BSc (Hons) Paramedic Science
- Entry year:
- 2026/27
- Start date:
- September
- Study mode:
- Full-time
- Campus:
- City
- UCAS Code:
- A900
Available in Clearing for 2026 entry
Visit our Clearing hub: You can call one of our helpful and friendly Clearing advisors on 0808 5 564 565 or complete our online application form.
Why study this course with LJMU?
- LJMU ranked 2nd in the UK for health professions courses (The Guardian University Guide 2025)
- LJMU ranked 11th in the UK for paramedic science (The Guardian University Guide 2025)
- A wide range of quality placement opportunities
- A programme delivered by HCPC registered paramedics
- Supported in a multi professional learning environment
- Excellent supervision and support in practice settings
- Evidenced based education and learning
- £5,000 per year NHS training grant, plus another £2,000 for students with dependent children (eligibility criteria apply)
- 94% of students on this course said teaching staff were good at explaining things (NSS 2025)
- 94% of students surveyed said they found the course intellectually stimulating (NSS 2025)
**Applications closed for September 2026 entry**
About your course
BSc (Hons) Paramedic Science at Liverpool John Moores University gives you the opportunity to acquire the knowledge, skills and confidence required to become a registered paramedic. You will achieve the high standard expected of today’s health professionals, enabling you to work effectively at the frontline.
Working alongside other health professionals and emergency services, you will develop strong leadership skills and the ability to work independently, as well as being a member of a team. A good level of physical fitness is paramount as moving and handling of patients and equipment is part of the role.
Your placements will be in the most part with North West Ambulance NHS Trust (NWAS). They are the largest ambulance service outside London, providing emergency care for 7 million people across the region and responding to 952,000 calls each year.
As you progress under supervision, you will be challenged to adapt quickly as situations change. The course will help you develop the clinical skills, underpinning knowledge and interpersonal skills you need to care for people in distressing circumstances. Ultimately, you will have the confidence to work effectively and independently.
We utilise many practice areas within the Merseyside and Cheshire area, which include NWAS, accident and emergency departments, health centres, hospital operating theatres, maternity units, paediatric facilities, mental health facilities and critical care facilities. Each of these placements will add to your experience and development as a paramedic student.
We have excellent facilities within the university so that we can offer you simulated experiences to support your practice. You will benefit from multi-professional days when you will be working alongside and learning with midwifery and nursing students.
Course modules
What you will study on this degree
You will complete modules to a total of 120 credits at each level of your degree. All modules are 'Core'; this means all students on the degree will study them.
Levels 4 and 5 are both split 50:50 between theory and practice. At Level 6 there's more of an emphasis on practice with a 40:60 split, helping to prepare you for employment as a paramedic. Increased practice-based placements will allow for a greater depth of service user medical assessment in primary care settings.
Reflective Practice
Reflecting on your own and fellow student paramedics' simulated clinical practice is a great way to help you develop skills, build confidence and prepare for real-world placements. To do this in the best way possible, we have invested in state-of-the-art recording equipment in each of our clinical practice suites and other teaching spaces. During specific modules, you will be asked to take part in the filming of both yourself and other students. The footage recorded is strictly confidential and must not be shared inappropriately or released into the public domain. Being professional and having respect for others must always be maintained. This strict confidentiality ensures you can be at ease and fully engage with your teaching and learning experiences. Each patient bay is equipped with two cameras and a microphone so you can record yourself completing a procedure - say practicing cannulation skills or wound dressing - and then watch it back to see how you did, spotting good practice or any areas for improvement. It's truly a transformative way to learn and hone your skills!
This course is currently undergoing its scheduled programme review, which may impact the advertised modules. Programme review is a standard part of the university's approach to quality assurance and enhancement, enabling us to ensure that our courses remain up to date and maintain their high standard and relevancy.
Once the review is completed, this course website page will be updated to reflect any approved changes to the advertised course. These approved changes will also be communicated to those who apply for the course to ensure they wish to proceed with their application.
Further guidance on modules
Modules are designated core or optional in accordance with professional body requirements, as applicable, and LJMU’s Academic Framework Regulations. Whilst you are required to study core modules, optional modules provide you with an element of choice. Their availability may vary and will be subject to meeting minimum student numbers.
