Health Professions

Study Health Professions at Cardiff Met

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What We Offer

Discover your future in healthcare with our professionally accredited undergraduate degrees across a range of health professions, including Dental Technology, Podiatry, Speech & Language Therapy and more. Taught by experienced, industry- and research-active academics, you’ll gain hands-on experience in modern clinical and simulation facilities, supported by strong partnerships with healthcare providers to develop specialist, patient-focused skills from the start.

Designed to support your route into professional practice, our degrees build the clinical expertise, problem-solving abilities and confidence valued across the health sector. With a strong focus on employability and patient-centred care, you’ll graduate well prepared for rewarding careers that improve patients’ health, wellbeing and quality of life.

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Dental Technology

This degree trains you to design and manufacture precision dental restorations using hands-on and digital techniques, working with trainee dentists and consultants, focusing on emerging technologies, and leading to professional accreditation.

Dental Technology

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Podiatry

This HCPC and Royal College of Podiatry accredited degree combines theory, hands-on practice, and 1,000 clinical hours across NHS and private placements, preparing you to treat foot, ankle, and leg conditions and achieve HCPC registration.

Podiatry

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Speech & Language Therapy

Our HCPC approved Speech and Language Therapy degree prepares you to support people with communication and swallowing difficulties, combining teaching from experienced clinicians with hands-on placements across clinics, hospitals, and schools.

Speech & Language Therapy

Our Facilities

Allied Clinical Health Hub

The Hub features advanced simulation suites, consultation and treatment rooms, and outpatient-style spaces that mirror real clinical settings. Here, you’ll take part in realistic patient simulations, interprofessional case work, and supervised clinical practice while working with peers to deliver healthcare experiences to the local community.

Our Facilities

Dental Technology Laboratories

The dental laboratories provide hands-on training in fixed and removable prosthodontics and orthodontics. Each student has an individual lab bench equipped with essential tools like a micromotor, overhead lamp, and induction heater. A dedicated plaster room houses additional equipment, while a fully functional CAD/CAM suite with dental scanners and 3D printers supports modern dental techniques.

Our Facilities

Podiatry Clinic (Ground Floor)

Students have access to a large clinical facility with a multi-chair clinic, gait laboratory, orthosis manufacturing labs, and an anatomy and physiology lab. A simulation suite supports pre-clinical diagnostic and treatment skill development.

Our Facilities

Podiatry Clinic (First Floor)

Student & Graduate Experience

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From Dental Technology at Cardiff Met to my professional journey at EvoDental

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Making Every Step Count: My Podiatry Career, Starting at Cardiff Met

A podiatry student assesses the foot of a patient

Building My Future in Dentistry: A Journey Through Dental Technology at Cardiff Met

A person wearing a white lab coat examines a dental prosthesis mounted in a frame.

From Healthcare Science at Cardiff Met to becoming a Biomedical Scientist at Welsh Blood Service

A woman in a lab coat stands smiling in front of a large scientific machine with blue lighting. She has long blonde hair and is in a laboratory setting.

I’m thankful for Healthcare Science at Cardiff Met for training me to become a Biomedical Scientist

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Learning in Action

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Speech & Language Therapy students demonstrate a Bedside Swallow Assessment in the Allied Clinical Health Hub.

Human Nutrition & Dietetics students discuss a Food First approach for patients in the Hub.

Podiatry students demonstrate a scenario in the Podiatry Wound Clinic.

Podiatry and Human Nutrition & Dietetics students work together in our Clinical Simulation Suite.

Healthcare Science (Life Sciences) students prepare for placement in the Pathology Simulation Lab.

Professor of Flexible Learning, Dr Jeff Lewis explains Virtual Reality Learning within the Allied Clinical Health Hub.

NHS Bursary

Cardiff Met currently provides Healthcare programmes that have been commissioned by Health Education Improvement Wales (HEIW). Learn more about the funding options available.

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Accreditations & Professional Memberships

Please note: not all accreditations and professional memberships apply to all courses listed below. Please visit individual course pages for more information.

Course Name

Level

Location

Dental Technology - BSc (Hons) Degree

Undergraduate

Llandaff Campus

Healthcare Science (Life Sciences) - BSc (Hons) Degree

Undergraduate

Llandaff Campus

Podiatry - BSc (Hons) Degree

Undergraduate

Llandaff Campus