Year of entry
- 2026
UCAS code
- B950
Duration of study
- 4 years
Paramedic Science - Integrated Masters (MSci)
Course summary
Do you have the potential to become a resilient and caring paramedic? Could you thrive working in fast-paced emergency, urgent, primary and community-based care? We are at the forefront of paramedic science education in the UK, and as a paramedic student we will equip you with the hands-on practical experience and rigorous academic study so you can excel in providing care to people when they are at their most vulnerable.
Why study Paramedic Science at Keele University?
Endorsed by the College of Paramedics and Approved by the Health and Care Professions Council
Eligible students can apply for a non-repayable £5,000 NHS grant per academic year
Innovative integrated master’s course designed to help advance your career
Facilities include a state-of-the-art anatomy and surgical training centre, emergency training ambulance and simulation houses
Rotational clinical placement circuits in a range of practice areas
Course overview
Develop the resilience, attitude, and competencies required to work at the frontline of healthcare. The role of contemporary paramedics is challenging and evolving, with an expectation that paramedics will deliver high-quality care in a variety of health and social care environments and organisations. You will be based in the School of Medicine, which embraces a multidisciplinary approach to education.
Advance your career in paramedicine
Paramedic Science with Integrated Masters at Keele combines a bachelor’s degree with a fourth year of study at master’s level where you will undertake advanced level modules. This additional year gives you the expertise for future career opportunities that could take you beyond working in the ambulance service, such as careers in leadership, management or research. The course aligns to the four pillars of advanced paramedic practice – clinical, leadership, education and research. Each pillar is associated with an array of future employment opportunities.
Lifesaving clinical skills
The course focuses on developing your lifesaving skills and clinical interventions in a range of locations. 50% of your time will be spent undertaking placements within the ambulance service and other settings, to develop your professional paramedic practice. You are expected to engage with the full range of shifts to reflect the demands of the 24/7 service.
Course structure
Year one explores the fundamental elements of paramedicine to enable you to gain the core competencies around patient assessment, drug administration, interventions, cardiac arrest management and life sciences such as anatomy and physiology. You will also focus on how to protect your own health and wellbeing as paramedic.
In your second year you are introduced to evidence-based practice and will explore areas of medicine including pharmacology and pathophysiology. Year three focuses on how research informs paramedic practice and concentrates on key areas such as the care of children, the elderly and pregnant women. In the final year there are opportunities for enhanced practice to prepare you to work in a critical care environment and learn to diagnose and undertake minor injury assessment in a range of settings including emergency, urgent and primary care. You will acquire specialist clinical skills, start to explore the role of prescribing in paramedic practice and expand your research, leadership and educator abilities in preparation for an exciting career as a paramedic practitioner.
Clinical simulation
Throughout the course you will build your confidence and competencies as a paramedic and you will be encouraged to reflect on your professional practice through dedicated hours of clinical simulation. Learning to reflect and critique your practice helps to improve your decision making and clinical reasoning techniques.
A range of different clinical scenarios are presented with simulated patients in a controlled and supportive environment. We also deliver multi-professional trauma days and major incident scenarios as part of the course and you will use specialist resources including; a fully equipped training ambulance, clinical skills lab, Keele's anatomy and surgical training centre and high-fidelity simulation in our health and crime houses.
Interprofessional education
Interprofessional education enables you to study with students from other health related subjects such as medicine, nursing, radiography, social work, and physiotherapy. This allows you to learn with your current peer group in conditions that reflect your future employment environment. Developing your multidisciplinary working and problem-solving capabilities are essential attributes of modern paramedics.
Strengthening your employability
Placements
50% of your time during your studies will be spent completing high quality placements across the West Midlands region. These are co-designed with our key stakeholder, the West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust. Placement opportunities will provide you with the broadest range of experiences within acute, primary and community settings such as the ambulance service, emergency departments, hospitals, walk-in-centres, mental health, general practice, maternity, community, and critical care.
Year one placements are solely within the ambulance service, enabling you to become confident and familiar with the core working environment of a paramedic. In years two and three you will continue undertaking placements within the ambulance service and within other clinical settings such as hospital wards, general practice, maternity, walk-in centres, community and critical care so you can learn in greater depth.
In your final year, in addition to the ambulance service will continue to benefit from placement opportunities in a range of areas with the addition of critical care. Elective placements provide the opportunity to apply for placements in the UK or internationally.
Throughout each placement opportunity you will complete a Practice Assessment Document to map the achievement of clinical skills required to manage patients within the clinical setting in which you are working in.
Our expertise
Experienced paramedic lecturers and clinicians teach on this programme along with additional high quality staff who have a range of medical expertise. Many of our staff are active in bioscience and health research, which informs our teaching and keeps the course relevant to the needs of the 21st century health system.
