About us

We are committed to graduating excellent health and care practitioners from our range of courses with the aim to help improve health care, recruitment and retention of health and social care professionals in our area by our course provision. Our courses span across Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science, Allied Health Therapies, Medical Technologies and Sports and Active Living. The respective professional bodies have approved our Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, Radiography (Diagnostic Imaging), Prosthetics/Orthotics and Occupational Therapy programmes, and we are fully endorsed by the Health and Care Professions Council for all in-scope programmes.

We are delighted to work in partnership with a wide range of stakeholders and partners across health and social care arenas. Our partnerships include primary, secondary, community and social care providers within the NHS, local authorities as well as private and third sector (voluntary) organisations. Our education and research benefit from strong engagement with patients and public members from across our communities.

Our research brings together scientists, engineers and clinical researchers to tackle the physical limitations brought on by disease, injury and ageing, as well as promoting active and healthy living.

We are proud of our rankings in University League Tables, most recently, with having our Pharmacy, Radiography and Physiotherapy programmes ranked top 10 in England in the Times Good University Guide 2025, and Allied Health research ranked 4th in the UK in the research excellent framework

We are also proud of a University to have been ranked GOLD in the Teaching Excellence Framework