current best evidence. You will experience a fully integrated three-year course where all aspects of theory and practical experience are carefully woven together. Your assessments will also develop your ability to integrate theory with practice as a speech and language therapist. This will happen in well-supported, logical steps across the three years. You will be facilitated in your learning by a welcoming, collegiate community of speech and language academics and your peers in class. In addition, you will learn in an academic department (School of Health Sciences) with other health professional students which helps prepare you fully for working in a respectful, person-centred, inter-professional manner.
How to apply
This course is not accepting applications from students requiring a Student visa. For more information, please contact the course provider.
29Jan
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:
- B632
- Institution code:
- U20
- Campus name:
- Derry~Londonderry
- Campus code:
- M
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
A level - BBB
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - DDM
Access to HE Diploma - D: 24 credits M: 21 credits
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017) - H3, H3, H3, H3, H3
GCSE/National 4/National 5
Additional entry requirements
Admission tests
Criminal records declaration (DBS/Disclosure Scotland)
Health checks
Applicants will be required to demonstrate good health prior to commencing the course. Applicants will be required to complete a health declaration form which will be screened by the University's Occupational Health Department who will confirm your medical fitness to undertake the course. Following the screening, applicants may be required to undertake a vaccination programme. Applicants will be liable for the cost of both the health screening and vaccinations. Costs will be provided prior to enrolment.
Other
Applicants should note that, as they will be engaged in 'regulated activity' involving children or vulnerable adults as part of their course, there is a compulsory, legal requirement to obtain an Enhanced Disclosure from AccessNI. The cost for this is payable by the applicant and is currently £32. More information on Enhanced Disclosures may be accessed by www.accessni.gov.uk
Institutions Own Test (IOT)
As part of the selection for this course, applicants who meet the subject entry criteria will be required to undertake the Medical Selection Admissions Test (MSAT-Ulster). Tests will be held at our Belfast and Derry~Londonderry campuses on 8 and 9 March 2025. For further details please refer to https://www.ulster.ac.uk/faculties/life-and-health-sciences/health-sciences/msat
English language requirements
English language requirements for international applicants The minimum requirement for this course is Academic IELTS 8.0 with no band score less than 7.5. Ulster recognises a number of other English language tests and comparable IELTS equivalent scores.
Student Outcomes
Operated by the Office for Students
Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs)
Go onto work and study
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| England | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £4750 | Year 1 |
| Republic of Ireland | £4750 | Year 1 |
| EU | £17010 | Year 1 |
| International | £17010 | 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
Further information about full time undergraduate fees can be found at https://www.ulster.ac.uk/apply/fees-and-finance/undergraduate
Please note that fees for NI and ROI students have not yet been confirmed for 2025/26 by the Department for the economy and so there is likely to be some increase on the above publish fee.
Provider information
Ulster University
Cromore Road
Coleraine
BT52 1SA