Student support
You will benefit from excellent student support throughout the duration of your Paramedic Science Integrated Masters programme. An academic mentor is allocated to you at the start of the course, who will provide advice and guidance throughout the course.
Our Faculty Student Experience and Support team offer support and advice and give one-to-one support to students within the School of Medicine.
There is peer support, and additional help is available from the School's Disability Inclusion Tutor who provides an additional layer of support for all students, particularly for those who have special learning needs.
You can also access plenty of student advice and support services at Keele including;
- Learning Support and Academic Guidance
- Disability Support and Inclusion
- English Language Unit
- Advice and Support at Keele SU (ASK)
- Student Support Services
- Occupational Health Department
Professional Recognition
Paramedic Science at Keele is approved by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and endorsed by the College of Paramedics. Successful completion of the course provides you with the eligibility to register with the Health and Care Professions Council as a registered paramedic.
Course structure
Modules for Paramedic Science
The module details given below are indicative, they are intended to provide you with an idea of the range of subjects that are taught to our current students. The modules that will be available for you to study in future years are subject to change as we regularly review our teaching to ensure that it is up-to-date and informed by the latest research and teaching methods, as well as student voice. The information presented is therefore not intended to be construed and/or relied upon as a definitive list of the modules available in any given year.
Compulsory modules
Public Health & Wellbeing for Paramedics
The Public Health and Wellbeing for Paramedics module will provide you with an overview of key local and national public health challenges in emergency and urgent care and prepare you in developing both personal and professional resilience. The theme of personal resilience and wellbeing is core to professional paramedic practice. Therefore, this module will support you in devising personal coping strategies and introduce you to human factors and the de-briefing concept and reflection used in paramedic practice.
Fundamental Life Sciences for Paramedics
The fundamental Life Sciences for Paramedics module provides you with an introduction to biological and psychological sciences and is the foundation of paramedic practice. The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences state-of-the-art facilities and expert academic and scientific staff will use a blended and problem-based learning approach including direct lectures, online learning, and using Keele's anatomy laboratories will provide you with an excellent, in-depth learning experience covering anatomical, physiological, and psychological scientific principles of the healthy human body.
Fundamentals of Paramedic Practice
The Fundamentals of Paramedic Practice module will provide you with the knowledge, skills, and understanding to undertake the assessment and management of patients in paramedic practice settings. An introduction to the range of equipment commonly used in paramedic practice and developing psychomotor skills will provide you with a range of clinical skills for providing timely and appropriate care to service users.
Introduction to Professional Practice for Paramedics
The Introduction to Professional Practice for Paramedics module enables you to understand the importance and implications of professionalism and how these principles apply to paramedic practice. You will gain knowledge of different communication strategies and their application. The module will also prepare you to work in a diverse range of healthcare settings whilst also developing transferable skills such as communication skills, reflective practice and professionalism that can be applied in a variety of healthcare settings and specialities.
Applied Paramedic Practice & Simulation 1
The Applied Paramedic Practice and Simulation 1 module provides the opportunity for you to apply theory into practice. You will develop clinical decision-making skills and formulate and deliver care management plans using clinical skills to provide care to service users. You will begin to develop your knowledge and understanding of the paramedics' role and scope of practice within the ambulance service and simulation settings where you will experience the delivery of unscheduled emergency, and urgent care during your placement.
Compulsory modules
Introduction to Evidence-based Practice & Research
The Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice and Research module will develop your knowledge and understanding of the research process and the role of evidence-based practice applicable to healthcare and paramedic practice. The role of research in healthcare and health professions will be explored, including terminology, ethics, research methodologies, and the development of literature-searching skills, including the ability to critically appraise the evidence and develop your understanding of how practice guidelines are developed.
Pharmacology & Medicines Management for Paramedic Practice
This module will enable you to gain a deeper understanding of physiology and how this aligns with the principles of clinical pharmacology and the concepts of safety and quality when caring for people. You will learn about medicines legislation, principles of prescribing, accountability and the responsibility of an autonomous paramedic practitioner. You will gain insight into the importance of quality improvement, risk assessment and patient safety linked to medication administration.
Applied Anatomy & Pathophysiology for Paramedics
The Applied Anatomy and Pathophysiology for Paramedics module will develop the knowledge gained from studying the Fundamental Life Sciences for Paramedics by exploring in-depth human anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology. Disease processes and pathological changes in response to illnesses and injuries encountered in paramedic practice will be explored. State-of-the-art facilities and expert academic and scientific staff will use a blended and socially active learning approach to deliver an in-depth learning experience covering anatomical, physiological, and pathophysiological principles of the human body.
