Chiropractic MSci

Undergraduate

A Chiropractor working on a clients back

Chiropractic is a career focused on supporting patients with musculoskeletal conditions.

Year of entry

2026-27 2027-28

Location

Coventry University (Coventry)

Study mode

Full-time

Duration

4 years full-time

Course code

BC01

Start date

September 2026
January 2027
May 2027

How to apply

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Course overview

Chiropractic is a career focused on supporting patients with musculoskeletal conditions. You’ll learn how practitioners assess, diagnose and use approaches such as manual therapy, exercise and education to help manage pain, improve function and support patients in working towards meaningful goals.

This course prepares you to become a chiropractor who builds strong therapeutic relationships and delivers impactful, evidence led care. It aims to support you in meeting the requirements for registration¹ with the General Chiropractic Council (GCC), subject to successful completion of the programme and meeting GCC’s criteria, which is required to practise legally as a chiropractor in the UK.

You’ll study a future focused curriculum, developing the knowledge and skills to work in a rapidly evolving healthcare environment. You’ll be supported to build strengths in communication, critical thinking, teamwork and leadership, preparing you to collaborate across professions and explore career pathways in clinical practice, business, research or education.

Key course highlights

Learn to communicate well, understand what matters to each patient and deliver inclusive, individualised care.
Build strong human science foundations and hands on skills in chiropractic assessment, diagnosis and treatment.
Develop as a reflective, ethical professional able to evaluate innovations, address global healthcare challenges and use research to improve care.

Rated Gold Overall

Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) 2023

5 QS Stars for Teaching and Facilities

QS Stars University Ratings

Top 5 Student City in England (Coventry)

QS Best Student Cities Index 2026

Why you should study this course

Recognised route to professional registration - This course is recognised¹ by the General Chiropractic Council (GCC). Successful completion of this programme allows you to apply for registration with the GCC (subject to meeting GCC’s criteria), which is required to practise legally as a chiropractor in the UK.
One-module-at-a-time structure - Study 30-credit modules in six-week blocks, focusing on one subject at a time. This structured approach is designed to support progressive learning, with regular assessment and feedback to help track your development and progress.
Immersive clinical learning and placements - Gain extensive hands on, real-world experience in purpose built clinical and simulation facilities.⁴ From your first year, you’ll learn through immersive practice placements and practical teaching, culminating in a 12 month on site clinical placement ^2,5 in our fully equipped chiropractic clinic.
Critical thinking for clinical practice - Building upon digital skills and research literacy, you will learn to scrutinise and challenge evidence, conduct your own research study and embed the use of critically appraised evidence throughout your practice.
Outwards-looking and future-facing - This course explores current developments, challenges and approaches in healthcare from a global perspective. You’ll receive support to understand your role as a future chiropractor within healthcare systems, and to consider how you can contribute to patient care and professional practice.

Accreditation and professional recognition

General Chiropractic Council (GCC)

The Chiropractic MSci programme is currently recognised by the General Chiropractic Council (GCC). Successful completion of a GCC-recognised programme allows you to apply for registration with the GCC, which is required to practise legally as a chiropractor in the UK. Recognition indicates that the programme aligns with the GCC’s Education Standards. This helps ensure your education and training develop the knowledge, skills, and professional competencies required for safe and effective practice. Please note that you must meet all GCC registration requirements in place at the time of application. These requirements may change, so you should check the GCC website for full details and the most up-to-date information.

What you'll study

Study human anatomy, physiology and pathology alongside musculoskeletal assessment, diagnosis and management. Develop skills in manual therapy, rehabilitation, imaging and person-centred care.

Learn to apply research evidence, think critically and practise ethically within a regulated healthcare context. Clinical learning is embedded throughout, culminating in a final-year supervised placement^2,5 working with a supervised patient caseload to develop your clinical skills and professional practice.

Modules

Upper Limb Anatomy, Assessment and Injury – 30 credits

Develop the foundational anatomical knowledge required for effective musculoskeletal assessment.

Begin by developing a comprehensive understanding of upper limb anatomy, including key bony landmarks, muscles and neurovascular structures. Apply this knowledge when you learn to accurately palpate and examine these structures. Progress to core clinical assessment techniques, including range of motion and ligament integrity testing, learning to differentiate normal from altered movement patterns. This module concludes by exploring common upper limb injuries, giving you the underpinning knowledge to support injury recognition and management.

