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Healthcare

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Healthcare is a vital area of study. By enhancing well-being, preventing disease, improving diagnoses, developing new therapies and advancing clinical practice, we can tackle the demands of complex and chronic health conditions.

The University of Reading enjoys international recognition for its expertise in many health and biomedical areas that are making essential contributions to our healthcare-related degree courses. We have a well-established network of clinical partners hosted on campus and regionally, including the Royal Berkshire Hospital and Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust, and together we have established the Thames Valley Clinical Trials Unit to help deliver impactful clinical outcomes from our scientific discoveries.

You can choose to study healthcare from a variety of perspectives, including psychology, clinical language sciences, biological sciences, medical sciences, chemistry, food and pharmacy. Depending on which programme you select, you will be encouraged to improve our understanding of disease, develop new treatments, investigate the process of emotion, understand language, or study the relationship between the brain and the environment.

You’ll learn from experts in their fields who work collaboratively with other university departments and beyond. For example, our biomedical science programme was developed in partnership with practising NHS laboratory scientists, some of our psychology modules are taught by professional psychologists from our on-site NHS clinics, and our food courses are designed in collaboration with industry partners who provide a range of work placements for our students. 

Our graduates go on to work for employers such as the NHS, Public Health England, and pharmaceutical or academic laboratories. Others have found work in scientific publishing, clinical trials, with civil services, schools and charities, or have gone on to study for higher research degrees or commence a medical, dentistry or veterinary degree course.

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We have a range of outstanding facilities that benefit our work in neuroscience, cardiovascular and metabolic research, chemical analysis, and psychological treatments.

There is also a new £50m Health and Life Sciences Building planned at Reading, providing 7,557m2 of lab and teaching space.

It was great to have the opportunity to learn about a variety of different topics that have so much relevance in the real world of food, from sensory to microbiology and food processing to genetics. I particularly enjoyed learning about recent research from enthusiastic lecturers who are experts in their fields and keen to help you learn.

Marie Kettlewell
BSc Nutrition and Food Science with Professional Training

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