Paramedic Science

Why choose this course? If you wish to become a HCPC Registered Paramedic with a career in emergency and urgent care, making a difference to people's lives and contributing to the care within Welsh communities when they need it most, then this Paramedic Science degree course is for you.

This course:

Is accredited by the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) Is endorsed by the College of Paramedics, allowing you to gain a student membership with the professional body Is in partnership with the Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust Allows you to utilise state-of-the-art simulation equipment and facilities at the University Is designed around a Spiral curriculum Is a Welsh Government Bursary-commissioned programme. *This course is part of a subject area ranked

1st in Wales and top 10 in the UK for Teaching Quality 1st in the UK for Student Experience Joint 1st in the UK for Graduate Prospects in the Subjects Allied to Medicine subject area league table in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide, 2025

*This course is rated 1st in Wales in the Health Studies subject area league table in the Daily Mail University League Table, 2024.

Key Course Features: With the course being fully endorsed by the College of Paramedics, you can be assured that the course content and design is equivalent with their paramedic curriculum guidance. The course features a practice placement partnership with the Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust, which includes placements on ambulances responding to emergency and urgent care cases on shifts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week across Wales. Alternative emergency and urgent healthcare placements within the wider provision of health and social care in Wales are integrated into practice placements. Interprofessional teaching and learning with other Health and Social Care Profession students is integral with dedicated interprofessional modules each year. The University has invested in new simulation facilities including a bespoke Paramedic Science room, a simulation ambulance, and other simulated clinical environments such as the Health Simulation Centre and Tŷ Dysgu, meaning there are numerous opportunities for practical learning including regular clinical skills workshops and simulation exercises. Our Spiral curriculum means key concepts, such as life sciences, Evidence Based Practice and Professionalism, are presented repeatedly throughout the course, but with deepening layers of complexity and application.