With a strong emphasis on practical application, gain the essential clinical skills for future study in advanced assessment and rehabilitation.

Compulsory

Chiropractic Professional Practice – 30 credits

Study the professional responsibilities and identity of a chiropractor as a regulated healthcare professional. Explore the scope of chiropractic practice, professional structures and potential career pathways, while gaining foundational knowledge of patient and sociocultural values in healthcare.

Develop essential personal and professional skills, including reflection, critical thinking, teamwork and leadership. Build your digital and research literacy, exploring how to identify, evaluate and apply evidence in clinical practice.

Examine the principles of quality and safety in patient care, with a focus on quality improvement, risk management and fostering a culture of safety within both local and global contexts.

By the end of this module, you should have a foundational understanding of the knowledge, behaviours and skills required to begin meeting the General Chiropractic Council's fitness-to-practise expectations. You should be prepared to engage in chiropractic practice safely, ethically and legally, drawing on the principles of evidence-based care.

This module supports the early development of your professional identity and provides the basis for continued learning throughout your education and future career.

Compulsory

Lower Limb Anatomy, Assessment and Injury – 30 credits

Get the essential anatomical knowledge required to assess and manage lower limb musculoskeletal injuries effectively.

Begin by developing a comprehensive understanding of lower limb anatomy, covering key bony landmarks, muscles, tendons, ligaments and neurovascular structures. This knowledge forms the basis for clinical assessment, as you learn to accurately palpate and examine these structures. Progress to core assessment techniques, including range of motion testing, muscle function evaluation and ligament integrity testing, enabling you to distinguish normal movement patterns from those altered by injury. This module concludes by exploring common lower limb injuries, giving you the underpinning knowledge to support injury recognition and management.

With a strong emphasis on practical application, gain the foundational clinical skills necessary for future study in advanced assessment, injury management and rehabilitation.

Compulsory

Chiropractic Patient Care – 30 credits

Develop the foundational knowledge and practical skills for person-centred clinical interactions in chiropractic practice. Learn the principles of maintaining professional boundaries, upholding patient privacy and dignity and obtaining valid consent while developing core communication and patient record-keeping skills.

Explore person-centred care approaches, including how to support patients with complex biopsychosocial needs, safeguard vulnerable individuals and interact in a culturally competent manner. This module also introduces the safe and appropriate use of diagnostic imaging in chiropractic care, covering the risks, benefits and regulatory frameworks for both ionising and non-ionising radiation modalities. Practical skills teaching focuses on the safe and appropriate application of soft tissue and low-force manual chiropractic techniques, allowing you to begin developing your clinical competence.

Upon completion, you should have the foundational knowledge and skills to support safe, culturally competent, person-centred care. You should be able to apply a range of communication methods, demonstrate an understanding of valid consent and mental capacity, recognise when diagnostic imaging may be indicated and apply basic soft tissue and low-force manual chiropractic techniques effectively and safely under supervision.

Compulsory

Modules

Spinal Anatomy, Assessment and Injury – 30 credits

Get an in-depth exploration of spinal anatomy, focusing on the structural and functional aspects critical to chiropractic practice. Develop a comprehensive understanding of the spine's structure and function, including the ability to accurately palpate surface anatomy.

Building on this knowledge, learn to conduct detailed spinal clinical examination routines and apply effective, safe management using appropriate manual therapy techniques. This module also covers common spinal injuries, their causes and evidence-based management strategies, equipping you with the skills to assess and support patients with spinal conditions in practice.

Compulsory

Principles of Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation – 30 credits

Develop your knowledge and practical skills in musculoskeletal rehabilitation, focusing on therapeutic interventions, exercise rehabilitation, patient monitoring and evidence-based decision-making. Gain the essential competencies to assess, design and implement rehabilitation programmes using evidence-based approaches.

Explore a range of therapeutic interventions, including manual therapy, electrotherapy and exercise prescription, while considering indications, contraindications and patient safety. A key emphasis is placed on progressive rehabilitation strategies to support safe and effective recovery from musculoskeletal injuries. Through practical application and critical evaluation of clinical evidence, develop the ability to monitor progress, assess functional outcomes and modify rehabilitation plans accordingly.

