About Paramedic Science in Staffordshire University
If you applied by the UCAS application deadline (29 January 2021), you will still be eligible to interview for this course and we will be in touch shortly to arrange a date/time for this.
If you didn’t submit an application by the deadline, please consider applying for entry in September 2022. You may also be interested in our other healthcare courses, where applications for this year are still open.
Develop the life-saving clinical skills and interventions needed to deliver patient care in the complex and dynamic pre-hospital care environment.
In accordance with the College of Paramedics Curriculum Guidance, this course incorporates key areas of the physical and life sciences, social health, behavioural and clinical sciences, ethics and law, leadership and evidence/research-based practice.
Your time at the University will be spent in one of our Centres of Excellence in Healthcare Education, where you will learn the theoretical elements of Paramedic Science and practice your skills in our dedicated skills labs.
On successful completion of study, we will issue the following award: BSc (Hons) Paramedic Science
As training to be a paramedic also demands real-world experience, you will undertake an assessed practice learning placement in each year of study.
For real-world training, placement hours comply with guidance from the College of paramedics and include working a full range of shifts alongside a dedicated Paramedic from the West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust.
Entry requirements
To apply for an undergraduate (bachelors) degree you need one of the following qualifications:
- Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) / Standard 12/ XII with a minimum score of 65% overall
- International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma with 28 points overall
- Successful completion of a relevant International Foundation Year from a recognised UK Institution
- For A-Level requirements, please see the ‘entry requirements’ section on the relevant course page
