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Physiotherapy Studies: Neurophysiotherapy MSc

London, Bloomsbury

Pave the way for a specialist career in neurophysiotherapy on this flexible, well-established Master’s degree. Exploring the clinical, academic and research components of evidence-based neurophysiotherapy practice, you’ll conduct your own research and develop your understanding about how to help patients with neurological conditions access the most effective treatments.

UK students International students
Study mode
UK tuition fees (2025/26)
£16,000
£8,000
Programme also available on a modular (flexible) basis.
Overseas tuition fees (2025/26)
£36,500
£18,250
Programme also available on a modular (flexible) basis.
Duration
1 calendar year
2 calendar years
5 calendar years
Programme starts
September 2025
Applications accepted
Applicants who require a visa: 14 Oct 2024 – 27 Jun 2025
Applications close at 5pm UK time

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Applicants who do not require a visa: 14 Oct 2024 – 29 Aug 2025
Applications close at 5pm UK time

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Entry requirements

Normally a minimum of an upper second-class UK Bachelor's degree or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard in physiotherapy; or an approved Diploma in physiotherapy together with evidence of appropriate clinical and/or teaching experience and a commitment to continuing professional development.

The English language level for this programme is: Level 2

UCL Pre-Master's and Pre-sessional English courses are for international students who are aiming to study for a postgraduate degree at UCL. The courses will develop your academic English and academic skills required to succeed at postgraduate level.

Further information can be found on our English language requirements page.

Equivalent qualifications

Country-specific information, including details of when UCL representatives are visiting your part of the world, can be obtained from the International Students website.

International applicants can find out the equivalent qualification for their country by selecting from the list below. Please note that the equivalency will correspond to the broad UK degree classification stated on this page (e.g. upper second-class). Where a specific overall percentage is required in the UK qualification, the international equivalency will be higher than that stated below. Please contact Graduate Admissions should you require further advice.

About this degree


This Physiotherapy Studies Neurophysiotherapy MSc gives you the chance to work alongside UCL and external experts to extend your knowledge of the key practical and theoretical aspects of neurophysiotherapy.

You’ll challenge the foundations of established, but often poorly justified, treatments, carry out your own research, and learn about new and emerging ways to treat patients.

Choose from modules that reflect evidence-based practice in various neurological conditions, such as Neurophysiotherapy: Evidence for Rehabilitation and Practice and Motor Control in Life, Health and Disease. You’ll find highly specialised options which are rare to find elsewhere.

Studying at a top university that’s helping to shape new ideas in public health, you’ll also benefit from mentorship from recognised specialists in neurophysiotherapy.

With modules planned largely in short blocks, you can fit this course easily around work – and focus on the areas that will be most beneficial for your career.

By the end of your Master’s degree, you’ll be excellently placed to progress into advanced practice, leadership or academic roles.
 

Who this course is for

This degree is suitable for World Physiotherapy recognised qualified physiotherapists with less than two years neurological experience, or for experienced practitioners who prefer not to undertake clinical placements for various reasons including restrictions on study leave. Although you do not need to have two years of clinical experience, stronger applicants will have at least 12 months post qualifying, beyond their internship, supervised work specifically within the field of neurophysiotherapy. Applications without this will be considered much less favourably.

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What this course will give you

  • Study at one of the world's top ten universities. UCL is ranked 6th in the world for public health (ShanghaiRankings 2023), 9th in the world as a university (QS World Rankings 2025) and is rated No.1 for research power and impact in medicine, health and life sciences (REF 2021).
  • Choose from an extensive range of compulsory and optional modules in specialist areas to fit with your chosen career path, such as Neurophysiotherapy: Evidence for Rehabilitation and Practice, Motor Control in Life, Health and Disease, and Rehabilitation and Management for People living with Long-term Neurological Conditions.  
  • Learn through lectures, tutorials and workshops delivered by recognised experts in physiotherapy practice.
  • Tap into our close links to the UCL Institute of Neurology and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery at Queen Square, as well as many other specialist neurophysiotherapy teams and departments both within London and outside it.
  • Study and network with students from all over the world, and benefit from a cross-fertilisation of international experience and ideas, as part of an inspirational postgraduate learning environment.
  • Hear from expert speakers from a wide range of different clinical settings, including NHS departments, the private sector and charitable organisations.  
  • Study at UCL’s Bloomsbury campus, in the heart of a London district famous for its cultural and educational institutions.
  • Fit the course around your work and life with flexible study options.
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The foundation of your career

