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Speech and Language Therapy

  • Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
  • 3 Years
  • Full-Time
  • 21 September 2027
  • Undergraduate
Derry~Londonderry
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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.

This course is not accepting applications for deferred entry.

This course has restrictions on who can apply.

Ways to study this course

Campuses

  • Derry~Londonderry

Study options

  • Bachelor of Science (with Honours) • Full-Time • 3 Years

Start dates

  • 21 September 2027

Apply by
13 January 2027

This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.

Application codes

Course code:
B632
Institution code:
U20
Campus name:
Derry~Londonderry
Points of Entry:
Year 1

How to apply

This course has restrictions on who can apply.

This course is not accepting applications from students requiring a Student visa. For more information, please contact the course provider.

Apply by
13 January 2027

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

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

Entry requirements

Typical qualification requirements

A level
BBB

Access to HE Diploma
Distinction: 24 Merit: 21

Overall profile of 65% (120 credit Access course) (NI Access course), including 65% in each level 3 module. To include a 20 credit level 2 Mathematics module, passed at 40% or successful completion of NICATS Mathematics as part of the pre-2021 Access Diploma.
Overall Access profile of 24 credits at distinction and 21 credits at merit in graded units (60 credit Access course) (GB Access course) in a relevant subject. Plus GCSE Mathematics and English Language grade C.

GCSE/National 4/National 5

For full-time study, you must satisfy the General Entrance Requirements for admission to a first degree course and hold a GCSE pass at grade C/4 or above in English Language, plus GCSE Mathematics grade C/4.

Please note that for purposes of entry to this course the Level 2 Certificate in Essential Skills - Application of Number is NOT regarded as an acceptable alternative to GCSE Mathematics.

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

We will also accept smaller BTEC/OCR qualifications (ie Diploma or Extended Certificate/Introductory Diploma/Subsidiary Diploma) in combination with A Levels or other acceptable level 3 qualifications.

To find out if the qualification you are applying with is a qualification we accept for entry, please check our Qualification Checker –
https://www.ulster.ac.uk/study/entrance-requirements/equivalence

We will also continue to accept QCF versions of these qualifications although grades asked for may differ. Check what grades you will be asked for by comparing the requirements above with the information under QCF in the Applied General and Tech Level Qualifications section of our Entry Requirements - https://www.ulster.ac.uk/study/entrance-requirements/undergraduate-entry-requirements

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
H3H3H3H3H3

Plus English and Mathematics grade H6 at Higher Level or grade O4 at Ordinary Level.

Additional entry requirements

Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) / Disclosure Scotland Check
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
Restricted Eligibility
Applications are only open to NI and ROI applicants only. Applicants from the EU, England, Scotland and Wales are not eligible to apply.
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, dates to be confirmed. 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.

Historical entry grades data

This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).

It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

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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

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