Operating Department Practice with Foundation Year at Sheffield Hallam University
Operating Department Practice with Foundation Year (BSc (Hons), BB16) at Sheffield Hallam University: UCAS’s course data does not show an entry requirement for 2027 entry yet. The middle entrant to the course had 96–111 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Main course page on shu.ac.uk ↗
Entry requirement
Not in UCAS’s data yet
UCAS’s course search data does not include one for 2027 yet, though the university may have published it. Check shu.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 96–111 points.
40 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 81%, an Access course 12%, other higher education 5%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- BB16 · B1 anatomy, physiology and pathology + B6 aural and oral sciences
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Foundation
- 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 ↗
Accredited by the College of Operating Department Practitioners (CODP). More ↗
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
90%
still studying
UK 90%
5%
left higher education
UK 9%
5%
moved to a lower award
UK 1%
45 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course91%90%
Learning opportunities94%87%
Assessment and feedback85%82%
Academic support84%89%
Organisation and management82%74%
Learning resources90%87%
Student voice90%81%
35 final-year students · 81% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalaryWider subject at this uni
15 months£29k3 years£26.5k5 years£30.5k
£20k£30k£40k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 200 graduates, 2022-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onThis course
75% working5% studying15% other
UK, same subject: 93% in work or study
70%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 90%
100%
say their work is meaningful
UK 100%
95%
use what they learned
UK 95%
- Other Health Professionals70%
- Administrative occupations5%
- Animal care and control services5%
- Health associate professionals5%
- Caring personal services5%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 45 graduates · 50% responded · 2022-24
Figures are for the main course; this variant is listed with it. Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Sheffield, Yorkshire and the Humber, England
- Postcode
- S1 1WB
Subjects
operating department practice subjects allied to medicine
Campus
- Campus
- City Campus
- 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 BSc (Hons) | See entry requirements | 112–127 |
| Sheffield Hallam University | Operating Department Practice with Foundation Year this course | — | 96–111 |
See all 188 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side
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