Occupational Therapy BSc (Hons)

Course Overview - Occupational Therapy BSc (Hons)

Occupational therapists support individuals across various backgrounds and age groups, helping them manage physical and psychological challenges. They work with clients to evaluate how physical health, mental health, and social environments impact their ability to perform daily activities such as personal care, domestic tasks, socialising, leisure, and work.

Occupational therapy is a client-centred field that promotes health and wellbeing through participation in meaningful activities. This BSc (Hons) programme, accredited by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), ...

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Course Information

Study Mode

Full-time

Duration

3 Years

Start Date

09/2025

Campus

Peel Park Campus

Course Address
The Crescent
Salford
M5 4WT

Application Details

Course Code

B920

Institution Code

S03

Points of Entry

Year 1

Entry Requirements

UCAS Tariff

120

Scottish Higher

B,B,B,B,B

120 UCAS points from A/B grades only. C grades and below will not contribute towards tariff requirement. Highers may be combined with Advanced Highers to contribute to 120 Tariff Point requirement, A/B grade Advanced Highers considered only. At least one science preferred (Biology/Human Biology, Psychology, Sociology, Chemistry, Physics) however applicants without one of these subjects will be considered on a case by case basis.

Access to HE Diploma

D:45,M:0,P:0

60 credits required in total, including 45 credits at level 3, with a minimum of 30 level 3 credits at Distinction grade. The other 15 credits will be level 2 and will not be graded. Access to Health/ Science required, however applicants with other relevant subjects may be considered on a case by case basis. Applicants must also hold full separate GCSE Maths & English at grade B or 5 (or above).

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

32

Must include Higher Level Biology with a minimum grade of H5. Applicants must hold English Language and Mathematics as composite parts of the IBDP.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

DDM

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)

120 UCAS points required, points from A/C grades considered only. D grade and below will not contribute towards tariff requirement. Must include English and Mathematics at Higher H6 grade or above (D3 grade in old system) or Ordinary O5 grade or above (C3 grade in old system).

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

DM

In combination with an additional GCE A Level, equating to 120 UCAS tariff points total. Health/ Science preferred, however applicants with relevant subjects may be considered on a case by case basis.

AS

A maximum of two GCE AS Levels can be considered towards the 120 UCAS Tariff Points requirement. Your results must be obtained within one sitting, resat grades cannot be accepted.

Scottish Advanced Higher

B,B,B

120 UCAS points required, points from A/B grades considered only. C grade and below will not contribute towards tariff requirement. Advanced Highers may be combined with Highers to contribute to 120 Tariff Point requirement, A/B grade Highers considered only.

Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (first teaching September 2015)

Not Accepted

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate (first teaching from September 2016)

D,D,M

Science/ Health preferred, however applicants with relevant subjects may be considered on a case by case basis.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Certificate (first teaching from September 2016)

Not Accepted

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Foundation Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

D,M

Science/ Health preferred, however applicants with relevant subjects may be considered on a case by case basis.

Leaving Certificate - Ordinary Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)

120 UCAS Tariff Points required. Points from A/C grades considered only. D grade and below will not contribute towards tariff requirement. Must include English and Mathematics at Higher H6 grade or above (D3 grade in old system) or Ordinary O4 grade or above (C2 grade in old system).

A level

B,B,B

At least one of the following preferred (Biology/Human Biology, Psychology, Sociology) however applicants without one of these subjects will be considered on a case by case basis. GCE A Level General Studies is not accepted. Your results must be obtained within one sitting, resat grades cannot be accepted.

T Level

D

T- Level - Healthcare Science - Assisting with Healthcare Science specialism - Distinction. T Level – Health - Distinction

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