Our entry requirements indicate both Standard and Minimum qualifications with which we normally accept students. Competition for places varies from year to year and you aren't guaranteed a place if you meet the minimum qualifications.

Please note that international students are unable to enrol onto this programme.

Selection Day

You will be invited to our Sighthill campus for a selection day. This will give you the opportunity to meet with the recruitment and teaching teams. You will also have the chance to explore some of the University teaching facilities, for example our state-of-the-art clinical skills simulation area.

Part of the selection process for entry to the programme of your choice will include a computer based Confident Caring Assessment (CCA) where you will be given a short video and related scenario with questions.

Minimum year 1
SQA Higher
Standard Entry Requirement
BBC preferably to include English or a Literary subject* and a Science**

National 5 grade C in Maths

For those who do not have Higher English or Higher Science, National 5 English and a Science at grade C will be required.

Minimum Offer Entry Requirement
BCC preferably to include English or a Literary subject* and a Science**

National 5 grade C in Maths

For those who do not have Higher English or Higher Science, National 5 English and a Science at grade C will be required.

A Level
BC preferably to include English or a Literary subject* and a Science**

GCSE grade C/4 in Maths

GCSE grade C/4 in English and a Science or Double Award Science required for candidates who do not have these subjects at A Level

BTEC (QCF) National Extended Diploma Level 3
Minimum grades MMP (Merit, Merit, Pass) in any subject*

GCSE English, Maths and a Science at grade C/4

*Recommended subjects: Health and Social Care/Applied Science/Sports Science/Health Science

BTEC (QCF) National Diploma
Minimum grades DM (Distinction, Merit) in any subject*

GCSE English, Maths and a Science at grade C/4

*Recommended subjects: Health and Social Care/Applied Science/Sports Science/Health Science

Irish Leaving Certificate (first awarded in 2017)
H3, H3, H3 at Higher Level preferably to include English or Literary subject* and a Science**

O3 in two Ordinary Level subjects including Maths

HNC
Pass in any subject* with grade C in the graded unit for Year 1 entry

*Care and Administrative Practice
*Social Care, Social Services, Social Sciences, Childhood Practice (National 5 grade C in Maths and a Science also required)

*Applied Science (National 5 grade C in English and Maths also required)

If your first language isn't English, you'll normally need to undertake an approved English language test. The English Language requirements for this programme are IELTS 7.0 (with no less than 7.0 in each component, excluding Writing which requires 6.5)