Our Health Science courses have been carefully designed to meet the needs of individuals who work with people in a care environment, including a care home or a person's own home, outside care establishments and in health and social care communities.
These areas are high on the government's agenda and our courses provide you with up-to-date knowledge and skills through a range of innovative teaching and learning methods.
Health sciences is a highly desirable growth area for the government. With this in mind, we have created our courses specifically to fill those skill gaps and give our students the greatest chance of finding employment, by teaching the skills and knowledge needed within industry.
Focusing on interventions that health care workers provide outside of health care establishments.
Foundation Degree Community Health and Wellbeing
The foundation for a variety of careers in the health and social care sector, from working with individuals to managing people.
BSc (Hons) Health and Social Care Management
BSc (Hons) Health and Social Care Management (Including Foundation Year)
Designed to provide continuing higher education for those working as support workers in health care setting.
Work towards a rewarding career in occupational therapy and make a positive impact on the quality of life for individuals - helping patients recover, improve, and maintain their health and wellbeing to support their everyday routines at home or work.
Our Operating Department Practice degree is aimed at individuals who have an interest in anaesthetics, surgery and patient care and wish to work in operating departments or any other healthcare settings where anaesthetic or surgical intervention is required.
Our hands-on physiotherapy degree is designed to help students develop the skills and knowledge required to flourish as a physiotherapist.
The MSc Dementia Studies is the only masters' degree in South Wales that specialises in dementia.
The MSc Public Health creates professionals who can lead and implement change in public health across the world stage.
We offer a number of research programmes including Masters by Research and Health Sciences PhD, which allow you to make an in-depth study of a topic that interests you or your organisation. You can study full-time or part-time, on campus or by distance.
We have research strengths in a number of individual disciplines and interdisciplinary areas including Genetics and Genomics; Addictions Research; Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities; Promoting Lifelong Health; Spirituality; Storytelling; and health and social care.
In the Postgraduate Research Experience Survey 2019/20, USW ranked 9th overall for student satisfaction.
The places you study and live make a big difference to what you get out of university. It’s important to be somewhere that feels like home, but can also surprise you. South Wales offers rich experiences, with Cardiff at the heart.
With campuses in and around Cardiff, you can experience the diversity that south Wales has to offer – the buzz of the cities, the beauty of the coast, and the calm of the countryside.
We have five campuses across three locations, but we’re one university. Every campus is open to you and whatever inspires you, you’re always welcome.
Join us at an open day or live event and discover the opportunities waiting for you at the University of South Wales.
You'll have the chance to explore our campuses at Cardiff, Newport or Pontypridd, meet academic staff and current students, learn about life at USW and student money, and take part in interactive activities related to your course. For those who can't attend an on-campus event, we run online and on-demand events. There's plenty of ways to discover what USW is all about.
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