Compulsory

Evidence-led Chiropractic Practice – 30 credits

Build on your foundational learning from the Chiropractic Patient Care module, deepening your understanding of the biopsychosocial and lifestyle factors that shape health outcomes.

Explore trauma-informed care, population health and the impact of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) on healthcare access. This module examines how structural and social factors contribute to health inequalities and equips you with practical strategies to address them, while introducing your role as a patient advocate.

Refine your communication skills through patient interviews and case history taking, with particular attention to how language, cultural sensitivity and person-centred interactions influence patient experience. Clinical competence is further developed through supervised practice of chiropractic manual techniques. Research methodologies and critical evaluation of evidence are integrated throughout, strengthening your research literacy and enabling you to apply evidence effectively in clinical contexts.

Compulsory

Physiology, Pathology and Diagnostics – 30 credits

Develop the knowledge and skills to evaluate patient health status, with a particular emphasis on recognising and managing non-musculoskeletal presentations. Gain an integrated understanding of how key body systems function under normal conditions, how dysfunction arises from pathological and systemic processes, and how this contributes to pain, disability and the overall impact on health and daily life.

This module introduces diagnostic reasoning and methods, including clinical imaging techniques (such as X-ray, MRI, CT and ultrasound), relevant patient examination techniques and other diagnostic tests. Learn how to request and use these tools alongside case history taking to identify and assess disease and dysfunction across key body systems, with a strong emphasis on screening for serious underlying pathology. Through engagement with relevant research methods, learn to identify, evaluate and apply the best available evidence to support your diagnostic reasoning. Case-based learning is used throughout to encourage diagnostic reasoning in the context of chiropractic practice.

Lastly, learn to assess the health and function of key body systems, identify abnormal findings and recognise signs of serious underlying pathology. Conduct relevant case history taking and examinations, and identify, request and interpret findings from clinical imaging and other diagnostic tests, based on a critical understanding of supporting evidence. Demonstrate emerging skills in diagnostic reasoning.

Compulsory

Modules

Managing Musculoskeletal Conditions and Pain – 30 credits

Build on your prior learning to enhance your clinical competence in the assessment, diagnosis and management of musculoskeletal conditions and pain, while addressing relevant prevention and health promotion strategies. Emphasis is placed on safe, evidence-based and person-centred practice.

Develop extended clinical decision-making skills through the integrated study of key topics, including the clinical presentation and differential diagnosis of musculoskeletal and pain conditions, comprehensive case history taking, neuro-orthopaedic assessment techniques and the interpretation and clinical application of relevant diagnostic imaging. Deepen your understanding of pain neuroscience and develop the clinical skills to assess pain and deliver pain education as a therapeutic intervention. Region-specific musculoskeletal and pain assessment and management strategies will be explored, including chiropractic care, interprofessional care pathways and referral processes.

In practical workshop settings, apply extended chiropractic manual techniques, rehabilitation interventions and pain education approaches. This module also addresses the adaptation of care for diverse and special patient groups. Case-based learning is used throughout, with all approaches grounded in critical evaluation of the supporting evidence base.

Compulsory

Person-centred Care – 30 credits

This module builds on your prior learning to equip you with the advanced critical knowledge, clinical reasoning and interpersonal skills required for safe and ethical person-centred care in contemporary clinical practice. Examine and apply approaches for co-creating care plans with patients, and for reviewing and adapting these plans over time.

The module is designed to foster advanced communication strategies for person-centred care and develop your ability to advocate for patients. Through engagement with complex and diverse case presentations, further develop confidence in clinical decision-making and in working collaboratively across health and care professions. Collaborative practice, leadership and team skills for health professionals, reflective practice and cultural competence are key themes, enabling you to provide inclusive and responsive care that respects the uniqueness of each patient.

By the end of this module, you should be able to interact with each patient in an individualised way, putting the patient at the centre of their care as you plan, make decisions and collaborate effectively with the patient and other professionals, to the standard required for supervised practice in Integrated Patient Care. You should be able to apply skills of leadership, teamwork, communication and reflective practice in your ongoing work as a health professional.

