Operating Department Practice at Bournemouth University
Operating Department Practice (BSc (Hons), B991) 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.
20 entrants · 2023-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 70%, an Access course 10%, other higher education 10%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- B991 · B9 other subjects allied to medicine
- Duration
- 3 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Year 1
- Year
- 2027
Approved by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) for the purpose of providing eligibility to apply for registration with the HCPC as an operating department practitioner. More ↗
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
85%
still studying
UK 90%
15%
left higher education
UK 9%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 1%
20 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course91%90%
Learning opportunities91%87%
Assessment and feedback89%82%
Academic support96%89%
Organisation and management86%74%
Learning resources92%87%
Student voice86%81%
15 final-year students · 100% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£30k3 years£22.5k5 years£27k
£10k£20k£30k£40k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 20 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onSubject at this uni
90% working5% working and studying5% studying5% other
UK, same subject: 93% in work or study
90%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 90%
90%
say their work is meaningful
UK 100%
90%
use what they learned
UK 95%
- Other Health Professionals90%
- Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation5%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 35 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
operating department practice subjects allied to medicine
Campus
- Campus
- Bournemouth University
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Health sciences 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 | Biomedical Science BSc (Hons) | 104 - 120 points | 96–111 |
| Birmingham Newman University | Paramedic Science BSc (Hons) | 112 points | 112–127 |
| University College Birmingham | Paramedic Science BSc | BBC | 112–127 |
| Abertay University | Psychology with Health Sciences BSc (Hons) | CCC | 144–159 |
| University Centre Bishop Burton | Equine Therapy and Rehabilitation BSc (Hons) | 96 points | — |
| University of Bedfordshire | Clinical Exercise Therapy BSc (Hons) | 96 points | — |
| BMet (Birmingham Metropolitan College) | MedTech for England HNC | 32 points | — |
| Anglia Ruskin University | Operating Department Practice (ODP) BSc (Hons) | — | — |
| Birmingham City University | Operating Department Practice BSc (Hons) | — | 128–143 |
| Bournemouth University | Operating Department Practice this course | See entry requirements | 112–127 |
| University of Bradford | Paramedic Science BSc (Hons) | — | 128–143 |
See all 188 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side
More allied health at Bournemouth University
- Occupational Therapy BSc (Hons)
- Paramedic Science BSc (Hons)
- Physiotherapy BSc (Hons)
- Psychology with Counselling BSc (Hons)
- Psychology with Counselling (with Foundation Year) BSc (Hons)