Where changes to modules are necessary these will be communicated as appropriate.
Core modules
Structure and Function of the Human Body
20 credits
20 credits
The aim of the module is to understand the structure and function of the human body and how it plays an important role in decision making for paramedics.
Foundations of Communication and Professionalism
10 credits
10 credits
The aim of this module is to encourage you to consider your personal and professional development. This module will offer a variety of study skills relating directly and specifically to paramedic practice.
Perspectives of Health
10 credits
10 credits
The aim of this module is to develop an understanding of the impact of health and illness on individual and population health. You will develop an awareness of how social, ethnic, gender and cultural differences influence health and illness.
Illness, Diagnosis and Treatment
20 credits
20 credits
This module provides you with a theoretical base to understand the aetiology of a variety of common conditions and illnesses across all age ranges.
Anatomy and Physiology in Health and Illness
20 credits
20 credits
This module explores human anatomy and physiology by considering growth and development within the context of the human life cycle. It will enhance your understanding of human biological systems.
Paramedic Practice
40 credits
40 credits
This practice-based module builds upon knowledge gained from Module 4007PM and explores key aspects of the non-emergency and emergency role. It addresses aspects of urgent and emergency care, through a model of increasing levels of dependency, immediacy and urgency. Further focus will be on the assessment and management of chronic, acute and life-threatening conditions, presented in time-critical and non time-critical situations. As a practice module, this module addresses key theories and ideas around disease, illness and mechanism of injury.
Core modules
Pathophysiology
20 credits
20 credits
This module will explore human anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology in relation to paramedic practice.
Promoting Professional Values
10 credits
10 credits
This module will allow you to analyse the responsibilities that come with being registrants with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). It promotes the professional values of being a Health Care Professional.
Applied Pharmacology for Paramedics
20 credits
20 credits
This module will explore the impact of pharmacological interventions on the human body within the realm of paramedic practice.
Clinical Examination, Assessment and Decision Making
20 credits
20 credits
Within this module, you will gain theoretical knowledge required to develop and support the clinical skills that you will be learning and utilising during the practice module and whilst on clinical placement.
Advanced Practice
40 credits
40 credits
By the end of this module, you will be able to safely and effectively demonstrate a range of clinical skills in the out of hospital arena with respect to the environment and any urgent or emergency situation encountered. You will be able to safely and effectively identify and differentiate the critically injured patient, including those with an exacerbation of existing illness or disease. You will also be able to ensure the appropriate management of patients with a time-critical injury or illness in accordance with current evidence-based practice.
Core modules
Enhanced Clinical Skills
20 credits
20 credits
The aim of this module is to develop and enhance patient assessment skills in order to form a differential diagnosis.
Expanding Research in Paramedic Practice
20 credits
20 credits
The aim of this module is to expand and further develop the research knowledge and ability to design and produce a research study proposal. The proposal should direct you towards an area of study to inform your dissertation.
Critical Review
40 credits
40 credits
You will undertake a structured literature review in an area related to paramedic practice. Your extended literature review will be informed by a research proposal.
Paramedic Approach within an Integrated Urgent Care Service
20 credits
20 credits
This module will enable you to improve your knowledge and understanding of the role of a paramedic within integrated urgent care and clinical assessment services.
Professional accreditation
Successful completion of our Paramedic Science degree results In eligibility to apply for Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council, giving you the opportunity to practice anywhere in the UK.
Your Learning Experience
Excellent facilities and learning resources
We adopt an active blended learning approach, meaning you will experience a combination of face-to-face and online learning during your time at LJMU. This enables you to experience a rich and diverse learning experience and engage fully with your studies. Our approach ensures that you can easily access support from your personal tutor, either by meeting them on-campus or via a video call to suit your needs.
We deliver our modules in a variety of methods. We appreciate that students learn in differing ways and we have the experience and understanding to support each individual through the programme.
Work-related Learning
The wide range of placements coupled with the evidence-based learning will offer you a unique insight into the profession of the paramedic. By designing your programme in this innovative way, we are confident that you will successfully develop your skills, knowledge and professionalism as you move closer to the point of registration with the Health and Care Professions Council.