Recent physiotherapy graduates have pursued senior careers in healthcare policy, university lecturing, private practice, management or highly specialist clinical practice. Several physiotherapy students have also used the MSc successfully to gain funding for PhDs.  

Graduates of this course have gone onto work within the NHS, with other leading healthcare organisations, and/or at a range of academic departments – both in the UK and other countries across the world.*

* Graduate Outcomes survey carried out by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), looking at the destinations of UK and EU graduates in the cohorts 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22.

Employability

The Master’s degree will transform the way you think about the theoretical foundation for neurophysiotherapy clinical practice and what defines expert patient care. You’ll receive rigorous, evidence-based training in the latest research, and go away with the skills and expertise to put forward strong applications for clinical, educational or research posts.

By the end of your Master’s degree, you’ll be well placed to progress into a career in academia or research, or a more senior clinical or management position within your chosen field. 

Networking

UCL GOS ICH offers seven MSc programmes as well as an MRes in Child Health encompassing a wide range of topics. Our students come from diverse academic and professional backgrounds, from the UK and overseas providing great networking opportunities within and across programmes. We hold social events throughout the year for the whole student cohort to enable networking between students. Students on the Master's programmes have the opportunity to join events such as the Otto Wolff lectures hosted by the research and teaching departments. These cover a variety of topics and provide an opportunity to hear from national and international experts and to network at the social event that usually accompanies these events.   

Teaching and learning

The programme is delivered through a combination of lectures, seminars, tutorials, online learning and self-directed learning.

Meet the academics currently leading this programme on the UCL GOS ICH website.

Assessment methods include written assignments, online assignments, oral presentations, multiple-choice tests, literature review and research proposal, assessed coursework, unseen and prior disclosure written examinations, and the dissertation with a written report and oral presentation.

Each 15-credit module equates to 150 student effort hours. Most modules are delivered as blocks of study, normally over six consecutive days. Teaching for each of these days is normally from 9-5pm. Overall, we expect full-time students to study a full 35-hour week, with time outside classes spent in self-directed study. Part-time and flexible students study at a pro-rata rate. Teaching hours normally comprises about one-third of the study hours expected for the module.

A Postgraduate Diploma (120 credits, full-time 12 months, flexible 2–5 years is offered). Students take four core modules (60 credits), and four optional modules (60 credits). A Postgraduate Certificate (60 credits, full-time one year, flexible study up to two years) is offered. The programme consists of three core modules (45 credits) and one optional module (15 credits).

Modules

This programme is offered as full-time (1 year) or as a part-time/modular flexible (2 years +) course. The content includes a set of four taught compulsory modules (Physiotherapy Research and Dissemination, Motor Control in Life, Health and Disease, Neurophysiotherapy: Evidence for Rehabilitation and Practice, and Applied Statistics for Healthcare Research), plus the research project (dissertation) module. These compulsory modules are focused on the Neurophysiotherapy pathway. You must then choose four optional modules to complement your specialty and complete the degree requirements.

We continually review the optional modules on this course to ensure that they fit the remit of this programme and reflect current research in our field.

In your First Term, you are likely to register for and focus on your compulsory modules, as these modules set the foundation for your degree, preparing you for further topics by introducing the fundamental principles in your specialty. You will also acquire the research and statistics skills necessary for conducting research.

In your Second Term, while you may still be completing your compulsory modules, you are probably also now doing your optional modules and developing the concepts you learnt in your First Term. You will be choosing your research during this time and beginning work on this project.

In your Second and Third Term, you will work on your research project, as well as completing your optional modules. You will hand in your research project towards the end of the academic year.

