Physiotherapy Degree
Madrid, Spain
Bachelor's degree
DURATION
4 years
LANGUAGES
Spanish
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Oct 2027
TUITION FEES
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: You’ll train for clinical practice in physiotherapy with a curriculum combining health sciences, digital tools, critical thinking and introductions to specialties. Subjects include psychology and pharmacology, digital applications and software, research methods, and optional modules such as pelvic floor physiotherapy. You’ll also take a complementary Training Degree in Creative Transmedia Communication to develop content, communication and audiovisual skills for health contexts.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can work as physiotherapists, rehabilitation specialists, sports or pelvic floor physiotherapists, private practice owners, clinical researchers, or digital health clinicians. Skills also suit roles in health communication and content creation, Keywords: rehabilitation, tele-rehab, patient education.
A change in lifestyle is accelerating the demand for physical therapists. With this UNIE degree, you are prepared to practice Physiotherapy, both nationally and internationally, taking into account the current and future needs of the profession.
The innovative and differential character of the study plan contemplates not only the scientific context, but also the social and digital environment. For this reason, by studying Physiotherapy at UNIE, you will acquire solid training in four fundamental aspects to develop your career:
- Health Sciences. With subjects such as Psychology or Pharmacology.
- Formative digitization. With the use of digital tools, applications and specific software.
- Critical thinking. With subjects that will train you to plan, execute, analyze and transmit results.
- Introduction to physiotherapy specialties. With optional subjects based on aspects of high demand (Pelvic floor physiotherapy, for example) and also with the possibility of learning to create and manage your own company.
In addition, you will access a Training Degree in Creative Transmedia Communication taken in addition to the degree, offering you the possibility of training in content and skills drawn from the world of communication and the audiovisual industry.
First course
- Human Anatomy and Histology I
- Human Physiology I
- Fundamentals of Psychology in Health Sciences
- Biophysical, biochemical and biological bases
- Legislation and Public Health
- Human Anatomy and Histology II
- Biomechanics of the Locomotor System I
- Fundamentals of Physiotherapy: Clinical Reasoning and Research
- Human Physiology II
Second course
- Biomechanics of the Locomotor System II
- Assessment in Physiotherapy
- Medical-surgical conditions
- General Procedures in Physiotherapy I (Kinesiotherapy, massage therapy…)
- Pharmacology in Physiotherapy
- Basic and advanced life support
- General Procedures in Physiotherapy II
- Specific intervention methods in Physiotherapy I: Cardio-respiratory.
- Physiotherapy in clinical specialties I: cardio-respiratory.
Third course
- Introduction to Clinical Placements: Simulation Environments
- Specific Intervention Methods in Physiotherapy II: Neuro-musculoskeletal and cardiovascular (1)
- Specific Intervention Methods in Physiotherapy III: Neurological and Geriatric
- Physiotherapy in Clinical Specialties II: Neuro-musculoskeletal and cardiovascular (1)
- Physiotherapy in Clinical Specialties III: Neurological and Geriatric
- Specific Intervention Methods in Physiotherapy II: Neuro-musculoskeletal and cardiovascular (2)
- Physiotherapy in Clinical Specialties II: Neuro-musculoskeletal and cardiovascular (2)
- Research Methodology in Health Sciences
- Academic Internships: Clinical Internships I
Fourth grade
- Biostatistics and Information and Communication Technologies applied to health.
- External Academic Internships: Clinical Placements II
- Optional 1
- Optional 2
- Optional 3
- External Academic Internships: Clinical Placements III
- Final Degree Project
Optional
- Physiotherapy in the treatment of the pelvic floor
- Physiotherapy in sports
- Introduction to Orthopedic Manual Therapy
- Introduction to ultrasound-guided procedures and invasive physiotherapy
- Planning and Management of Physiotherapy Centers
The student will be trained not only in the scientific context but also in the social and digital environment. They will be trained in the various physiotherapy specialties most in demand in today's society.
Aimed at students who have a vocation for assisting and accompanying patients in their recovery process and communication skills.