Compulsory

Managing Non-Musculoskeletal and Complex Conditions – 30 credits

Develop your clinical competence in the assessment, diagnosis and chiropractic management of non-musculoskeletal health and complex conditions, including physical, psychological and cognitive presentations. Advance your clinical reasoning and decision-making abilities through critical exploration of the clinical features, differential diagnosis and evidence-based management strategies for these presentations.

Emphasis is placed on the interpretation and application of diagnostic investigations to support safe, effective care, and on developing collaborative interprofessional practice skills to ensure timely and appropriate care delivery. This module reinforces the use of a biopsychosocial framework and integrates psychologically informed approaches into assessment and intervention. Approaches to health promotion are also included.

Practical workshops provide opportunities for you to apply therapeutic communication strategies and psychologically informed care within the chiropractic context. This module also addresses the adaptation of care for non-musculoskeletal health and complex conditions in diverse and special patient groups. Case-based learning is used throughout, with all approaches grounded in critical evaluation of the supporting evidence base.

Lastly, you will be equipped to manage patients with non-musculoskeletal and complex conditions to the standard required for supervised practice in Integrated Clinical Practice.

Compulsory

Applied Evidence-Based Practice and Research – 30 credits

Develop the knowledge and skills required to embed high-quality evidence into your clinical decision-making and chiropractic practice. Build competence in identifying, critically appraising, interpreting, communicating, and applying research findings to improve patient outcomes and promote safe, ethical and person-centred care.

Focus on evaluating the quality and relevance of evidence, understanding research design and methodology, and applying ethical principles to both the conduct and use of research in practice. This module supports your transition to autonomous, accountable practice by reinforcing the importance of using critically appraised evidence in everyday clinical reasoning and patient care. Through the development of a research proposal, explore healthcare questions systematically, identify gaps in the evidence base and design a methodologically and ethically robust study. This process should enable you to formulate and justify a feasible research protocol in preparation for your final year research project.

By the end of this module, demonstrate a critical understanding of research principles and methods by sourcing and evaluating evidence. Integrate this evidence into clinical reasoning and practice, and communicate findings clearly to support patient engagement and shared decision-making, to the standard required for supervised practice in Integrated Patient Care. Through autonomous learning, identify a research question, develop an outline research proposal and complete ethical review considerations, demonstrating your ability to apply knowledge and prepare for your Independent Research Project in the final year.

Compulsory

Modules

Integrated Clinical Practice – 60 credits

Prepare for independent clinical practice by consolidating advanced skills in safe, ethical, evidence-based and person-centred care within complex settings. Through supervised placement ^2,5 and reflective practice, manage your own caseload, participate in student-led team case discussions and develop expertise in clinical reasoning, therapeutic communication, interprofessional collaboration and inclusive care.

Assessment includes a comprehensive portfolio with case-based and reflective elements, plus a pass/fail competency log.

By the end of this module, confidently manage common and complex cases, apply health promotion strategies, communicate effectively with diverse patients, integrate research into practice and engage in reflective lifelong learning. You should also be equipped to lead teams and support the development of others.

Compulsory

Independent Research Project – 30 credits

Build on the research proposal you developed in Year 3 by designing a detailed protocol and conducting a research project relevant to contemporary chiropractic practice. This module is designed to deepen your research literacy, strengthen your methodological skills and enhance your understanding of the ethical and governance considerations involved in clinical and practice-based research.

Take the lead on your project, developing skills in problem-solving, data collection and analysis, and critical interpretation of findings. Emphasis is placed on your ability to contribute to evidence-based practice through rigorous investigation. Learn to communicate your research clearly to academic and clinical audiences and engage with key principles of dissemination, including publication processes, open-access options and responding to peer review. Reflective practice is embedded throughout, supporting you to evaluate your research process, acknowledge limitations and consider how your findings might influence practice, policy or service delivery.

By the end of this module, you should be equipped to apply advanced evidence-integration skills in your practice and be prepared to engage in applied clinical research as a research-active practitioner. This module also provides a strong foundation for your continued development as an emerging researcher.

Compulsory

Extended Professional Practice – 30 credits

Explore key challenges and opportunities facing the chiropractic profession within modern healthcare systems, both locally and globally. Develop advanced competencies in ethical leadership, practice management and person-centred service design, with an emphasis on accessibility, interprofessional collaboration and safeguarding.

