Occupational Therapy

Occupational therapists treat people with mental or physical disabilities, creating individual treatment programmes which can help their patients better navigate everyday life tasks.

Occupational therapy courses are geared towards those who wish to practise as occupational therapists.

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Skills

Common Degree/Major Names

BSc	Occupational Therapy

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Useful Skills

	Analytical
	Attention to Detail
	Empathy
	ICT
	Idea Visualisation
	Leadership
	Listening
	Note Taking
	Practical (working with your hands)
	Problem Solving
	Speaking (Verbal Communication)
	Staying Motivated / Working Hard
	Staying Positive (Resilience)

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Institution	Country	Campus Type	Size	Education Model	Selectivity
St George's, University of London	UK	City Island Campus	Small Institution <5000	Medicine, Allied Health, Life Sciences	Selective (25-50% admitted) MBBS is an 'extremely selective' programme; Others are 'selective'
Keele University		Rural Campus	Medium Institution 5000-15,000	Single Subject Focus (Joint degrees available), Integrated or Thematic degrees	Somewhat Selective (50-75% admitted)
University of Leicester	UK	City Campus	Medium Institution 5000-15,000	We are proud to be one of the world’s leading research-intensive universities.	Highly Selective (10-25% admitted)
University of Southampton	UK, Malaysia	City Campus, City Island Campus	Large Institution 15,000-30,000	We are a research focused institution offering single subject degrees, joint honours, integrated degrees as well as Liberal Arts and Science.
University of Florida	USA	Rural Campus	Very Large Institution >30,000	Liberal Arts and Science (Major/minor Model), Researched Focused Institution, Teaching Focused Institution	Selective (25-50% admitted)
Purdue University-Main Campus	USA	Suburban Campus	Very Large Institution >30,000	Tier one research institution in the U.S. Many opportunities for undergraduate research.	Selective (25-50% admitted)
UWE Bristol	UK	City Campus, Suburban Campus	Very Large Institution >30,000	Single Subject Focus (Joint degrees available), Teaching Focused Institution, Vocationally Focused Institution (multiple integrated internships)	Less Selective (>75% admitted). Certain courses are more competitive and therefore will be more selective.
University of East Anglia (UEA)	UK	Suburban Campus	Medium Institution 5000-15,000	Researched Focused Institution, Teaching Focused Institution	Somewhat Selective (50-75% admitted)
University of Essex	UK	Suburban Campus	Large Institution 15,000-30,000	Single Subject Focus (Joint degrees available), Researched Focused Institution, Teaching Focused Institution	Selective (25-50% admitted)
Brunel University London	UK	Suburban Campus	Medium Institution 5000-15,000	Liberal Arts and Science (Major/minor Model), Integrated or Thematic degrees, Researched Focused Institution, Teaching Focused Institution	Selective (25-50% admitted) Admissions rate varies by subjects, with Medicine and Healthcare subjects extremely selective
Trinity College Dublin	Ireland	City Island Campus	Medium Institution 5000-15,000	Single or Joint honours focus (but with some flexibility in pathways, and opportunities to undertake electives in different disciplines).	Highly Selective (10-25% admitted)
Cardiff University	UK	City Campus	Very Large Institution >30,000	We have 350 different courses in a wide range of subjects	Selective (25-50% admitted)
University of Pittsburgh	USA	City Campus	Large Institution 15,000-30,000	Pitt is a public, research 1 institution.	Selective (25-50% admitted) Pitt has rolling admissions meaning the earlier you apply the better your chance of acceptance.
University of Southern California (USC)	USA	City Island Campus	Large Institution 15,000-30,000	Liberal Arts Foundation with Subject Focus	Highly Selective (10-25% admitted)
Oxford Brookes University	UK	Suburban Campus	Medium Institution 5000-15,000	Set in a historic student city, Oxford Brookes is one of the UK’s leading modern universities and enjoys an international reputation for teaching excellence and innovation as well as strong links with business and industry.	Our entry requirements vary from course to course. They range from 104-136 UCAS tariff points.
Michigan State University	USA	City Island Campus	Very Large Institution >30,000	Liberal Arts with a heavy emphasis on research	Somewhat Selective (50-75% admitted)

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