Physiotherapy (Pre-Registration)

• the NHS
• private healthcare clinics
• sports rehabilitation clinics
• occupational health
• professional sports environments

Placements and work experience

On this course, you'll put your learning into practice and get clinical experience with patients on 5 separate 6-week physiotherapy placements. Our students go out on their first placement in their first term at university. This enables students to be able to experience life as a physiotherapist and immediately put their university learning in to context.

You'll work with placement providers from the NHS, such as Solent, Portsmouth and Southern Health, across the south coast in a variety of placement settings. We are also very proud of the private practice placements we offer. We have strong links with professional sports clubs and specialist neurological rehabilitation services. Both student and educator feedback has been extremely positive regarding these unique opportunities.

How you'll spend your time

We recognise that you'll probably be juggling more demands when you do your Master's degree, as you may be working or you may have family responsibilities.

We'll give you as much indication here as we can of how much time you'll need to be on campus and how many hours you can expect to spend in self-directed study, but please note that these indications are always subject to change. You should receive your full timetable several weeks before you start with us.

Course structure

The MSc (Pre-registration) Physiotherapy programme is a full-time, two-year course and all teaching sessions are compulsory.

We recommend that full-time students allocate around 35 hours per week to their studies – equivalent to a full-time job. There'll be up to:

• 21 hours (3 days) per week of on-campus, in-person teaching
• 14 hours (2 days) per week of independent study time such as additional reading and revision, project design, data collection and coursework, either individually or in groups

During your placement you'll spend approximately 35 hours (5 days) per week with your placement provider.

In the last 3 months of the course you'll focus on your research project.

Teaching

Master's study is deeper and more specialised than an undergraduate degree. This means you'll focus on something that really matters to you and your career as you work closely with academics committed to the subject.

You'll spend more time in independent study and research than you did for your undergraduate degree, but the majority of your teaching time will be in-person and face-to-face.

Teaching on this course includes:

Teaching on this course includes:

• lectures
• seminars
• workshops
• lab-based activities

Our teaching staff have academic and clinical experience in physiotherapy and related areas, such as:

• acute medicine
• neurological rehabilitation
• musculoskeletal physiotherapy
• elite sport
• exercise in people with chronic conditions
• cystic fibrosis
• anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction
• dementia

When you undertake your own research project, you'll benefit from the extensive research that takes place in the School of Psychology, Sport and Health Sciences. We've organised our research activity into three themes:

• Physical activity, health and rehabilitation
• Extreme environments
• Individual, occupational and organisational performance

Application deadline

To start this MSc Physiotherapy (Pre-registration) course in January, the deadline to apply is 13 April the year before you want to start the course.

Applications and supporting documentation received after the deadline may not be considered and will be subject to availability of places on the course.

Supporting information includes:

• a copy of your certificate and transcript from your undergraduate degree (or an interim transcript if you are still completing your degree)
• your personal statement
• two references
• your CV