University of Keele
Physiotherapy with Foundation Year Msci (Hons)
University of Keele

Key Course Facts

Student Reviews

Below you can see course specific reviews of 45 graduates of Physiotherapy with Foundation Year Msci (Hons) and other courses in Physiotherapy at University of Keele for each of the survey questions in comparison to the average for all UK degree courses in Physiotherapy.

The NSS is commissioned by the Office for Students

Salary

Salary of Graduates in Physiotherapy

Important: Salary data below is not course specific, but contains data of all students of Physiotherapy at the university. Due to data collection methodology, salary data is mainly based on data related to undergraduate students.

  15 months after graduation 3 years after graduation 5 years after graduation
Median salary £25500 £26000 £30000
25-75 percentile range £25000 - £27000 £24000 - £28000 £26500 - £32500


Salary of all UK Graduates of Physiotherapy

  15 months after graduation 3 years after graduation 5 years after graduation
Median salary £25513 £25663 £29497
25-75 percentile range £25000 - £27000 £22950 - £27788 £25394 - £33091

Course Description

Foundation Year

Our Foundation Year provides an excellent alternative route to Keele, providing a unique opportunity to better prepare for your chosen degree, and with guaranteed entry onto your undergraduate course once you successfully complete your Foundation Year. This extra year of study can improve your academic skills, expand your subject knowledge, give you a better understanding of higher education and, perhaps most importantly of all, build your confidence. On the Keele Foundation Year, you'll study on campus, joining our undergraduate community from the outset, with access to all the facilities and support that you'd get as an undergraduate student at Keele.

Physiotherapy

Accelerate your physiotherapy career with our diverse and innovative four-year Master’s programme. Become a highly competent and clinically astute physiotherapist who can improve people's quality of life and physical wellbeing by restoring, maintaining and enhancing their function and movement.

Why choose this course

  • Accredited by the UK Health and Care Professions Council
  • Top 10 for Physiotherapy (Guardian University League Table, 2023)
  • Accredited by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
  • Gain extra experience and qualify with a Masters

Accelerate your physiotherapy career with our diverse and innovative four-year Master’s programme. Become a highly competent and clinically astute physiotherapist who can improve people's quality of life and physical wellbeing by restoring, maintaining and enhancing their function and movement.

As a physiotherapist you will use physical approaches to strengthen and maintain people's physical, psychological, and social wellbeing, optimising their general health and helping to prevent illness. Physiotherapy at Keele provides you with an exceptional breadth of theoretical knowledge and practical experience to enable you to deliver high quality patient centred care.

This innovative course has been carefully designed to reflect physiotherapy in the 21st century and is flexible and future proof to accommodate the changing demands of health and social care, and the profession globally. You will develop the required competencies and clinical skills, which are underpinned by evidence to enable you to deliver high quality, safe and effective care that meets the needs of patients.

About Keele

Keele University was established in 1949 by the former Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University. Founded to meet the needs of a changing world, Keele has always had a pioneering vision to be a different kind of university.

We excel in both teaching and research, with some of the most satisfied students in England, and research that is changing lives for the better at a regional, national and global level.

Our beautiful 600-acre campus is one of the biggest in Britain – but all the most important services and facilities are on your doorstep, with accommodation, teaching spaces, facilities including a medical centre, sports centre and pharmacy, and a range of shops, eateries and entertainment venues – including the Students’ Union – clustered around the centre.

Jobs & Career Perspectives

15 months after graduation, graduates of this course were asked about what they do and, if they are working, about their current job and their perspectives.

Current jobs

Required skill level of job after 15 months

Jobs of graduates of this course (15 months after graduation)

Example below based on all graduates of Physiotherapy with Foundation Year Msci (Hons) at University of Keele

85% Engineering professionals
0% Elementary occupations
0% Sales occupations
0% Business and public service associate professionals
0% Process, plant and machine operatives
0% Engineering professionals
0% Skilled trades occupations

Entry Requirements / Admissions

UCAS Tariff of Accepted Students for this course

Requirements for international students / English requirements

IELTS academic test score (similar tests may be accepted as well)

    • 6.5
    • All Degrees
Get advice on which foundation courses are best for you to still study Physiotherapy with Foundation Year, Msci (Hons), if you do not meet the minimum requirements in terms of UCAS score, A levels, or English language requirements.

Costs

Average student cost of living in the UK

Rent £518
Water, gas electricity, internet (at home) £50
Supermarket shopping £81
Clothing £35
Eating out £33
Alcohol £27
Takeaways / food deliveries £30
Going out / entertainment (excl.alcohol, food) £24
Holidays and weekend trips £78
Transport within city £17
Self-care / sports £20
Stationary / books £13
Mobile phone / internet £13
Cable TV / streaming £7
Insurance £51
Other £95
  
Average student cost of living £1092

London costs approx 34% more than average, mainly due to rent being 67% higher than average of other cities. For students staying in student halls, costs of water, gas, electricity, wifi are generally included in the rental. Students in smaller cities where accommodation is in walking/biking distance transport costs tend to be significantly smaller.

How to apply

Application deadline:

August 1, 2025

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Possible Entry Points:

  • Foundation

UCAS application code:

B1B9

University Rankings

#44
University Guru Meta Ranking
of University of Keele

among 379 universities in England UK
based on 30 different rankings

Positions of University of Keele in top UK and global rankings.

Rankings of University of Keele in related subject specific rankings.

Medicine & Health

    • #17 
    • #22 
    Physiotherapy
    CUG The Complete University Guide - By Subject
    [Published 14 May, 2024]

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About University of Keele

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Student composition of University of Keele

undergraduates:
8360
postgraduates:
1545
Total:
9905
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FAQ about Physiotherapy with Foundation Year Msci (Hons) University of Keele

  • The median salary of graduates of this course was £25500 15 months after graduation, £26000 3 years after graduation and £30000 after graduation.

  • Engineering professionals (85%), Elementary occupations (0%), Sales occupations (0%), Business and public service associate professionals (0%)

  • Physiotherapy with Foundation Year Msci (Hons) is taught on campus and cannot be taken online at University of Keele.

  • It is pretty easy to get accepted based on UCAS tariff scores (lowest 1% Percentile among all Physiotherapy students in the UK). Other criteria may have been valued for acceptance apart from UCAS tariff scores.