Occupational Therapy at Bournemouth University
Occupational Therapy (BSc (Hons), B930) at Bournemouth University asked for See entry requirements in recent years; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had 112–127 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on bournemouth.ac.uk ↗
A-level grades
~See entry requirements
Not the 2027 requirement. UCAS’s course search data does not include 2027 requirements yet, so this is from an earlier year and may have changed. Check bournemouth.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subject
The middle entrant had 112–127 points.
15 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 70%, a degree 10%, a baccalaureate 5%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- B930 · B9 other subjects allied to medicine
- Duration
- 3 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Year 1
- Year
- 2027
Accredited by the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) for the purpose of ensuring graduates are fit for the profession. More ↗
Approved by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) for the purpose of providing eligibility to apply for registration with the HCPC as an occupational therapist. More ↗
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
80%
still studying
UK 85%
20%
left higher education
UK 10%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
30 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course95%90%
Learning opportunities93%87%
Assessment and feedback87%85%
Academic support90%90%
Organisation and management78%76%
Learning resources92%88%
Student voice87%81%
20 final-year students · 91% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalaryWider subject at this uni
15 months£30k3 years£26.5k5 years£31k
£20k£30k£40k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 65 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onThis course
90% working5% working and studying5% other
UK, same subject: 90% in work or study
95%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 85%
85%
say their work is meaningful
UK 97%
85%
use what they learned
UK 83%
- Therapy professionals90%
- Health associate professionals5%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 20 graduates · 60% responded · 2023-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Poole, South West England, England
- Postcode
- BH12 5BB
Subjects
occupational therapy subjects allied to medicine
Campus
- Campus
- Bournemouth University
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Counselling, psychotherapy and occupational therapy at other universities
One course at each of 10 universities. Middle entrant: the UCAS points of the middle student who started, from Discover Uni.
| University | Course | Entry | Middle entrant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aberystwyth University | Psychology with Counselling BSc (Hons) | 96 - 120 points | 96–111 |
| Birmingham Newman University | Counselling and Therapeutic Approaches BA (Hons) | 112 points | — |
| University of Aberdeen | Psychology with Counselling Skills MA (Hons) | BBC | 144–159 |
| University of Bedfordshire | Occupational Therapy BSc (Hons) | 104 points | 112–127 |
| Birkbeck, University of London | Psychological Studies with Counselling BA (Hons) | 96 points | 96–111 |
| Bath Spa University | Counselling FdA | CDD | — |
| Activate Learning | Counselling FdSc | 64 points | — |
| Blackburn College | Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy FdA | 48 points | — |
| BMet (Birmingham Metropolitan College) | Counselling and Applied Psychology HNC | 32 points | — |
| Barnsley College University Centre | Counselling and Applied Psychology HNC | — | — |
| Bournemouth University | Occupational Therapy this course | See entry requirements | 112–127 |
See all 221 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side
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