Dedicated personal tutor, plus study skills support
In addition, you will be allocated a Personal Tutor at LJMU, who will give you feedback on how you are progressing with your studies and help you to plan for your educational and career development. The university also offer wider support for all of our students if needed.
Assessment varies depending on the modules you choose, but will usually include a combination of exams and coursework.
Your marks and feedback will be available within 15 working days of submitting a piece of work. That's because we believe that constructive feedback is vital in helping you identify your strengths as well as the areas where you may need to develop further.
Where you will study
Part of the City Campus, the School of Public and Allied Health works with a wide range of health and social care organisations to design and deliver a dynamic suite of courses. In addition to clinical practice suite facilities, we have two full size specialist ambulance suites. You will also find high quality seminar rooms, IT suits and lecture theatres, plus a café and social spaces. The School's flagship Tithebarn Building adjoins the City Campus Library.
As a student from Northern Ireland, paramedic science wasn't a course that I could do, as no universities offered it. As a result, I looked over to England and Scotland for paramedic courses. Finally, I found Liverpool John Moores and instantly fell in love.
Career paths
Once completing the programme, you will be eligible to apply for registration with the Health and Care Professions Council. This registration will allow you to practice anywhere in the UK as a paramedic.
Once you are a qualified paramedic and you start to build your experience, you can begin to consider progression within your chosen healthcare setting, weather that is with an ambulance service, primary care setting or any other form of NHS Trust or private organisation. You can also develop wider skills and educational pathways, which would support your future development.
The College of Paramedics offers advice and guidance on career and professional development and as a team we will be guiding and advising you.
Student Futures - Careers, Employability and Enterprise Service
A wide range of opportunities and support is available to you, within and beyond your course, to ensure our students experience a transformation in their career trajectory. Every undergraduate curriculum includes Future Focus during Level 4, an e-learning resource and workshop designed to help you to develop your talents, passion and purpose.
Every student has access to Careers Zone 24/7, LJMU's suite of online Apps, resources and jobs board via the LJMU Student Futures website.
Tuition fees and funding
Fees
Tuition fees for home students beginning their studies in September 2026 will be £9,790 for the 2026/27 academic year, subject to Parliamentary approval.
In England and Wales, tuition fees for home undergraduate students are set in accordance with the Government’s regulated fee cap. The Government has confirmed that this cap will be £9,790 for 2026/27 and £10,050 for 2027/28, in both cases subject to Parliamentary approval.
The Government has also indicated that from the 2028/29 academic year onwards, the fee cap may be adjusted annually in line with inflation. As a result, tuition fees in future years may increase in line with inflation. We will provide confirmation of any changes as early as possible in advance of each academic year.
The university reserves the right to increase tuition fees in accordance with any changes to the maximum allowable fees set by the UK Parliament.
The fees quoted above cover registration, tuition, supervision, assessment and examinations as well as library membership and student IT support with access to printed, multimedia and digital resources including programme-appropriate software and on campus Wi-Fi.
Financial Support
The University offers a range of scholarships to support students through their studies. You'll find all the information you need on our specialist funding pages, including details of the Student Support Fund and other activities to support with the cost of living.
Additional Costs
In addition to fees, students should also keep in mind the cost of:
- Accommodation
- Travel costs including those for placements, visas and travel for studying abroad and field trips unless paid for by LJMU
- Stationery, IT equipment, professional body membership and graduation gown hire
- You may incur additional costs for travel to placement and parking. Reimbursement for this has not yet been identified or agreed.
- Students who would like to buy extra uniform items, further to their standard uniform which is included in the course fees, have the option to do so.
Not covered as part of the course or included in course fees:
- Provisional driving licence
- C1 Class driving licence training and test
Please read the driving licence information on the Entry Requirements tab. You can read more about the C1 licence requirement in the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section on the College of Paramedics website.
Applying via Clearing
Minimum UCAS points required:
For the latest entry requirements, complete our Clearing Application Form or call our Clearing hotline on 0808 5 564 565.
You can find out a wealth of useful information and support with the Clearing process on our Clearing webpages.
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