Students have two years to complete their programme of 180 credits. In the first year you will need to undertake 90 credits comprising both core and optional modules. In the second year you will register on the remaining 90 credits including the 60-credit research project module.

Students have up to 5 years to complete their programme of study which consists of 180 credits. The 60-credit research project is usually taken in the final year.

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Please note that the list of modules given here is indicative. This information is published a long time in advance of enrolment and module content and availability are subject to change. Modules that are in use for the current academic year are linked for further information. Where no link is present, further information is not yet available.

Students undertake modules to the value of 180 credits. Upon successful completion of 180 credits, you will be awarded an MSc in Physiotherapy Studies: Neurophysiotherapy. Upon successful completion of 120 credits, you will be awarded a PG Dip in Physiotherapy Studies: Neurophysiotherapy. Upon successful completion of 60 credits, you will be awarded a PG Cert in Physiotherapy Studies: Neurophysiotherapy.

Accessibility

Details of the accessibility of UCL buildings can be obtained from AccessAble. Further information can also be obtained from the UCL Student Support and Wellbeing Services team.

Fees and funding

Fees for this course

UK students International students
Fee description Full-time Part-time
Tuition fees (2025/26) £16,000 £8,000
Tuition fees (2025/26) £36,500 £18,250

Programme also available on a modular (flexible) basis.

The tuition fees shown are for the year indicated above. Fees for subsequent years may increase or otherwise vary. Where the programme is offered on a flexible/modular basis, fees are charged pro-rata to the appropriate full-time Master's fee taken in an academic session. Further information on fee status, fee increases and the fee schedule can be viewed on the UCL Students website: ucl.ac.uk/students/fees.

Additional costs

For Full-time and Part-time offer holders a fee deposit will be charged at 10% of the first year fee.

For flexible/modular offer holders a £500 fee deposit will be charged.

There is no fee deposit required for PG Dip and PG Cert applicants.

Further information can be found in the Tuition fee deposits section on this page: Tuition fees.

There are may be additional costs for this programme related to undertaking a research project linked to a clinical site, which may include:

  • Travel to the placement site. The cost of travel will vary.  
  • Accommodation, if students need to live nearer to the site for the period of data collection. The cost of accommodation will depend on where the student chooses to undertake their data collection.
  • Uniform costs: purchase simple white polo tops, blue trousers and blue/black shoes. These items can be purchased very reasonably from £5 - £20 per item. 
  • Occupational Health check. The cost of an occupational health check can range from £75 to £500 in the UK. 

UCL’s main teaching locations are in zones 1 (Bloomsbury) and zones 2/3 (UCL East). The cost of a monthly 18+ Oyster travel card for zones 1-2 is £114.50. This price was published by TfL in 2024. For more information on additional costs for prospective students and the cost of living in London, please view our estimated cost of essential expenditure at UCL's cost of living guide.

Funding your studies

Visit the funding and studentship pages of the UCL GOS ICH website for details of funding available to students, including the UCL GOS ICH bursary.

For a comprehensive list of the funding opportunities available at UCL, including funding relevant to your nationality, please visit the Scholarships and Funding website.

See all the ways you can fund your studies

Next steps

Students are advised to apply as early as possible due to competition for places. Those applying for scholarship funding (particularly overseas applicants) should take note of application deadlines.

There is an application processing fee for this programme of £90 for online applications. Further information can be found at Application fees.

When we assess your application we would like to learn:

  • Why you want to study Physiotherapy Studies: Neurophysiotherapy at graduate level.
  • Why you want to study Physiotherapy Studies: Neurophysiotherapy at UCL.
  • What particularly attracts you to this programme.
  • How your personal, academic and professional background meets the demands of a challenging academic environment.
  • Where you would like to go professionally with your degree.
  • What is your research experience and research interests.

Together with essential academic requirements, the personal statement is your opportunity to illustrate whether your reasons for applying to this programme match what the programme will deliver.

Please note that you may submit applications for a maximum of two graduate programmes (or one application for the Law LLM) in any application cycle.

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Please read the Application Guidance before proceeding with your application.

Year of entry: 2025-2026

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