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HEALTH SCIENCES

Where Care Meets Real Impact

Study Health Sciences and support the wellbeing of people around the world. As these fields evolve, you’ll encounter new possibilities to tackle complex challenges, support individuals directly, and influence how care is delivered.

At Lincoln, you can build the knowledge, practical skills, and critical insight you need to make meaningful contributions in health and social care settings. Whatever your background, you’ll develop the expertise and confidence to create lasting impact — for individuals, services, and society.

Undergraduate Courses

Explore a wide range of health sciences and social care programmes designed for people who want to make a real difference.

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BSc (Hons) Dental Hygiene and Therapy

BSc (Hons) Dental Hygiene and Therapy with Gateway Year

BSc (Hons) Diagnostic Radiography

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BSc (Hons) Midwifery

BSc (Hons) Nursing (Registered Nurse - Adult)

BSc (Hons) Nursing (Registered Nurse - Child)

BSc (Hons) Nursing (Registered Nurse - Mental Health)

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BSc (Hons) Paramedic Science

BSc (Hons) Social Work Practice

BSc (Hons) Pharmaceutical Science

MSci Applied Pharmaceutical Science

MSci Pharmaceutical Science with Business Management

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MPharm Pharmacy

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BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science

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MBio Biomedical Science

MBChB Medicine

MBChB (with Gateway Year) Medicine

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BSc (Hons) Dental Hygiene and Therapy

Our Dental Hygiene and Therapy degree is your route to a career that makes a difference to people's lives every day. This course is designed to help you become a highly skilled, confident, and compassionate dental professional eligible to register with the General Dental Council (GDC) as a Dental Therapist on graduating.

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Practice Placements

At the University of Lincoln, you’ll get the chance to learn beyond the classroom through placements with a wide range of local partners. Depending on your course, this could include hospitals, care homes, hospices, charities, schools, local councils, and private organisations.

Lincolnshire itself is a diverse region—spanning cities, countryside, and coastal communities—each with its own challenges and opportunities. That means your placement experience won’t be one-size-fits-all. You’ll build a broad mix of real-world skills and insights, helping you feel prepared and confident for whatever path you choose next.

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Meet Our Alumni: Kristina Key

Health and Social Care Alumni Kristina Key recently visited the university to discuss how her degree helped her career with Lincolnshire Talking Therapies.

Case Study: Insight to Primary Care Placements

The Insight to Primary Care Placement opportunity is available to Nursing, Pharmacy and Paramedic Students. The placement will take place within Primary Care and Community settings in Lincolnshire and will involve Insight and Tour Days giving students the opportunity to gain clinical competencies, insights and teaching to carry out health checks, medication reviews, history taking and a wide variety of Primary Care based activities.

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Postgraduate Programmes

Our postgraduate programmes span a broad range of specialist areas. You may also choose to undertake research programmes under the supervision of our academic staff.

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MSc Advanced Clinical Practice

MSc Contemporary Physiotherapy Practice

MSc Physiotherapy (pre-registration)

MSc Nursing (Pre-registration - Adult)

MSc Nursing (Pre-registration - Child)

MSc Nursing (Pre-registration - Mental Health)

MSc Integrated Professional Practice

MSc Occupational Therapy (pre-registration)

MSc Safeguarding: Leading Safer Organisations

MSc Speech and Language Therapy (Pre-registration)

MSc by Research Health and Social Care

MSc by Research Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

PG Cert Safeguarding: Leading Safer Organisations

MPhil/PhD Health and Social Care

MPhil/PhD Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

PhD Practice Portfolio in Health and Social Care

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Oxford Medical Simulation Case Study:

Nursing Assessment in VR

The University of Lincoln has partnered with Oxford Medical Simulation to deliver a virtual reality solution for our 2nd year BSc students to work with. This has both provided a means of delivering more realistic and robust simulations, as well as skills assessments while saving time and critically – without sacrificing quality.

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Explore Our Facilities in 360°

The Sarah Swift Building is home to clinical suites which simulate hospital and home environments, and feature specialist artificial patient technologies, including large plinth rooms and a new VR teaching suite, where you can build your confdence in practice.

Growing the future of dental education in Lincolnshire

Strong Roots

Lincolnshire faces some of the most significant challenges in England when it comes to access to NHS dental care. At the University of Lincoln, we are working with people and organisations from across the region to change that with a clear ambition: to establish a dental school in Lincolnshire.

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Nursing and Social Work Apprenticeships

Our apprenticships provide the opportunity to study for a degree while gaining hands-on experience and a professional pathway for future development. Funded by the government and your employer, our apprenticeships combine work-based learning and education, which gives employers the opportunity to select, train and develop their workforce according to an employer-defined standard.

Our Apprenticeships Offer

Health and Wellbeing Hub

Professional Development Courses

Explore our post-registration programmes and continuing professional development for qualified practitioners working across the health and social care sector.

Health and Wellbeing Hub

Explore Our Research

Lincoln Institute for Rural and Coastal Health

Conducting world-class research to address the most challenging health issues facing rural and coastal communities across the world.

Community and Health Research Unit

With a mission to enhance people’s health and wellbeing and reduce inequalities.

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Autism Research Innovation Centre

Focusing on strengthening the wider autism community through participatory action research.

Cancer and Ageing Research Group

Adopting a multidisciplinary approach to increase understanding of disease associated with ageing at the molecular level.

Diabetes, Metabolism and Inflammation Research Group

A vision to create a strong, dynamic, and engaged culture to carry out research that has the potential for real-world impact.

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Drug Discovery, Design and Delivery Research Group

Exploring pre-clinical aspects, from the identification of novel drug targets to the development of improved methods of delivery.

Healthy Ageing Research Group

Research aims to support the challenges faced by an increasing global life expectancy and ageing populations.

Mental Health and Health Care Research Group

Providing expert knowledge and guidance to create and drive innovation in health and social care settings.

Microbiology and Biotechnology Research Group

Answering fundamental questions relating to the characterisation, evaluation, and testing of microorganisms and viruses.

Psychological Health and Wellbeing Research Group

Specialising in developing and applying contemporary psychological science to address health-related challenges.

Research Spotlight

Tackling Health Inequalities

The University of Lincoln has secured a £10.9 million grant from UK Research and Innovation to help tackle place-based inequalities in rural and coastal communities through an innovative approach to health and wellbeing research.

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Our Postgraduate Researchers

Meet PhD student Georgia Clay, whose research at the University of Lincoln is examining the relationships between health, physical activity, service professionals, and older adult stroke survivors in the context of community stroke rehabilitation.

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Academic Profile

Professor Mark Gussy

Mark Gussy is Global Professor in Rural Health and Social Care and he is exploring the broader determinants of health to help transform current practices and ensure that marginalised communities have access to the support they need.

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