Operating Department Practice BSc (Hons)

Applications for this course are now closed for the 2026/27 academic year. Applications for 2027/28 are open now in UCAS A crucial role Doctors and nurses aren’t the only key players in hospitals and healthcare settings: Operating Department Practitioners (ODPs) also play a crucial role. If you’d like to be part of the valuable team helping patients prepare, undergo, and recover from surgery, then this course is for you. The operating department assists patients throughout their time in whichever healthcare setting they may be in. Gain both expertise and experience with a combination of academic study and clinical practice in a real world environment at our clinical allocation hospitals. Thanks to our specialist skills and valuable work placements, you’ll graduate with excellent career prospects, as well as the opportunity to become accredited and registered as an ODP with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).

If your first language is not English you must have the following minimum International English Language Test Score (IELTS) results at the time of applying: 7.0 overall or equivalent 7.0 in the listening and reading sections 7.0 in the writing and speaking sections.

International students: £16,440 per year

UK students: £9,790 per year

UK/Home: £9,790 per year

International: £16,440 per year

September

UCAS deadline for 2026 entry

• Southwark Campus, United Kingdom