Best unis for physiotherapy across the UK

Physiotherapy is a branch of medicine which focuses on movement and mobility. If you like to work with your hands as well as your head, and enjoy helping people around you, then it could be an attractive career pathway to pursue. There are lots of different applications, from injuries and arthritis to long-term respiratory or neurological conditions, and you’ll be working with people of all ages and from every walk of life. You’ll work with regular patients, helping to design personalised treatment schedules and guiding them with movement exercises and massage.

Some courses are designed around sports rehabilitation or strength and conditioning, whereas some are more medically oriented such as cardiovascular, neurological or paediatric physiotherapists. If you know which area you’d like to work in, then you can often choose a specialist field from the start.

There’s a range of top physiotherapy courses all over the UK, and whether you’re planning on living at home or already know which area you want to study in, you’ll probably be keen to find out which courses are available nearby.

We’ve put together the following guide, which uses Complete University Guide subject league tables, to show you the top unis offering physiotherapy courses in each UK region.

Best unis for physiotherapy in the East Midlands

• University of Nottingham

• University of Leicester

Best unis for physiotherapy in the East of England

• University of East Anglia UEA

• University of Essex

• University of Hertfordshire

Best unis for physiotherapy in London

• King's College London, University of London

• Brunel University London

• City St George's, University of London

Best unis for physiotherapy in North East England

• Northumbria University, Newcastle

• Teesside University, Middlesborough

• University of Sunderland

Best unis for physiotherapy in North West England

• University of Liverpool

• University of Salford

• University of Central Lancashire

Best unis for physiotherapy in Northern Ireland

• Ulster University

Best unis for physiotherapy in Scotland

• Robert Gordon University

• Glasgow Caledonian University

• Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh

Best unis for physiotherapy in South East England

• University of Southampton

• University of Brighton

• Oxford Brookes University

Best unis for physiotherapy in South West England

• University of Plymouth

• University of Goucestershire

• Bristol, University of the West of England

Best unis for physiotherapy in Wales

• Cardiff University

Best unis for physiotherapy in the West Midlands

• University of Birmingham

• Keele University

• University of Worcester

Best unis for physiotherapy in Yorkshire and the Humber

• Leeds Beckett University

• University of Bradford

• University of Huddersfield

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