Our three-year BSc in Paramedic Science is the very first in the UK to enable students to qualify with a nationally recognised qualification in Advanced Life Support, as accredited by the Resuscitation Council UK. Designed and delivered in line with College of Paramedics curriculum guidance framework, it will provide you with a contemporary and complete paramedic education. 

Year-on-year, you’ll build on your skills, knowledge and experience, developing a solid foundation for your paramedic career. You’ll explore real human anatomy in our anatomy suite. And you’ll work side-by-side with other students and healthcare professionals, giving you 360° insight into everyone’s roles. 

Throughout the course you’ll complete placements on ambulances, hospital wards, specialist units and general practice, so you can put the theory into practice. And you’ll be able to shape the course to fit your own skillset with an elective placement in your final year. 

Highlights of Paramedic Science at UEA 

• Be a part of the first UK Paramedic Science programme to offer students the opportunity to qualify with a nationally recognised qualification in Advanced Life Support accredited by the Resuscitation Council UK 

• Make the course your own by planning an elective placement (a self-funded four-week placement abroad) 

• Develop expertise working alongside fellow healthcare professionals, plus agencies including the fire and rescue service and the police 

• Explore real human anatomy linked to clinical practice in our anatomy suite 

• Undertake a range of clinical placements on ambulances and other clinical areas such as hospital wards, specialist units and in general practice 

• Become valued member of and contributor to the #UEAParamedic community 

ABOUT

Study for a degree in Paramedic Science and take your first steps towards a career where you can make a real difference when it’s needed most. Not for the faint-hearted, you’ll be tackling difficult and demanding situations, where you’ll have to think on your feet, use your initiative and make conscientious, patient-centered decisions every day. 

Our three-year Paramedic Science degree offers a contemporary and holistic approach to paramedic education. Both challenging and exciting, it will equip you with the skills and knowledge you need to assess, treat, diagnose, supply and administer medicines to, manage, discharge and refer patients in urgent, emergency, critical and non-hospital settings. In short, it will give you a flying start in this fast-paced profession. 

PLACEMENT YEAR AND STUDY ABROAD

You have the option to enhance your studies by taking an elective, self-funded two- to four-week placement anywhere in the world in your final year. Your placement can take the form you choose and will enable you to adapt the course to your own interests and strengths. 

AFTER THE COURSE

Our degree programme is approved by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), which means that once you successfully graduate you’ll be entitled to register as a paramedic. 

Paramedics are highly sought-after, and many of our graduates go on to work in the NHS ambulance service. However, you could also specialise in critical, urgent or primary care, or focus on non-clinical settings. You could work in an emergency department, the private sector, a walk-in centre, or a GP practice. Or you could even continue in higher education as a lecturer or clinical researcher.

CAREER DESTINATIONS

Although most graduates go on to work in the ambulance services, as a paramedic graduate you’ll also be sought after in a number of clinical areas. For example: 

• Primary care 

• Emergency departments 

• Education 

• Private ambulance services 

• Prisons 

• Off-shore platforms