Principles of Paramedic Practice
This module will enable you to further develop your knowledge, skills, and understanding of a range of assessment techniques and clinical skills/interventions within the scope of practice for a paramedic. This includes adult advanced life support techniques and resuscitation techniques in our extensive simulation facilities. An introduction to legislation surrounding confidentiality, data protection, and information governance accompanies the theoretical underpinnings for the module enabling you to have sound working knowledge of legal boundaries pertinent to caring for service users.
Applied Paramedic Practice & Simulation 2
The Applied Paramedic Practice and Simulation 2 module provides the opportunity for you to apply theory into practice. You will continue to develop clinical decision-making skills and formulate and deliver care management plans using clinical skills to provide care to service users. You will further develop your knowledge and understanding of the paramedics' role and scope of practice within a range of settings where you will experience the delivery of unscheduled emergency, and urgent care during your placement.
Compulsory modules
Behavioural Health for Paramedics
The Behavioural Health for Paramedics module aims to develop comprehensive knowledge and a critical understanding of subject areas synonymous with behavioural health. An in-depth and critical analysis of healthcare legislation, ethical principles and an in-depth exploration of professionalism, with a focus on mental health, multi-disciplinary and multiagency working will nurture you to evaluate contemporary paramedic practice in a complex field of healthcare.
Evidence-based Practice
The Evidence-Based Practice module will afford you the underpinning theory to develop knowledge and a comprehensive understanding of research methodologies and the role of evidence-based practice applicable to healthcare and contemporary paramedic practice. The process of change management and the notion of service improvement are also explored in addition to learning how to undertake systematic reviews of the literature and evidence base.
Older Persons and Frailty
Paramedic practice continues to evolve to meet modern challenges in the UK health system. The ageing population of the UK and the complexity of health and illness through an ever-increasing life expectancy require practitioners who are capable of delivering safe and effective care to a diverse range of elderly service users. This module will explore normal and abnormal patterns of ageing and how physical or mental illness impacts the older person taking into account social and cultural aspects of care.
Enhanced Paramedic Practice
The Enhanced Paramedic Practice module provides you with in-depth knowledge and a comprehensive, critical understanding of the scope of contemporary paramedic practice. Clinical skills, simulation and multidisciplinary teamwork are central to the module. You will learn alongside a range of other health professions from across the wider School and Faculty. Using state-of-the-art simulation facilities across the University’s extensive campus you will learn how to manage a diverse range of patients including pregnant patients, children and elderly patient groups.
Applied Paramedic Practice & Simulation 3
The Applied Paramedic Practice and Simulation 3 module gives you the opportunity to apply theory into practice. You will continue to develop clinical decision-making skills and formulate and deliver care management plans using clinical skills to provide care to service users within the scope of paramedic practice. You will further develop your knowledge and understanding of the paramedics' role and scope of practice within a range of settings including simulation-based settings.
Compulsory modules
Clinical Leadership for Paramedics
This module has been designed to develop your leadership knowledge, skills, qualities and behaviours and seeks to develop, nurture and enhance existing teamworking skills and clinical leadership requirements including the theories of incident command. Leadership theories and models are appraised and applied to the clinician's work context, to improve their leadership potential and abilities to lead and deliver high-quality health care in their field of practice, with a clear focus on the service user experience.
Introduction to Critical Care Practice for Paramedics
The Introduction to Critical Care Practice for Paramedics module will provide you with comprehensive and detailed knowledge, skills, and understanding to provide care to critically ill or injured service users alongside pre-hospital critical care practitioners and critical care teams. Detailed pharmacology of drugs used in pre-hospital critical care management is explored in addition to advanced clinical interventions and comprehensive knowledge of critical care transport and retrieval.
Advancing Practice Project
This module will provide structure for an advancing practice project for the final year of the MSci Paramedic Science programme. This module is specifically structured to consider many factors affecting service delivery and service improvement. You will be required to identify, plan, propose delivery and reflect upon a service improvement (advancement) project. The module is grounded in professional practice and will offer you the opportunity to negotiate, design, consider theoretical implementation and evaluate the effectiveness of the improvement.
Primary, Urgent and Unscheduled Care for Paramedics
The Primary, Urgent and Unscheduled Care develops students advanced and complex decision-making skills to prepare students in assessment diagnoses, and management of patients in the Primary, Urgent and Unscheduled Care setting and compliments the practice-based – Applied Paramedic Practice & Simulation 4 module. The module is at the forefront of contemporary paramedic practice and has been designed in cognisance of key drivers for the paramedic profession in Primary, Urgent and Unscheduled Care.
