BSc (Hons) Paramedic Science
University of SuffolkIpswich, United Kingdom
Course overview
This course enables you to become a highly competent paramedic, prepared for the out-of-hospital environment. It will enable you to develop the confident and competence to recognise, respond and adjust to the ever-changing healthcare practice environment while maintaining your professional knowledge, competence and confidence. | The role of a paramedic involves complex decision-making. This course has been designed to allow you to gain a depth of specialist knowledge, flexible clinical decision-making, and leadership skills to care for patients confidently and effectively.
The course team acknowledge the need for public protection and to work in partnership to ensure you are fit for purpose and practice at the point of registration. | Teaching takes place in the new Health and Wellbeing building which has a specifically designed paramedic learning space to enhance your learning experience. There are two new simulation areas which will improve your clinical skills through specially desi
Key highlights
- Prepares you to practise as a paramedic in out-of-hospital settings
- Develops specialist knowledge, clinical decision-making and leadership skills
- Designed to make you fit for practice at point of registration
- Taught in a new Health and Wellbeing building
- Dedicated paramedic learning space and two new simulation areas
Entry requirements
- A-level: BBC — A-Level: BBC
- BTEC: DMM — BTEC: DMM
- T-level: Merit — T Level: Merit
- Access to HE Diploma — 45 Level 3 credits at Merit grade or above
- GCSE: C/4 or above — to include English, Mathematics, Science
- Additional condition: dbs_check — Satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check - fee applicable
Scholarships
International Merit Scholarship
The awards are £1,000 - £3,000 based on your academic achievements and level of study.
Up to £1,000Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence in Health Scholarship
We will be awarding fifty (50) Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence in Health Scholarships of £4,000 value each in the 2025/26 academic year.
Up to £4,000
Careers this course leads to
- Paramedic
- Ambulance service paramedic
- Emergency care practitioner
- Urgent care practitioner
Cost of study
UK/Home: £10,050 | International: £19,000
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to University of Suffolk, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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