Engage with quality improvement methods and contribute to a proactive safety culture. This module also encourages critical evaluation of innovations in clinical practice, including digital tools, using reflective practice to assess their impact and identify your own professional development needs. Examine how to establish and manage chiropractic services that meet legal and ethical requirements while promoting financial and environmental sustainability, regulatory compliance and responsible marketing.

Lastly, you should be equipped to work in complex and evolving healthcare environments, ready to adapt to emerging developments such as digital transformation. Prepare to design and deliver safe, high-quality services, whether collaborating across professional boundaries or operating as an autonomous practitioner, within ethically and legally sound business models.

Compulsory

We regularly review our course content to keep it relevant and current for our students. Consequently, we may update modules to reflect the latest industry standards.

How you'll learn

Teaching and learning methods may include:

interactive seminars
case-based learning in groups
problem-based learning activities
practical clinical skills workshops
simulation-based learning
supervised clinical placements^2,5 (including a final-year on-site clinic placement)
group learning and peer-assisted learning activities
independent research project supervision.

Teaching contact hours

As a full-time undergraduate student, you will study modules totalling 120 credits each academic year. A typical 30-credit module requires 300 hours of study. Study hours are made up of teaching contact hours and guided and independent study.

Teaching hours

Teaching hours may vary, depending on where you are in your studies, but on average, you will have between 10 and 20 teaching and learning hours each week. You will also have the option to attend additional sessions, including time with a progress coach or to meet with staff for advice and feedback. As you progress through your studies, teaching hours may reduce.

Guided and independent study

Throughout your studies, you will be expected to spend time in guided and independent study to make up the required study hours per module. You will be digging deeper into topics, reviewing what you’ve learnt and completing assignments. This can be completed around your personal commitments. As you progress to the end of your studies, you’ll spend more time on independent learning.

Online learning

As an innovative university, we use different teaching methods, including online tools and emerging technologies. So, some of your teaching hours and assessments may be delivered online.

Practice-based learning

Practice-based learning is a vital part of this degree, where you develop and apply your skills in real-world settings, meeting the requirements of the General Chiropractic Council (GCC), and giving you sufficient confidence and competence to care for patients after you graduate. In years 1-3, practice placements^2,5 may be simulated, virtual, or may take place on- or off-site.

In your final year, you will manage your own case-load of patients as you attend your 400-hour on-site clinical placement for up to 2 days per week across 12 months*, enabling you to progressively develop your experience, ability to autonomously care for patients and preparedness for practice upon graduation, while building your final assessment portfolio. At the end of your placement, competence will be assessed to the level required to meet the proficiency standard required by the General Chiropractic Council’s Code of Professional Practice.

All clinical placements have an expected attendance requirement of 100%.

*You will be able to request leave from your clinical placement of up to 10 weeks (pro rata) across the year (including any clinic closure dates). Leave allocation will be decided on a rota to maintain adequate clinic provision for patient care, which may not align to university semester breaks.

Satisfactory health clearance and enhanced criminal record disclosure are required. As part of the health clearance checks, you will be required to provide information about your immunity and vaccination status. The information you provide will be used to determine your eligibility to undertake placement(s). Placements are provided at the placement provider’s discretion. The University is, therefore, unable to guarantee the provision of placements or the location and type of placement offered. Clinical placements may require some local travel within the Midlands area. You will be responsible for arranging and funding this.

Assessment

This course will be assessed using a variety of methods designed to reflect real clinical practice and professional standards, which will vary depending upon the module.

Assessment methods may include:

online time-constrained assessments (MCQs)
practical assessments such as Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) and Objective Structured Long Examination Records (OSLERs)
written assignments and structured portfolios
case-based oral examinations
practical demonstrations and viva assessments
team-based project work with presentation
an independent research project.

The Coventry University Group assessment strategy ensures that our courses are fairly assessed and allows us to monitor student progression towards achieving the intended learning outcomes.

Entry requirements

Typical entry requirements:

Requirement	What we're looking for
UCAS Points	112 tariff points to include one from Psychology, Sociology, Applied Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Sport Science or Health and Social Care.
A Level	BBC. Excludes General Studies.
GCSE	5 GCSEs to include English and Mathematics at grade 4 / C or above.
BTEC	DMM in a Health, Sport or Science-based subject.
T level	Overall grade of Merit in the T Level Qualification in Science, Health or Healthcare science.
IB Diploma	28 points in the IB Diploma to include Psychology, Sociology, Applied Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics or PE at Higher Level.
Access to HE	The Access to HE Diploma in a Science, Social Science or Health subject to include 30 Level 3 credits at Merit.