Applied Paramedic Practice & Simulation 4
The Applied Paramedic Practice and Simulation 4 module provides the opportunity for you to apply theory into practice affirming your complex decision-making and clinical skills which are at the leading edge of paramedic practice. You will re-enforce your knowledge and understanding of the paramedics' role and enhanced scope of practice within a range of diverse settings including simulation.
Double Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework
Keele is one of only 15 broad-based universities in England - out of over 100 - to have been awarded Gold in both the 2017 and 2023 Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) exercises, demonstrating our consistent teaching excellence.
Additional opportunities
There are a range of additional opportunities for this course.
Please note that undertaking one may impact the availability of another.
Entry requirements
These are the typical entry requirements for this course for a range of UK and international qualifications. If your qualifications aren't listed, please contact us to check if we can accept them. If you don't think you'll meet the stated requirements, you may be able to access this course via a Foundation Year.
Typical offer
Please ensure you read the full entry requirements by selecting your qualifications from the menu below. This will include any subject specific, GCSE/Level 2 Maths, and/or English language requirements.
Please select your qualification from the drop-down list below for the full entry requirement information
A Level
ABB in three A Levels including B in one Science subject from the Keele Defined Sciences List.
Contextual Offer: BBB in three A Levels including B in one Science subject from the Keele Defined Sciences List.
You will also need: 4 / C in GCSE Maths or Level 2 Functional Skills Maths, plus an English language qualification (see below).
BTEC Extended Diploma / National Extended Diploma
DDM in any of the following BTEC Extended Diplomas / National Extended Diplomas: Applied Science, or Health and Social Care.
Contextual Offer: BTEC Extended Diploma not included.
You will also need: 4 / C in GCSE Maths or Level 2 Functional Skills Maths, plus an English language qualification (see below).
BTEC National Diploma / Diploma
Distinction and Merit in any BTEC National Diploma / Diploma and B in one Science A Level from the Keele Defined Sciences List; or Distinction and Merit in Applied Science, or Health and Social Care BTEC National Diploma / Diploma and A in any A Level.
You will also need: 4 / C in GCSE Maths or Level 2 Functional Skills Maths, plus an English language qualification (see below).
BTEC National Extended Certificate / Subsidiary Diploma
Distinction in any BTEC National Extended Certificate / Subsidiary Diploma and BB in two A Levels including B in one Science subject from the Keele Defined Sciences List, or Distinction in Applied Human Biology, Applied Science, or Health and Social Care BTEC National Extended Certificate / Subsidiary Diploma and BB in two A Levels.
You will also need: 4 / C in GCSE Maths or Level 2 Functional Skills Maths, plus an English language qualification (see below).
T Level
Distinction in any of the following T Levels: Health, Healthcare Science, Science.
You will also need: 4 / C in GCSE Maths or Level 2 Functional Skills Maths, plus an English language qualification (see below).
International Baccalaureate Diploma
655 in three Higher Levels including 5 in one Science subject from the Keele Defined Sciences List at Higher Level, or 32 points including 5 in one Higher Level Science subject from the Keele Defined Sciences List.
Contextual Offer: 555 in three Higher Levels including 5 in one Science subject from the Keele Defined Sciences List at Higher Level, or 31 points including 5 in one Higher Level Science subject from the Keele Defined Sciences List.
You will also need: 4 / C in GCSE Maths or Level 2 Functional Skills Maths, or 3 in IB Middle Years Maths, or 3 in IB Diploma Standard Level Maths (any), plus an English language qualification (see below).
International Baccalaureate Career-Related Programme
We encourage applications with the IBCP but recognise that your combination of qualifications may differ depending on where you are studying.
If you are taking a BTEC National Diploma / Diploma with one or more Higher Levels, your offer will be similar to our BTEC + A Level offer (see 'BTEC National Diploma / Diploma') but with an HL requirement of 6 for A, 5 for B, or 4 for C.
For any other combination, please contact the University Admissions Team for advice.
Access to HE Diploma
128 UCAS points in a Computing, Engineering, Health, Nursing, Medicine, Science, or Sports Access to HE Diploma including Distinction in at least 30 Level 3 credits and Merit in at least 15 Level 3 credits.
You will also need: 4 / C in GCSE Maths or Level 2 Functional Skills Maths, plus an English language qualification (see below).
Welsh Baccalaureate / Bagloriaeth Cymru
The Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate is equivalent to one full A Level at the same grade and can be included alongside 2 other A Levels in a standard A Level offer for this course (see A Level). All subject specific requirements will still need to be met.
Scotland - Highers and Advanced Highers
BBBBC in five Highers including one Higher Science subject from the Keele Defined Sciences List, or BC in two Advanced Highers and CC in two Highers including one Higher or Advanced Higher Science subject from the Keele Defined Sciences List, or BCC in three Advanced Highers including one Advanced Higher Science subject from the Keele Defined Sciences List.
