Study audiology at The University of Manchester

Undergraduate audiology

Use your passion for science to help people hear and start your career in a rapidly developing area of the NHS. Split your time between learning from experts at the University and putting your learning into practice on a variety of placements.

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A rewarding career

Audiologists work with people who have hearing and balance disorders. If you like interacting with people, are fascinated by cutting-edge technology and want diverse career options, then audiology may be for you.

Our degree gives you practitioner-level training and an accredited qualification which allows you to work within both the NHS and the private sector.

Most of our graduates become clinical audiologists or hearing-aid audiologists, but others have gone on to work with hearing aid manufacturers and dispensing companies, universities, charities and schools. 95% of recent graduates are in work or further study six months after graduation.

How you learn

You'll cover theoretical, practical and clinical aspects of audiology and related neurosensory topics through lectures, tutorials and hands on training. Practical skills training takes place in our well-equipped laboratories, while clinical training takes place within NHS and private clinics.

"Studying audiology at the University is very exciting. Here, you get the best of both worlds, the one-to-one contact with lecturers at university and then placement during the rest of the week where you can really put all your learning into practice."
Nafeesa Khan / BSc Healthcare Science (Audiology)

Placement experience

Throughout your degree, you get 50 weeks of practical and clinical experience in a variety of clinical skills labs, the NHS and independent sector placements.

You’ll also get the chance to enhance your CV through leadership and employment-focused units, support and extracurricular opportunities.

Learn from experts

Manchester is the leading centre for audiology training in Europe, and you will learn from internationally recognised experts at the Manchester Centre for Audiology and Deafness (ManCAD).

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Day in the life of an audiology student

Nafeesa takes us through a typical day on campus studying audiology.

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Day in the life on a clinical audiology placement

Final year student Daniel explains what happens on a day in the clinic.

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Improving clinical practice for babies with hearing loss

Watch a short animation about how our research is helping babies with hearing loss.

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Healthcare Science (Audiology) (BSc)

"My degree not only made it possible for me to apply for a band 5 position, it also gave me experience in two different hospitals for my placement in my third year. It is one of these hospitals in which I started full-time work."
Uzma Khan / BSc Healthcare Science (Audiology) graduate and NHS Audiologist