Applications involving other UK or overseas qualifications, or for direct entry to later stages of the programme from candidates with experience are welcome and will be considered on their merit.

Students will be subject to satisfactory health clearance and enhanced criminal record disclosure. Please refer to the full requirements in the disclaimer section.⁵

Students will be required to complete satisfactory First Aid, manual handling and infection prevention and control training (included in the course) before attending clinic placements.

Other qualifications and experience

Our students come from a variety of backgrounds, each with a unique story. We recognise a breadth of qualifications. If your qualifications differ from the above, contact our Admissions Team who will be happy to discuss your qualifications and routes into your chosen course.

Contextual/Fair Access Offers

If you meet the criteria for our Fair Access Offer, you could automatically receive a contextual offer which is 16 UCAS points lower than our standard entry requirements. View the criteria for our Fair Access Offer.

International students are also able to apply for the course. The entry requirements would be associated to the International Baccalaureate Diploma with the below grades:

28 points in the IB Diploma to include Psychology, Sociology, Applied Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics or PE at Higher Level.

Students will be subject to satisfactory health clearance and enhanced criminal record disclosure. Please refer to the full requirements in the disclaimer section.⁵

Select your region to find detailed information about entry requirements:

You can view our full list of country specific entry requirements on our Entry requirements page.

Alternatively, visit our International hub for further advice and guidance on finding in-country agents and representatives, joining our in-country events and how to apply.

English language requirements

IELTS: 6.0 overall, with at least 5.5 in each component area.

If you don't meet the English language requirements, you can achieve the level you need by successfully completing a pre-sessional English programme before you start your course.

For more information on our approved English language tests visit our English language requirements page.

Fees and funding

Student	Full-time	Part-time
UK, Ireland*, Channel Islands or Isle of Man	£9,790 per year	Not available
EU	£9,790 per year with EU Support Bursary £20,800 per year without EU Support Bursary	Not available
International	£20,800 per year	Not available

For advice and guidance on tuition fees and student loans visit our Undergraduate Finance page and see The University’s Tuition Fee and Refund Terms and Conditions.

The University will charge the tuition fees that are stated in the above table for the first Academic Year of study. The University will review tuition fees each year. For UK (home) students, if Parliament permits an increase in tuition fees, the university may increase fees for each subsequent year of study in line with any such changes. Note that any increase is expected to be in line with inflation.

For international students, we may increase fees each year, but such increases will be no more than 5% above inflation. If you defer your course start date or have to extend your studies beyond the normal duration of the course (e.g. to repeat a year or resit examinations) the University reserves the right to charge you fees at a higher rate and/or in accordance with any legislative changes during the additional period of study.

We offer a range of International scholarships to students all over the world. For more information, visit our International Scholarships page.

Tuition fees cover the cost of your teaching, assessments, facilities and support services. There may be additional costs not covered by this fee such as accommodation and living costs, recommended reading books, stationery, printing and re-assessments should you need them. Find out what's included in your tuition costs.

The following are additional costs not included in the tuition fees:

Any optional overseas ﬁeld trips or visits: £400+ per trip.
Any costs associated with securing, attending or completing a placement (whether in the UK or abroad).

*Irish student fees

The rights of Irish residents to study in the UK are preserved under the Common Travel Area arrangement. If you are an Irish student and meet the residency criteria, you can study in England, pay the same level of tuition fees as English students and utilise the Tuition Fee Loan.

**EU Support Bursary

Following the UK's exit from the European Union, we are offering financial support to all eligible EU students who wish to study an undergraduate or a postgraduate degree with us full-time. This bursary will be used to offset the cost of your tuition fees to bring them in line with that of UK students. Students studying a degree with a foundation year with us are not eligible for the bursary.

How do you know if you need to pay UK or international tuition fees?

We assess your fee status using the information in your application. This status determines your tuition fees and the scholarships or financial support you can get. The Department for Education sets the rules for who pays UK (home) or international (overseas) fees in England.

