University · Canterbury, South East
Allied health courses at Canterbury Christ Church University
Canterbury Christ Church University runs 11 approved pre-registration allied health courses, training occupational therapists, operating department practitioners, physiotherapists, diagnostic radiographers, dietitians, paramedics and speech and language therapists, based in Canterbury, South East. Below: every course, the route and award each one leads to, the entry requirements where the university has published them, and how the offer compares with neighbouring providers.
What you can study here
Canterbury Christ Church University teaches 7 allied health professions at pre-registration level, training occupational therapists, operating department practitioners, physiotherapists, diagnostic radiographers, dietitians, paramedics and speech and language therapists. Every course listed on this page is approved by its regulator, which is what makes it count: finishing an approved course is what entitles you to apply for registration, and registration is what lets you hold the protected title and be appointed to the job.
Two ways in run side by side here. The undergraduate degree is the standard entry route from school or college; the pre-registration master’s is the accelerated route for people who already hold a relevant degree, and it compresses the same regulated content — including the placement hours — into a shorter, harder programme. There is also an apprenticeship route. That one works in the opposite order to everything else: you need an employer to take you on and sponsor the training first, and the university place follows from the job rather than the other way round. Course lengths here range from 2 years to 3 years.
A typical offer is published for 4 of the 11 courses here and not for the 7 others, so those rows are left blank rather than filled in with a guess. Where an offer is published, treat it as the shape of the offer rather than a guarantee — these courses are interviewed, and they carry DBS and occupational health requirements on top of the grades. 4 courses carry a UCAS code, so they are applied for through the central system rather than direct to the university.
- Location
- Canterbury
- Region
- South East
- Nation
- England
- Approved courses
- 11
- Professions taught
- 7
- Routes offered
- undergraduate degree, degree apprenticeship and pre-registration master’s
- Campus locations
- Canterbury and Medway
Every allied health course at Canterbury Christ Church University
Side by side, so you can see where the routes and the course lengths actually differ.
Occupational therapist at Canterbury Christ Church University
Occupational therapists help people do the everyday activities that matter to them when illness, injury, disability or ageing gets in the way.
BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy
BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy (Apprenticeship)
Master of Science Occupational Therapy (pre-registration)
Occupational therapist entry requirements at Canterbury Christ Church University · All occupational therapists courses in the UK · How to become an occupational therapist
Operating department practitioner at Canterbury Christ Church University
Operating department practitioners are perioperative specialists who look after patients through the three phases of surgery.
BSc (Hons) Operating Department Practice
Operating Department Practitioner (Integrated Degree Apprenticeship)
Operating department practitioner entry requirements at Canterbury Christ Church University · All operating department practitioners courses in the UK · How to become an operating department practitioner
Physiotherapist at Canterbury Christ Church University
Physiotherapists assess and treat problems with movement and function caused by injury, illness, disability or ageing.
Physiotherapist entry requirements at Canterbury Christ Church University · All physiotherapists courses in the UK · How to become a physiotherapist
Diagnostic radiographer at Canterbury Christ Church University
Diagnostic radiographers produce and interpret the medical images that let clinicians see inside the body.
Diagnostic radiographer entry requirements at Canterbury Christ Church University · All diagnostic radiographers courses in the UK · How to become a diagnostic radiographer
Dietitian at Canterbury Christ Church University
Dietitians assess, diagnose and treat diet and nutrition problems, translating nutritional science into practical advice and clinical treatment.
Dietitian entry requirements at Canterbury Christ Church University · All dietitians courses in the UK · How to become a dietitian
Paramedic at Canterbury Christ Church University
Paramedics are autonomous practitioners who assess and treat patients in urgent and emergency settings, usually outside hospital.
Paramedic entry requirements at Canterbury Christ Church University · All paramedics courses in the UK · How to become a paramedic
Speech and language therapist at Canterbury Christ Church University
Speech and language therapists assess and treat difficulties with communication and with eating, drinking and swallowing.
Speech and language therapist entry requirements at Canterbury Christ Church University · All speech and language therapists courses in the UK · How to become a speech and language therapist
Paying for it in England
Student support for allied health courses is set nation by nation, so what applies here is decided by the fact that Canterbury Christ Church University is in England — not by the university.
NHS Learning Support Fund (LSF)
The NHS Learning Support Fund is extra, non-repayable money for students on eligible pre-registration nursing, midwifery and…
Undergraduate-rate student finance for pre-registration postgraduate (MSc/PGDip) courses
This is the single most misunderstood point in AHP student funding. If you take a designated pre-registration postgraduate…
Postgraduate Master's Loan (England)
The Postgraduate Master's Loan is a single contribution towards fees and living costs for a standalone master's degree, paid…
Degree apprenticeship funding (England)
A degree apprenticeship is a job, not a student place. Your employer pays you a wage from day one and the cost of the training…
Other universities in South East
Applicants normally hold several offers at once, and the realistic alternatives are the providers whose placement circuits cover the same patch.
BCNO Group (European School of Osteopathy)
osteopaths
Buckinghamshire New University
diagnostic radiographers, occupational therapists, operating department practitioners, physiotherapists and paramedics
Oxford Brookes University
occupational therapists, physiotherapists, dietitians and paramedics
University of Bedfordshire
occupational therapists, operating department practitioners, physiotherapists and paramedics
University of Brighton
diagnostic radiographers, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, podiatrists and paramedics
University of Chichester
physiotherapists, occupational therapists and speech and language therapists
University of Portsmouth
operating department practitioners, diagnostic radiographers, physiotherapists and paramedics
University of Reading
dietitians and speech and language therapists
University of Southampton
occupational therapists and physiotherapists
University of Surrey
dietitians and paramedics
University of Winchester
dietitians, physiotherapists and occupational therapists
Next steps
- All universities — Grouped by nation and region
- Every approved course — Compare providers side by side
- Compare training routes — Degree, master’s or apprenticeship
- Degree apprenticeships — Employed and paid while you train
- Funding and bursaries — What you can claim while you study
- NHS pay bands — What the job pays once you qualify
Where this page’s data comes from
- HCPC approved programmes directoryHealth and Care Professions Council · No open licence stated; HCPC copyright · checked 3 September 2026
- HCPC register summary and registrant snapshots (aggregate)Health and Care Professions Council · No open licence stated; HCPC copyright · checked 3 September 2026
- NHS Learning Support Fund guidanceDepartment of Health and Social Care (administered by NHS Business Services Authority) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · updated annual · checked 3 September 2026Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Agenda for Change pay scales and NHS terms and conditions handbookNHS Employers (NHS Confederation) · No open licence stated; NHS Employers copyright · checked 3 September 2026
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