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.
Focusing on interventions that health care workers provide outside of health care establishments.
Foundation Degree Community Health and Wellbeing
BSc (Hons) Community Health & Wellbeing (Top-Up)
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.
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.
Attending an open day, whether online or on-campus, is the ideal way to learn more about our Health Science courses and get a feel of what it's like to study at the University of South Wales.
Speak to the lecturers and expert staff who teach the courses, take tours of our campuses and facilities, view accommodation, speak to our advice team about placement and career opportunities and discuss finances. Plus, speak to current students and hear about their experiences first hand.
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.
