Southampton launches the UK’s first integrated Master’s Audiology course

The new course will offer students the opportunity to complete their undergraduate and Master’s level audiology training in a single programme, to qualify with an MSci Healthcare Science (Audiology).

The MSci is an undergraduate-entry programme involving four years of full-time study. The first three years are identical to the existing BSc Healthcare Science (Audiology) programme at Southampton and includes 40 weeks of clinical placement. The additional fourth year will extend students’ knowledge, scientific, cognitive and leadership skills in research, clinical decision-making and specific clinical areas of audiology. A part-time option for the final Master’s level year will also be available for students who wish to start working in audiology at the end of the third year. Students already studying the BSc can to transfer onto the MSci, visa permitting for international students.

Admissions Tutor Dr Daniel Rowan, from the University’s Institute for Sound and Vibration Research (ISVR), says: “Our MSc Audiology was the first of its kind when it was established in 1972. We are very excited to be leading the way once again with the innovative new MSci programme. It combines the success of our existing programmes with the reassurance for UK students of being able to finance, and for international students being able to apply for a visa for, both Bachelor’s and Master’s level study in one go.”

Both the BSc and the MSci have been accredited by the Registration Council for Clinical Physiologists (RCCP), allowing UK students to register as audiologists after graduation. For UK students, the MSci can also help build towards Clinical Scientist registration through the British Academy of Audiology’s Higher Training Scheme, depending on the modules they choose.

The MSci programme offers ambitious, high-achieving international undergraduate students the opportunity to train as audiologists in the UK National Health Service, as well as to graduate with a Master’s degree, which is necessary to practice as an audiologist in many parts of the world. Places are limited and competition is expected to be high.

For more details, please visit : www.southampton.ac.uk/engineering/undergraduate/courses/audiology_list.page