You will also need: C in National 5 Maths, or 4 / C in GCSE Maths or Level 2 Functional Skills Maths, plus an English language qualification (see below).
Extended Project Qualification (EPQ)
If you have B or higher in the EPQ and are studying A Levels, BTEC, the International Baccalaureate Diploma, or an Access to HE Diploma, you will typically receive an alternative offer which will be lower than the standard offer. Please see 'Alternative and contextual offers' below.
Core Maths
If you have B or higher in Core Maths and are studying A Levels, BTEC, the International Baccalaureate, or an Access to HE Diploma, you will typically receive an alternative offer which will be lower than the standard offer. Please see 'Alternative and contextual offers' below.
Ireland - Leaving Certificate
H3, H3, H3, H4, H4, H4 in the Irish Leaving Certificate including H4 in one subject from the Science or Applied Science Groups.
You will also need: O4 / H6 in Maths, plus an English language qualification (see below).
China - Gaokao
75% in the Gaokao including 70% in Maths, Physics, Biology, or Chemistry.
You will also need: 60% in Senior Secondary School or Gaokao Maths, plus an English language qualification (see below).
India - Standard XII
Average of 75% from four subjects including 70% in Maths, Physics, Chemistry or Biology in the ICSE, CBSE or Western Bengal Standard XII, or average of 80% from four subjects including 75% in Maths, Physics, Chemistry or Biology in any other Standard XII.
You will also need: 6 or C2 in Secondary School Examination Maths, or Pass in Standard XII Maths, plus an English language qualification (see below).
Germany - Abitur
2.0 overall average in the Abitur including 12 in Geography, Psychology, Maths, Physics, Biology, Computer Science, Technology, Nutritional Science or Sports.
You will also need: 10 in Maths in the Abitur, plus an English language qualification (see below).
France - Baccalaureate
14 in the French Baccalaureate / International Option Baccalaureate including 14 in Chemistry / Physics, Maths, Science, Sport, Engineering Sciences, Life and Earth Sciences or Information Technology, or 13 in the Baccalauréat Français International including 13 in Chemistry / Physics, Maths, Science, Sport, Engineering Sciences, Life and Earth Sciences or Information Technology.
You will also need: 10 in Maths in the Baccalaureate, plus an English language qualification (see below).
Hong Kong - Diploma
544 from two electives and one core subject in the HKDSE including 4 in Maths, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Geography, Design and Applied Technology, ICT or Physical Education.
You will also need: 2 in HKDSE Maths, plus an English language qualification (see below).
Spain - Bachillerato
Overall average of 7.8 in the Título de Bachillerato including 8 in Chemistry, Maths, Biology, Physics, Geology, Geography, Earth Sciences and Environmental Sciences, Psychology, Industrial Technology or ICT.
You will also need: 5 in Graduado en Educación Secundaria (GES) Maths or 6 in Título de Bachiller Maths, plus an English language qualification (see below).
Italy - Diploma di Esame di Stato
85% in the Esame di Stato including 8 in Chemistry, Maths, Natural Science, Geography, Physical Education, or ICT.
You will also need: 5 in Maths in the Diploma, plus an English language qualification (see below).
Cyprus - Apolytirion
18.5 / 88% in the Apolytirion including 18 in Chemistry, Biology, Computer Science, Design and Technology, Information Technology, Geography, Maths, Physical Education or Physics.
You will also need: 14 in Maths in the Apolytirion, plus an English language qualification (see below).
Portugal
Overall average of 16 in a Secondary Certificate including 16 in Chemistry, Maths, Biology, Physics, Geology, Geography, Computer Applications, Psychology, Physical Education.
You will also need: 10 in Secondary Certificate Maths, plus an English language qualification (see below).
Canada - Diploma
70% / BBBBC in five courses in the Grade 12 Diploma including 70% in Advanced Functions, Biology, Calculus and Vectors, Chemistry, Computer Science, Maths of Data Management or Physics.
You will also need: 50% in Grade 11 Maths, plus an English language qualification (see below).
Kenya - KCSE / Diploma
We do not accept the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education for direct entry. However, you can apply to study an International Foundation Year at Keele University International College. On successful completion, you can progress to an undergraduate degree at Keele.
We may accept a two year Diploma. Please contact the University Admissions Team for advice.
Nigeria - Senior School Certificate / OND
We do not accept the Senior School Certificate (WAEC or NECO) for direct entry. However, you can apply to study an International Foundation Year at Keele University International College. On successful completion, you can progress to an undergraduate degree at Keele.
We may accept an Ordinary National Diploma with GPA of 2.5 or a Merit / Lower Credit. Please contact the University Admissions Team for advice.
