Passionate about helping others and making a real impact?
A degree in healthcare could be your path to a rewarding career.
Whether you're interested in nursing, medical research, or public health, studying healthcare equips you with the skills to care for others and improve lives. Explore the diverse career options in healthcare and see how you can play a vital role in the wellbeing of your community and beyond.
Careers in healthcare
What are my career options with a healthcare degree?
Discover how a healthcare degree can lead you to an exciting and meaningful career.
Watch the video to find out more.
Choose from a variety of career pathways
The healthcare sector offers many jobs across different fields, specialisms and type of work.
Healthcare professionals can work in general roles, highly specialised jobs and in areas related to healthcare which are not patient facing.
Don't want to be a doctor?
Find out more about some alternative healthcare roles:
Working life after my degree
Laura offers us a peek into her busy, rewarding first year on the job as a speech and language therapist.
Read the blog : Working life after my degree in speech and language therapy.
Meet the professionals
Two pharmacy graduates guide us through some alternative career paths within pharmacy.
Read the blog : Meet the professionals: The alternative career paths within pharmacy.
My path to becoming a specialist midwife
Midwifery graduate Amy’s career path has taken her from the classroom to the delivery room, and onwards to the lecture theatre.
Read the blog : My path to becoming a specialist midwife: Part 1- Exploring roles in healthcare.
Level up with specialist training
Professions available to you with some additional training.
Depending on the area and the specialism, some healthcare professions require additional training before fully qualifying. This advanced knowledge will set you apart and open doors to even more exciting opportunities in your chosen field.
Find out what additional training is needed to become a…
- Step 1: Five-year Medicine undergraduate degree
- Step 2: Foundation year 1
- Step 3: Foundation year 2
- Step 4: Seven to eight years of specialist training in a hospital
- Step 1: Three-year BPS-accredited undergraduate Psychology degree
- Step 2: Graduate basis for charter membership
- Step 3: Master’s degree in Forensic Psychology
- Step 4: Two years of supervised practice
- Step 1: Three-year adult Nursing undergraduate degree
- Step 2: Register as a nurse
- Step 3: Master’s degree in Advanced Leadership Practice
- Step 4: Pass Oncology Nursing Certificate exam
- Step 1: Four-year Pharmacy undergraduate degree
- Step 2: Pre-registration year
- Step 3: Register with General Pharmacy Council
- Step 1: Three-year undergraduate degree in any healthcare or bioscience course
- Step 2: Master’s degree in public health
Make a difference
In healthcare, every day is an opportunity to change lives.
Whether you're caring for patients, improving public health, or contributing to medical research, your work has the power to make a real and lasting difference in the world.
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Studying healthcare
What healthcare courses do you offer?
The University of Manchester offers a range of healthcare courses that will help you to take the first step towards a career in healthcare.
Choosing a course
This brochure contains information on all of our courses.
Choosing university
Visit our Choosing university page for more information about going to uni.
