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Health and Social Care

  • BA (Hons)
  • 3 Years
  • Full-time
  • September 2026
  • Undergraduate
City Campus
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Course summary

Are you passionate about making a real difference to people's lives? This course is designed for those who want to create meaningful change, supporting individuals and communities facing challenges such as mental health issues, homelessness, domestic abuse, and social inequality.

Our teaching is led by experts alongside a curriculum shaped by the latest developments in the field. You will be equipped with the knowledge, skills, and hands-on experience to navigate the evolving health and social care landscape. You'll explore a diverse range of topics — from public health to criminal justice, lifecycle development to the impact of poverty — while critically examining the opportunities and challenges of a globalised, technology-driven world.

Whether you aspire to work on the front lines of care, influence policy, or continue on to postgraduate study, this course opens doors to a wide array of career paths. Join a community of changemakers and start your journey towards a rewarding future in health and social care.

Why study Health and Social Care at NTU?

  • The Health and Social Care body of students is incredibly diverse, with students from the local area, around the UK and overseas, as well as mature students. We also consider applicants with professional experience in the field.

  • This course includes 240 hours of Work Like Experience such as placements, volunteering, live projects or employer-led simulations.

  • With a wide range of optional modules to choose from, you'll be able to tailor your learning based on your interests in both your second and final years.

  • Our course is consistently one of the most popular Health and Social Care courses in the UK.

Modules

We use creative teaching methods to bring issues to life and to help students make the links between theory and practice. Our teaching uses the latest research and utilises our close links with a range national and local organisations; guests from the sector regularly come to campus to share their experiences with our students.

Year One modules include Foundations in Health and Social Care, Current Issues in Health and Social Care, Social Policy for Health and Social Care, Working with People, Preparing for Practice and Human Growth and Development.

Year Two modules include Research in Health and Social Care, Managing Health and Social Care, Professional Practice, Person Centred Interventions.
Optional modules include Engaging with Vulnerable Groups, Mental Health and Wellbeing and Health, Social Care and Crime.

Final Year modules include Individual Research Project and Leadership in Health and Social Care.
Optional modules include Children's and Young People's Mental Health, Young People and Social Care, Health Promotion in Practice, Global Health and Development and Ageing in the 21st Century.

Assessment method

The majority of your work will be assessed through coursework-based essays, reports, examinations, individual and group presentations, your work experience portfolio, and a final year research-based dissertation.
There will also be practical assessments, which will include group and individual presentations, video exercises, poster presentations, IT-based exercises.

Ways to study this course

Campuses

  • City Campus

Study options

  • BA (Hons) • Full-time • 3 Years

Start dates

  • September 2026

Apply by
14 January

This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.

Application codes

Course code:
L510
Institution code:
N91
Campus name:
City Campus
Campus Code:
1
Points of Entry:
Year 1

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How to apply

Apply by
14 January

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:
L510
Institution code:
N91
Campus name:
City Campus
Campus Code:
1

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

Entry requirements

UCAS Tariff 96 points

96 UCAS Tariff points from up to four qualifications (two of which must be A-level equivalent)

A level

96 UCAS Tariff points from up to four qualifications (two of which must be A-level equivalent)

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) MMM

MMM from a BTEC Extended Diploma

Access to HE Diploma

Pass your Access course with 60 credits overall with a minimum of 45 credits at level 3

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

96 UCAS Tariff points from your BTEC Level 3 National Diploma and up to two other qualifications.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate (first teaching from September 2016)

96 UCAS Tariff points from your BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate and up to three other qualifications (one of which must be A-Level equivalent).

T Level

We will consider T Levels for entry to this course, either as stand-alone qualifications or in conjunction with other Level 3 qualifications, in accordance with the specified course tariff points.

A lower offer may be made based on a range of factors, including your background (such as where you live and the school or college you attended), your experiences and individual circumstances (you may have been in care, for example). This is called a contextual offer and we get data from UCAS to make these decisions. NTU offers a student experience like no other, and this approach helps us to find students who have the potential to succeed here, but may have faced barriers that can make it more difficult to access university.

We also consider equivalent qualifications and combinations. Please contact Nottingham Trent University Admissions team for further information.

Additional entry requirements

Criminal records declaration (DBS/Disclosure Scotland)

Contextual admissions

Universities and colleges consider more than grades when assessing applications and may make offers based on a range of criteria. Learn more about contextual offers.

NTU makes contextual offers for this course to give everyone a fair chance to access their chosen degree.

Contextual offers are lower than our standard entry criteria or may be an unconditional offer for courses that require a portfolio. We also take individual circumstances into account when we receive results and may accept grades lower than our published criteria.

We use a range of data from UCAS to make our offers and more information on our approach is available at the link below.

Learn more on the Nottingham Trent University website

Historical entry grades data

This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).

It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.

Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.

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We are unable to show previous accepted grades for this course. This could be because the course is new, it's a postgraduate course, there isn't enough historical data, or the provider has opted out of sharing their entry grades data for this course - learn more.

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.

Additional fee information

Tuition fees for 2026 entry are yet to be confirmed. As a guide and to enable you to plan your finances, the fees for Home undergraduate students for 2025 are £9535 .The current expectation is that the University may increase this for future and subsequent years of study in line with inflation and as specified by the Government.

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