Pre-registration healthcare courses

QMU's School of Health Sciences offers a number of 'pre-registration' master's courses that will enable you to change career in only two years if you already hold a relevant undergraduate degree. These courses provide the opportunity to gain professional registration in one of the allied health professions and embark on a meaningful and fulfilling career.

Postgraduate Pre-Registration Courses

MSc Art Psychotherapy MSc Audiology (Pre-Registration) MSc Diagnostic Radiography (Pre-Registration) MSc Dietetics (Pre-Registration) MSc Music Therapy MSc Dramatherapy MSc Occupational Therapy (Pre-Registration) MSc Physiotherapy (Pre-Registration) MSc Play Therapy MSc Podiatry (Pre-Registration) MSc Speech and Language Therapy (Pre-Registration)

Why study for a postgraduate pre-registration course?

A quick way to change career: Our pre-registration courses are an accelerated route to a new, rewarding career.
Our reputation and experience: We are a leading provider of pre-registration and post-registration master's courses in the allied health professions in Scotland.
Learning and teaching methods designed to benefit you: We aim to provide the optimum balance of theoretical and practical learning, and you will gain invaluable experience on the placements that are intrinsic to each course.
Modern subject-specific facilities: We offer high-quality specialist facilities on campus to help you prepare for clinical practice.
Smaller class sizes means we get to know you: With our person-centred approach to teaching and learning, you won’t be lost in the crowd.
Strong professional links: Graduates of our pre-registration courses are eligible for registration with the body relevant to the profession. For our allied health professions courses, that will be the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). Placements are delivered within the NHS and third sector organisations across Scotland. Our lecturing staff are closely connected to the NHS, professional bodies and clinicians, helping ensuring that your teaching is relevant and up to date. Most are actively involved in impactful research, through our research centres, informing their teaching.

Teaching and learning that builds your confidence and your professional capabilities

Places on our pre-registration courses are limited, ensuring that you receive excellent support as a student and benefit from sharing your experiences with classmates from across the globe.
There is a strong emphasis on student-directed learning.
There are a variety of teaching methods designed to enhance your learning experience. These include keynote lectures, clinical workshops and tutorials, student-led seminars, group discussions, self-directed study clinical observation and practice. Directed learning materials will be delivered via our virtual learning environment (Canvas) and comprise reading, self-assessment quizzes, workbooks, tutorial questions with answers and narrated lectures.
We use a variety of assessment methods, including written assignments, online examinations, Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs), self-appraisal, course work, ePortfolio, viva voce examinations, presentations and reflective portfolios and clinical assessment. Practice-based learning is a major component of each course.
At every stage of your journey with us, we build your confidence and professional capabilities.

Research-informed teaching

The School of Health Sciences at QMU has a strong record of both research and enterprise and knowledge exchange in fields such as mental health, physical activity, and food science.