At DMU, you'll learn to test a baby's hearing, manage dizziness, and help adults with hearing loss, all while building a strong scientific foundation in anatomy, research, and sound. Practical skills are honed through a mandatory clinical placement, giving you hands-on experience.
Our course uses a 6-week block-teaching model, allowing you to focus deeply on one topic at a time. Whether you want to become an audiologist, hearing aid dispenser, or explore research, this approach will ensure you become a highly skilled practitioner with patient care at the core of everything you do.
Our graduates work in hospitals, private clinics, research, and education, collaborating with doctors, psychologists, and other healthcare professionals.
Ranked #1: Our Anatomy and Physiology courses are ranked 1st in the East Midlands and 11th in the UK by The Guardian University Guide 2026.
An accredited course: Our course is approved by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and accredited by the National School of Healthcare Science; this means that upon graduation you are eligible to apply for registration with the Academy of Healthcare Science and the HCPC.
Become career ready: Our graduates thrive in roles as audiologists and hearing aid dispensers - making an impact at organisations like the NHS, Boots UK, and Specsavers Ltd.
Authentic facilities: Learn in state-of-the-art clinical teaching spaces, equipped with the latest technology.
Industry-informed teaching: Study alongside experienced staff, industry professionals, and clinical experts.
Focused learning: Modules are delivered through our block teaching approach, so you can concentrate on one subject at a time.
Boost your employability: Complete a 30-week mandatory placement, gaining real-world experience and boosting employability. This placement builds skills employers want, resulting in a high proportion of our students securing job offers prior to graduation.
Global experience: Gain international experience through DMU Global, with past opportunities including clinics in India, conferences in Canada and South Africa, and more.
FIRST YEAR:
Introduction to Audiology
Sound, Hearing and Hearing Development
Introduction to Aural Rehabilitation and Therapy
Clinical Audiology 1
SECOND YEAR:
People and Data
Diagnostic Audiology- objective testing and balance
Clinical Audiology 2
Placement and Professional Practice 1
THIRD YEAR:
Placement and Professional Practice 2
Advanced Audiovestibular Assessment and Management
Advanced Rehabiliation, Paediatric Assessment and Management
Enquiry-based Project
Teaching sessions include:
Formal and interactive lectures
Staff and student seminars
Tutorial discussions
Practical and clinical based workshops
Inter-professional (IP) learning with students from other healthcare professions
Problem based learning
Assessment Methods includes:
Written exams
Coursework (essays, posters, wikis)
Presentations
Dissertation
Practical and clinically-based assessment activities
Teaching contact hours
Contact hours in a typical week varies from year to year. However, typically you will have up to 15 contact hours of teaching, as well as time spent on placement or in practical sessions and this will break down as:
Personal tutorial/small group teaching: approx. 1 hour of tutorials (or later, project supervision) each week
Medium group teaching: approx. 10 hours of practical classes, workshops or seminars each week.
Large group teaching: approx. 10 hours of lectures each week
Personal study: 25 hours studying and revising in your own time each week, including some guided study using hand-outs, online activities, etc.
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
This course is available in Clearing. If you have submitted an application, you can add this course. If you haven’t sent us an application yet, you can do this until 24th September 2026.
This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.
De Montfort University has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
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Please note, this fee is subject to parliamentary procedure and will also be subject to a compounded annual inflationary increase. It is expected to be confirmed in early 2026 and may change in future years of study.
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