USA - Advanced Placement
544 from three Advanced Placement subjects including 4 in Chemistry, Calculus (either), Physics (any), Biology, Computer Science (either), Environmental Science, Psychology or Statistics.
You will also need: C in Grade 12 High School Diploma Maths, plus an English language qualification (see below).
Ghana
We do not accept the West African Senior School Certificate Examination for direct entry. However, you can apply to study an International Foundation Year at Keele University International College. On successful completion, you can progress to an undergraduate degree at Keele.
Sri Lanka - Advanced Level
ABB in three Advanced Levels including B in Combined Maths, Chemistry, Physics, ICT, Biology, Physics or Agricultural Science.
You will also need: C in O-level Maths, plus an English language qualification (see below).
Malaysia - STPM
ABB in three Principal Level subjects in the STPM including B in Maths, ICT, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Geography, or Sports Science.
You will also need: C in SPM Maths, plus an English language qualification (see below).
Pakistan - Secondary School Certificate
We do not accept the Secondary School Certificate for direct entry. However, you can apply to study an International Foundation Year at Keele University International College. On successful completion, you can progress to an undergraduate degree at Keele.
Singapore - A Levels (H2)
ABB in three H2 levels including B in Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Computing, Maths, Further Maths or Geography.
You will also need: C in O-level Maths, plus an English language qualification (see below).
European Baccalaureate
75% overall with 7 in Chemistry, Maths (3 or 5 period), Physical Education, Biology (2 or 4 period), Geography (2 or 4 period), or Physics.
You will also need: 6 in European Baccalaureate Maths, plus an English language qualification (see below).
NCUK
Pass NCUK Foundation Year with ABB including B in one Science subject from the Keele Defined Sciences List.
Grade A in EAP English Language module.
You will also need: 4 / C in GCSE Maths or international equivalent.
Uganda - Advanced Certificate of Education
ABB in three Principal Level subjects in the Advanced Certificate of Education including B in Chemistry, Maths, Physics, Biology, or Geography.
You will also need: 6 in UACE or UCE Maths, plus an English language qualification (see below).
Zimbabwe - Advanced Level GCE
ABB in three Advanced Level subjects including B in Additional Maths, Agriculture, Animal Science, Biology, Building Technology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Crop Science, Food Technology and Design, Geography, Horticulture, Mechanical Maths, Metal Technology and Design, Physics, Pure Mathematics, Sport Science and Technology, Statistics, or Technical Graphics and Design.
You will also need: 4 / C in GCSE Maths or Level 2 Functional Skills Maths, plus an English language qualification (see below).
Additional information
Students must be 18 years old when they commence the course, or by 1 October of the first Semester.
Health checks and DBS Clearance
Offers are subject to Occupational Health clearances and an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) clearance.The University follows the DBS Code of Practice in these issues and can provide a copy of the Code on request.
Interview
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend an interview.
English language requirements
All our courses require an English language qualification or test. Most students meet this through a 4 or C in GCSE English. Please visit our English Language pages for details, including test information for international students. For students who require a test, this course requires a result from Group D.
Alternative and contextual offers
We're committed to ensuring equality of opportunity for applicants with the potential and motivation to succeed, regardless of background. We offer alternative offer schemes with clear eligibility criteria, including contextual offers, offers for those studying in the Keele region, and recognition of a range of additional qualifications.
General information
The entry grades outlined indicate the typical offer, along with any subject specific requirements. This is for general information only. Keele University reserves the right to vary conditions based upon a candidate's application.
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees for 2025/26 academic year
- UK: £9,535 for the 2025/6 academic year (subject to Parliamentary approval).
- International: Band 5, £24,900 for the 2025/26 academic year
Please note, our 2026/27 entry fees have not yet been set. We set our fees on an annual basis and they will be updated here once set.
For Home students, the University's fees are regulated by the UK Government and may be subject to change in subsequent years of your course in-line with government policy or legal requirements. For continuing international students, fees will increase annually by RPI, with a maximum cap of 5% per year.
For details of our international fee bands visit our Undergraduate tuition fees page.
Eligible Paramedic Science MSci students can apply for funding support via the NHS Learning Support Fund, which includes a £5,000 training grant and certain travel and accommodation costs for placements. More information, including eligibility criteria, can be found on the NHS Learning Support Fund website.
Going to university can be daunting as well as exciting. It's important to understand the costs and financial support available.
Our Student Financial Support team offers confidential advice and guidance to help you manage your money, resolve issues with Student Finance, create a budget, explore your options if you're facing financial hardship, and access any funding you are eligible for, such as bursaries and scholarships.
For more information visit our undergraduate fees and funding pages.
