Health Professions and Social Care Courses

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Why Health Professions and Social Care Our courses Work placements Accredited courses Specialist facilities How to apply to University

Why Health Professions and Social Care

Are you someone with a natural empathy for other people? Someone who wants to help others get better, or help people stay healthy in the first place? Then you’re in luck.

The Health and Social Care sector is a truly rewarding place to work, with a vast range of career opportunities. Here at Huddersfield, we’ll do everything we can to give you the chance to succeed.

Health Professions and Social Care is a huge subject. From nursing to social work, and from podiatry to operating department practice, we offer a range of courses to help you get started in your chosen career. They’ll give you the chance to develop the knowledge and practical experience you need. And if you don't quite have the qualifications for direct entry to a degree course, we have a Health Foundation pathway leading to a BSc(Hons) Degree course that will help prepare you.

Our courses

New courses for Sept 2025 entry*

Diagnostic Radiography BSc(Hons) - You can find out more and register your interest to receive further information. You'll be the first to know when this course is open for application.  

Dental Hygiene and Dental Therapy BSc(Hons) - You can find out more and register your interest to receive further information. You'll be the first to know when this course is open for application.  

*subject to final University validation.

Work placements

Gain real world experience

All our Health Professions and Social Care courses have work placement opportunities, where you’ll have the opportunity to put what you have learnt into practice. Depending on the course you choose, your placements could be in a hospital, clinic, charity, school, birth centre, NHS 111, emergency operations centres, or in the community, as well as many health and social care providers, to further your career chances.

Accredited courses

Professional body accreditation

All our courses are recognised by the relevant associated regulatory body. Once you’ve successfully graduated you may be eligible to apply and register with the associated regulatory and professional body and take the next step in your career.

Daphne Steele Building

The Daphne Steele Building which is due to open in September 2024, will be the new home to our Health Professional degree courses. This will feature state-of-the-art equipment and facilities for our midwifery, nursing, occupational therapy, operating department practice, paramedic science, physiotherapy, podiatry and speech and language therapy courses.

Watch the video to tour our new Daphne Steele Building, the first development on our National Health Innovation Campus in Huddersfield.

Specialist facilities

Learn using specialist facilities and equipment

Whilst you’re studying, you’ll have the opportunity to use our state-of-the-art simulation equipment and purpose-built environments, which from September 2024 will be based in the Daphne Steele Building. We have facilities designed to look like hospital areas and rooms in patients’ homes, so you can develop a feel for the environments you’ll be working in and gain real insight into your chosen profession before you start your career.