Occupational Therapy (pre-registration mode) PgDip

Full training in two years<br/>Our graduate entry programme is designed to enable you to be eligible for registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). We have a dedicated team of tutors who utilise their clinical experience to inform their teaching.<br/><br/>This course allows full-time professional training to be condensed into two years, rather than the traditional three-year route. To support teaching, the School of Health and Social Care has a dedicated suite of clinical skills labs, including two well-equipped Activities of Daily Living (ADL) suites, plus large rooms for art, splinting and group skills sessions.<br/><br/>**Why Occupational Therapy at LSBU?**<br/>Ranked 1st in London for Occupational Therapy (Complete University Guide 2025).<br/>Well-developed relationships with practice partners over many years, with the PgDip course established in 1989, initially as part of the London Hospital Medical College in Whitechapel and occupational therapy courses at LSBU since 1988.<br/>We deliver a mix of theoretical and practical teaching in small groups alongside whole cohort lectures in our three Occupational Therapy Labs, with facilities including splinting laboratory, simulated living spaces and artistic intervention tools.<br/>Our Occupational therapy course is delivered through a hybrid learning in our central London campus, using a wide variety of teaching and assessment methods to tailor for diverse learning needs.<br/>LSBU Health and Social Care graduates are the second highest paid amongst all London Modern university graduates, and the sixth highest in the UK one year after graduating (DfE LEO data 2022)<br/>.Students on this course could be eligible to receive a non-repayable amount of up to £11,000 per academic year with the NHS Learning Support Fund.