Your future career
The additional clinical knowledge and competencies gained on the Paramedic Science Integrated Masters include enhanced assessment skills, leadership qualities and robust evidence-based practice. This supports rapid career development and can lead to exciting career opportunities in emergency, urgent and primary care.
Upon graduation you will be eligible to register with the Health and Care Professions Council as a registered Paramedic. Our programme utilises a rotational model as detailed by the Health Education England Rotating Paramedic Programme (2018), so you can engage with a wide range of practice to support improvement of patient experience and provide a range of career opportunities upon qualification.
The majority of graduates will work within a variety of settings within the NHS. On successful completion of the programme, you will have studied to an advanced practice level, however, to develop your future career you may be required to undertake further study and continuing professional development.
You may also be required to develop experience in your area of practice to further enhance your opportunities. Career prospects for you upon graduation from this programme may include:
Clinical Practice as a Paramedic:
- Ambulance Paramedic
- Primary care*
- Urgent and Emergency and/or Critical Care*
- Advanced Paramedic/Clinical Practitioner* – (Accident & Emergency, Critical Care, Primary Care)
- Consultant Paramedic
*The clinician must typically have 3 years post qualification experience before being eligible to progress into advanced practice roles and to study Independent & Supplementary Prescribing for Allied Health Professionals (plus additional entry criteria).
Leadership and Management:
- Team Leader
- Manager
- Senior Manager
- Director
Research and Development*:
- Research Paramedic
- Research Fellow
- Reader
- Professor
*Extensive research experience will be required before being eligible for progression into higher roles.
Education*:
- Practice Educator
- Lecturer
- Senior Lecturer
- Director
*Postgraduate teaching qualifications and extensive experience will be required before being eligible for progression into higher roles.
Enhance your employability
Keele’s Careers and Employability team (Shortlisted for Best University Careers Employment Service - National Undergraduate Employability Awards, 2021), offers a variety of personal and career development opportunities to enhance your employability.
From mock interviews, careers guidance and CV advice, to careers fairs, and networking events, along with helping you find part-time and graduate employment - the team will support you throughout your studies and beyond.
Find out more about our careers and employability services, including career planning, alumni mentoring, jobs, internships, starting your own business and much more.
Facilities
The School of Medicine is located in the David Weatherall building on Keele University's main campus. This provides a state-of-the-art learning environment with two lecture theatres, various size classrooms, seminar rooms, and tutorial rooms.
Teaching, learning and assessment
We use different learning and teaching methods on the Paramedic Science Integrated Master’s depending on the subject matter and module level. Teaching takes place in both the university and clinical environments. Integrating the theory you have learnt on the course with learning from placement settings helps you consolidate your knowledge and apply it practically to your clinical practice.
Parts of the programme including paramedic practical skills are taught in small groups. In practice settings you will work with designated practice educators and a range of healthcare professionals as well as being assisted by visiting tutors from the School.
In your programme you will sometimes be expected to role play and engage in simulated clinical scenarios with other students, such as the practice and observation of practical skills in physical contact with other students. For some specific practices, this may necessitate modification of dress - e.g., to shorts and t-shirt. These activities will be conducted in a professional, safe, respectful and culturally sensitive way, under the supervision of academic staff, according to a defined protocol.
Theoretical elements of this course are taught using:
- Lectures
- Practical work
- Learning in the practice environment
- Small group workshops
- Individual and group presentations
- Student and tutor led tutorials
- Web based learning
- Independent study
- Inter-professional learning with other health and social care students
Foundation year
Our Foundation Year provides an excellent alternative route to Keele, offering preparation for your chosen degree with guaranteed entry onto your undergraduate course once you successfully complete.
This extra year of study can improve your academic skills, expand your subject knowledge, build your confidence, and provide a better understanding of higher education.
On our Foundation Year, you'll join our undergraduate community from the outset, with access to all the facilities and support you'd get as an undergraduate student at Keele.
The information in this Foundation Year section is for UK/Home applicants. Where an international Foundation Year is available, please see the 'Information for international students' tab.
If you do not meet the requirements for direct entry into our Paramedic Science Integrated Master's course, our Foundation Year can provide an alternative route into your degree. This tab provides information relating to:
- Indicative modules for the Foundation Year
- Foundation Year entry requirements
- Information on how to apply
- UCAS code for this course
Course content
Our Foundation Year allows you to develop your critical thinking, academic reading, writing, and communication study skills along with subject-specific knowledge and skills. Upon meeting the progression criteria and successfully completing our Foundation Year, you will automatically progress into your Keele undergraduate degree with the confidence that you have the skills, and knowledge needed to successfully complete your course.