The regulations list which students can pay the home fee rate. Because these rules are complex, the UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA) provides fee status guidance to help you find the right category. If you meet all the criteria for one category, your institution must charge you the home rate.

Facilities

Fully equipped on-campus chiropractic clinic, supported by chiropractic clinicians who bring valuable experience from patient care, research and education.

Facilities are subject to availability⁴. Access to some facilities (including some teaching and learning spaces) may vary from those advertised and/or may have reduced availability or restrictions where the university is following public authority guidance, decisions or orders.

Careers and opportunities

Graduating from this course could lead to a career as a registered chiropractor and regulated healthcare professional (subject to General Chiropractic Council registration – please see the Accreditation and Recognition section for more information).

This course is designed to enable you to pursue a variety of career pathways. Following graduation and registration, you could work in a private musculoskeletal practice, in a team in a chiropractic or multidisciplinary setting, or establish your own practice. With additional postgraduate experience or training, you can develop a specialist area of practice (for example, sports chiropractic or paediatric care), or pursue leadership, academic or research careers within musculoskeletal healthcare.

Upon successful completion, you should be able to:

apply for registration with the General Chiropractic Council (subject to meeting their requirements)
practise safely and autonomously as a registered chiropractor
assess, diagnose and manage musculoskeletal and related conditions
deliver person-centred, evidence-informed care
lead, collaborate and contribute to healthcare service improvement
critically appraise and apply research to professional practice.

The graduate destinations listed above illustrate potential career paths. You may need to gain additional qualifications or practical experience, pass professional examinations, complete training, cover associated costs and meet specific visa or immigration requirements to secure employment in these fields.

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International codes:
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How to apply

For further support for international applicants applying for an undergraduate degree view our International hub.

You can also download our International mini guide for an overview of study options and why you should study with us.

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Coventry University together with Coventry University London, Coventry University Wrocław, CU Coventry, CU London, CU Scarborough, and Coventry University Online come together to form part of the Coventry University Group (the University) with all degrees awarded by Coventry University.

¹Accreditations, partnerships and memberships

The majority of our courses have been formally recognised by professional bodies, which means the courses have been reviewed and tested to ensure they reach a set standard. In some instances, studying on an accredited course can give you additional benefits such as exemptions from professional exams (subject to availability, fees may apply. See the relevant body website for more details). Accreditations, partnerships, exemptions and memberships are subject to successful renewal in accordance with the relevant bodies’ standard review process and subject to the university maintaining the same high standards of course delivery. If the accreditation, recognition or membership of this course changes, we will seek to notify applicants and students as soon as possible.

²UK and international opportunities

Please note that we are unable to guarantee any UK or international opportunities (whether required or optional) such as internships, work experience, field trips, conferences, placements or study abroad opportunities and that all such opportunities may be unpaid and/or subject to additional costs (which could include, but is not limited to, equipment, materials, bench fees, studio or facilities hire, travel, accommodation and visas), competitive application, availability and/or meeting any applicable travel, public authority guidance, decisions or orders and visa requirements. To ensure that you fully understand any visa requirements, please contact the International Office.

³Tuition fees

The University will charge the tuition fees that are stated in the above table for the first Academic Year of study. The University will review tuition fees each year. For UK (home) students, if Parliament permit an increase in tuition fees, the University may increase fees for each subsequent year of study in line with any such changes. Note that any increase is expected to be in line with inflation.

⁴Facilities

Facilities are subject to availability. Access to some facilities (including some teaching and learning spaces) may vary from those advertised and/or may have reduced availability or restrictions where the university is following public authority guidance, decisions or orders.

⁵Placements

Satisfactory health clearance and enhanced criminal record disclosure is also required. As part of the health clearance checks, you will be required to provide information about your immunity and vaccination status. The information you provide will be used to determine your eligibility to go on placement(s). Placements are provided at the placement provider’s discretion. The University is, therefore, unable to guarantee the provision of placements or the location and type of placement offered.

Student Contract

By accepting your offer of a place and enrolling with us, a Student Contract will be formed between you and the university. A copy of the current 2025/2026 contract is available on the website for information purposes however the 2026/2027 contract will apply for the 2026/2027 intake. The Contract details your rights and the obligations you will be bound by during your time as a student and contains the obligations that the university will owe to you. You should read the Contract before you accept an offer of a place and before you enrol at the university.