Speech therapy courses

Training as a speech and language therapist

This page describes the degree courses in speech and language therapy.

Pre registration speech and language therapy programmes
Most speech and language therapy students will do a three or four year degree or honours degree course. These are provided by a number of universities in the UK.

The courses will include a balance of both theoretical and practical components. The theoretical components will include lectures and seminars in language pathology and therapeutics, speech and language sciences, behavioural sciences, biomedical sciences, education, acoustics, research, methodology and statistics, psychology, sociology and professional issues.

The practical components of the course will give the student the opportunity to apply the theory to practice and to develop their clinical skills by working with a variety of patients in a range of work settings under the supervision of qualified speech and language therapists.

There is an accelerated course available for those who already have an appropriate first degree. The courses will be over two years and are for people who have graduated in other disciplines and wish to qualify as a speech and language therapist.

These courses will lead to either a postgraduate diploma or a masters degree.

All accredited programmes have been approved by the Health Professions Council for regulatory purposes and students who graduate from these programmes will be eligible to apply for registration with the Health Professions Council.

NHS Careers strives to maintain an up to date list of HPC-approved courses. However, for the latest list of approved courses, please visit the HPC website

Courtsey: nhs.co.uk