This Foundation Year is a two semester programme which provides a tailored pre-degree programme of study to better prepare you for the Paramedic Science Integrated Masters course. For example, in the Academic and Professional Development for Health module you will begin to develop an awareness of professional standards that you will be working to in your degree and professional career. Course content has been developed in collaboration with degree teaching teams, so that by the time you begin Year 1, you will be ready to excel at your studies, as the majority of our Foundation Year students do.
On this Foundation Year, we will advance your knowledge of human biology and chemistry, giving you a solid grasp of body systems, science and lab work. You'll develop safe, professional laboratory skills and get to know the mathematical techniques and quantitative methods used across health science-related and social care programmes. You will also be introduced to concepts relating to organic, inorganic, physical and analytical chemistry.
Throughout the programme, you will develop subject-specific and broad-based skills that will be invaluable in your academic career and beyond. You can find out more about our Foundation Year, including information on learning, teaching and assessment methods and further opportunities available to you by visiting Foundation Year webpages.
Course structure
The module details given below are indicative and will give you a good idea of the range of subjects that we teach. We regularly review our teaching to ensure that the modules we offer are up-to-date; therefore, the modules available to study are liable to change.
| Semester One Modules | ||
| FYO-00237 | Foundations of Human Biology for Health | 15 credits |
| FYO-00241 | Foundations of Chemistry for Health | 15 credits |
| FYO-00213 | Foundations of Numerical and Quantitative Methods for Health Students | 15 credits |
| Semester Two Modules | ||
| FYO-00239 | Advancing Human Biology for Health | 30 credits |
| FYO-00243 | Advancing Chemistry for Health | 15 credits |
| Year Long Modules (Semester One and Two) | ||
| FYO-00181 | Academic and Professional Development for Health | 15 credits |
Entry requirements
The entry grades outlined in this section indicate the likely offer or range of offers which would be made to candidates along with any subject specific requirements. This is for general information only. Keele University reserves the right to vary offer conditions depending upon a candidate’s application. Read more about our undergraduate entry requirements.
Academic Entry Requirements
- 104 UCAS points including at least one Level 3 qualification (such as an A Level, BTEC, Access Course, or T Level) or 96 UCAS points including A level / Scottish Higher / IB Diploma Physics, Chemistry or Biology, T Level Health, Healthcare Science or Science, or BTEC Applied Human Biology or Applied Science (any level)
- Plus C in GCSE English / Level 2 Functional Skills English and C in GCSE Maths / Level 2 Functional Skills Maths.
Additional Requirements
CRIMINAL RECORDS DECLARATION (DBS/DISCLOSURE SCOTLAND)
Candidates who progress from this Foundation Year onto year 1 of the degree course will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check (Enhanced plus Barring Lists) and health check.
INTERVIEW
An interview is required for entry onto the Paramedic Science with Integrated Master's with Foundation Year and will follow the same format as for the MSci Paramedic Science programme.
HEALTH CHECK
A satisfactory health check will be required for successful candidates.
Progression requirements
Students on the Foundation Year will have to achieve the follow grades to be eligible to join the MSci Paramedic Science programme:
- Semester 1 - 40% or above in all modules.
- Semester 2 - 60% average in the remaining 75 credits.
How to apply
UCAS Applications
Visit UCAS for applications. You should apply for Paramedic Science with Integrated Master's with Foundation Year
UCAS code: B951
Direct Entry
If you are a UK or EU student, already have your qualifications, are not expecting any further results and only wish to apply to Keele, please contact the Admissions Office directly.
The information in this Foundation Year section is for UK/Home applicants. Where an international Foundation Year is available, please see the 'Information for international students' tab.
We also offer a January start for some of our Foundation Year courses. Adopting a blended learning approach, the January start is particularly useful for students wishing to return to education following time out of studying, or who are seeking a flexible approach to their Foundation Year studies. Our January start is available across most of our Science, Humanities, Social Science, Health and Business courses.
Whilst still being a full-time course, our blended delivery model combines live teaching sessions - both online and on-campus - with self-directed study, enabling you to predominantly study at a time that suits your lifestyle. You will benefit from weekly online taught sessions which encourage you to engage with your teachers and peers.
In addition to online study there will be a series of full study days that you will be required to attend throughout each semester. These sessions may include lab-based activities, group work, review of course and assessment materials studied online. They will emphasise opportunities for you to deepen your knowledge and understanding of your chosen route.
Please refer to the September start tab for more information about the entry requirements and what you will study. The modules that you will take on a January start Foundation Year will be similar to those for the September start, but on a compressed timescale and tailored to a blended learning approach (with the majority of learning taking place online).
For more information, including fees, the UCAS code for this course, how to apply, and how you will be taught, please visit our January Start Foundation Year webpage.
Our International Foundation Year is delivered on campus through Keele University International College (KUIC). Find out more about the International Foundation Year options on the KUIC website.
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