About Occupational Safety & Health in University of West of Scotland

OVERVIEW

The BSc (Hons) Occupational Safety & Health course at UWS will give you the knowledge, skills and confidence to manage the health and safety of your organisation.

This degree will give you a competitive edge as an occupational safety and health professional in a range of industry sectors.

Ensuring health and safety in the workplace has evolved from the traditional role of accident prevention and protection of individual employees, to now include safety management systems, risk assessment, risk reduction and risk control techniques.  

Modern approaches to occupational safety and health are as much, if not more, about fostering a safe and healthy work culture amongst the workforce as about setting out prescriptive measures. 

COURSE DETAILS

Ensuring health and safety in the workplace has evolved from the traditional role of accident prevention and protection of individual employees, to now include safety management systems, risk assessment, risk reduction and risk control techniques.  

Modern approaches to occupational safety and health is as much, if not more, about fostering a safe and healthy work culture amongst the workforce as it is about setting out prescriptive measures. 

The BSc (Hons) Occupational Safety & Health will give you the knowledge, skills and confidence to manage the health and safety of your organisation. If you are not yet employed, this degree will give you a competitive edge as an occupational safety and health professional in a range of industry sectors. 

It’s no surprise, then, that this course achieved a 100% satisfaction rating from students who completed this course. 

Jobs

Demand for well-qualified and suitably trained graduates is growing in the health and safety, environmental and waste management sectors. You can also pursue a career with a local authority or public sector organisation, as well as in education, construction, shipbuilding and insurance industries.  

UWS Occupational Safety & Health graduates have gone on to work as health and safety officers, consultants and risk assessors with major companies including McLaughlin & Harvey, Magnox North Limited and Chemring Energetics UK Ltd.

Further Study

Some graduates choose to continue their studies in occupational safety and health on taught MSc programmes and in postgraduate research.

Academic qualification equivalents

• 65% or higher in the High School/College exams for Undergraduate applicants

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS      :    6.0 with no skill below 5.5
• TOEFL    :    78
• PTE         :    An overall score of 54 with no element below 51

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University of the West of Scotland The Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses

The annual tuition fee for a variety of courses are given below.