MSc in Advanced Physiotherapy
Manchester, United Kingdom
DURATION
1 up to 2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 20,000 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* full-time | EUR 2223 part-time per 20 credits studied
Introduction
Designed for qualified physiotherapists, this course gives you the opportunity to develop your knowledge and professional practice across a range of practical and theory-based modules. The course focuses heavily on evidence-informed practice and developing a clinician’s critical thinking at the master's level.
You’ll complete core modules of study that will equip you with the skills to design and then undertake a research project, quality improvement project, service evaluation or systematised literature review within a contemporary area of physiotherapy. Our two musculoskeletal core modules will develop your evidence-based practice skills in assessing, diagnosing, and treating musculoskeletal dysfunction.
Features and Benefits
- Flexible studying - Fit studying around your career and take some modules as a standalone study, or study an MSc full-time or part-time.
- Specialist facilities - You’ll use our on-campus physiotherapy facilities depending upon your module choices, which include eight separate practice rooms and a movement laboratory.
- Specialist Study – We offer several modules of study that suit more experienced clinicians looking to advance their skills in First Contact Practice or skills such as Musculoskeletal Injection Therapy.
Admissions
Curriculum
Course information
This master's degree helps you expand your knowledge and skills through a mix of practical and theoretical modules. The course emphasises evidence-based practice and develops critical thinking at the master's level.
You can choose to study full-time or part-time, with both groups learning together in core and optional modules. Alternatively, you can take individual modules to meet specific career goals and decide later if you want to pursue the full degree. Previous module credits may be applied to the degree through our Recognition of Prior Learning policy.
Year 1
During your MSc, you will undertake a mix of core and option modules.
As a full-time student, you will complete taught modules within 12 months. If you are a part-time student, you must complete your MSc over a period of two years.
Core units
- Research and Quality in Professional Practice
- Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Upper Quadrant
- Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Lower Quadrant
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Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the university website for more information.
Career Opportunities
In our course, you’ll develop the knowledge and critical thinking to help you in clinical practice along with evidence-based practice and research skills.
Upon completion of this course, you will have gained significant knowledge and skills, widening the opportunities to apply for more senior and specialist physiotherapy roles within the NHS. Here, you could apply for a promotion to the next band in the NHS pay scale or help improve the clinical competencies required to gain a first-contact practitioner status. In particular, we have unit learning that is matched to the clinical competencies required to complete the clinical pillar of the ‘First Contact Practitioners and Advanced Practitioners in Primary Care: (Musculoskeletal) A Roadmap to Practice.’
In the private sector, this qualification might open routes to work or establish your own private practice. It may also open avenues in higher education teaching or research. Those working in part-time sports environments may benefit from adding the master's levels of clinical reasoning skills to apply for full-time posts in sporting environments.
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Program Admission Requirements
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