Subject area is ranked 2nd overall in the UK*
Opportunities to study abroad
Strong focus on building employability skills
Access to staff with a wide range of experience in health and social care pra
Opportunities to engage with local organisations to develop knowledge
Core focus on public health and health and social care integration
*Complete University Guide 2025 (out of 32 ranking institutions)
This degree helped me gain a strong social conscience and political awareness of the impact policy and legislation has on contemporary health and social care services across the UK.
Samuel Welham
BSc (Hons) Health and Social Care
After successful completion of the first year of study, the optional Study Abroad module offers you the chance to participate in an exchange to spend an academic year abroad with a partner organisation. You'll have the opportunity to explore teaching delivered in another country, which will happen between second and third years of study. This aims to enhance your employability skills and explore the range of health and social care services available in other countries. A Study Abroad Tuition Fee is payable to the University of Lincoln during this year for students joining in 2025/26 and beyond. No extra tuition fee is payable to the host university, but students are expected to cover their own travel, accommodation, and living costs. Travel grants and an overseas rate maintenance loan may be available for eligible students from Student Finance. The University’s Global Opportunities Team can provide further support and guidance.
Additionally, there may be opportunities to engage in shorter exchanges through our Global Opportunities Team which includes links to organisations where students can complete a variety of projects to further enhance their employability.
Studying Health and Social Care at Lincoln was life changing. The course content and quality of teaching was excellent. It provided me with a sound knowledge and skills base for studying at postgraduate level.
Alice
BSc (Hons) Health and Social Care graduate
You'll have the opportunity to engage with work-based learning opportunities throughout the programme and will receive support to identify suitable opportunities and plan your own professional development. Work-based learning is linked to modules in all three years of the course and students will build a work-based learning portfolio in order to evidence their experiences. The type of experience on offer could range from working with people with lived experience or service providers on specified projects, to undertaking work experience within an organisation, local community or group to investigate the application of inclusive service delivery. This can be undertaken in or outside of term time in Lincoln and the surrounding areas. You'd be responsible for travel, accommodation, and general living costs while engaged in work-based learning opportunities, however, there may be opportunities to apply for funding to cover some of the costs and the School of Health and Social Care will be able to offer support.
The best way to find out what it is really like to live and learn at Lincoln is to visit us in person. We offer a range of opportunities across the year to help you to get a real feel for what it might be like to study here.
