MSc Speech and Language Therapy (Pre-Registration)

at University of Essex

Postgraduate study is the chance to take your education to the next level. These carefully selected modules will give you the chance to explore, question, and create powerful ideas. Picked to give you an extensive and in-depth education, they’ll equip you with the specialist knowledge, vital transferrable skills, and the confidence to make a genuine difference to the world around you.

Attendance at the university is full time, along with your clinical placements.

We’re reactive, we’re pioneering, we never stand still, so modules might change from year to year in response to new developments and innovation. Those listed below show how a typical course might look, but more detail on course structure, including details of all optional modules, is available on our Programme Specification.

Year 1

• Using Evidence in Health Care Practice
• Speech and Language Therapy - Paediatrics 1
• Speech and Language Therapy - Paediatrics 2
• Speech and Language Therapy - Paediatrics 3
• Speech and Language Therapy - Paediatrics 4
• Interprofessional Collaboration and Development
• Speech and Language Therapy Foundation Studies 1

Final Year

• Research Activity
• Speech and Language Therapy - Adults 1
• Speech and Language Therapy - Adults 2
• Speech and Language Therapy - Adults 3
• Speech and Language Therapy - Adults 4
• Foundation Studies 2 - Pathology for Speech and Language Therapy

International & EU entry requirements

Our applicants should have:

• A degree with an overall grade of between 50 to 55% OR 5.3 to 5.8/10 OR 2.12 to 2.32/4 depending on the degree institution
• successful performance at interview

You must also have: two satisfactory references (including an academic reference and a work based one).Don't worry if you cannot provide your reference when you make your application, as if we make you an offer you will be able to provide this at a later stage. References should be recent and verifiable, on official institution paper, signed and dated by the referee.

If a referee wishes to provide an email reference, it must be sent from the referee’s email account.

You must also have a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check (including child and adult barred list check) and a Occupational Health Check - both of these are organised by the University.

A satisfactory Overseas Criminal Record Check/Local Police Certificate is also required, in addition to a DBS check, where you have lived outside of the UK in the last 5 years for 6 months or more. Where it is not possible to obtain an Overseas Check a relevant professional reference may be accepted

English language requirements

English language requirements for applicants whose first language is not English: IELTS 8.0 overall, with a minimum of 7.5 in each component.

Home/UK fee
£9,250 per year

International fee
£20,350 per year

Fees will increase for each academic year of study.

We currently have graduates working in clinical, management and education positions in local Trusts, Hospitals, Schools, care organisations, and Higher Education Intuitions.

Speech and language therapists are employed in a wide variety of contexts including the NHS, education and health and social care.