SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES
EXCEPTIONAL TRAINING
In the School of Health Sciences, we train our students to be dynamic, effective and confident healthcare professionals, and place innovation, research and passion at the heart of everything we do.
EXCELLENT OUTCOMES
5th in the UK for paramedic science
Complete University Guide 2026
10th
Adult nursing is 10th in the UK for overall student satisfaction*
National Student Survey 2025
11th in the UK for nursing
QS World University Subject Rankings 2025
15th
Mental health nursing is 15th in the UK for overall student satisfaction*
National Student Survey 2025
99%
of our health sciences graduates are in work or further education
Graduate Outcomes 2025, HESA *University of Surrey analysis of NSS data: % of Q1-24 answered positively for institutions listed in the Guardian University Guide.
17th
Children’s nursing is 17th in the UK for overall student satisfaction*
National Student Survey 2025
19th 13th 23rd
in the UK
Complete University Guide 2026 in the UK
The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026 in the UK* for the number of graduates in high-skilled jobs
Graduate Outcomes 2025, HESA
*UK domiciled graduates of full-time, undergraduate qualifications, in full-time employment, from higher education institutions tracked by the Guardian Newspaper, when data published in the latest Graduate Outcomes Survey is analysed and used to create a ranking.
Our facilities
We recognise the importance of human connection and prioritise patient care in our teaching. Our students can practise their clinical skills with actors and lifelike manikins, putting theory into practice in our Clinical Simulation Centre, which includes:
• A state-of-the-art immersive learning environment, featuring projection technologies and the latest audiovisual and sensory equipment, to place students at the centre of clinical scenarios, psychologically removing them from the classroom
• A critical care unit, which can be used as an accident and emergency room, a birthing suite, an intensive care unit and an operating theatre
• Two eight-bed Nightingale wards, designed to look and operate like typical NHS wards
• A community flat, where students can be transported into a patient’s home, immersing themselves in a non-clinical environment
• An ambulance bay, with a fully functioning and fully equipped ambulance.
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Our curriculum
We make sure that our curriculum keeps pace with changes in technology and best practice, using our excellent facilities and world-leading research to deliver high-quality teaching.
Our students benefit from the support of mentors and other healthcare practitioners, and make full use of our excellent partnerships with local NHS Trusts and healthcare professionals in the independent sector.
Our courses
We offer undergraduate courses in midwifery, nursing and paramedic science. Students spend half their training in clinical placements, to practise their skills in a variety of healthcare settings, under the supervision of qualified practitioners. Placements are completed in the NHS, with private healthcare organisations and with charities, across several settings, including high-dependency wards in hospitals and out in the wider community.
We offer a postgraduate diploma in physician associate studies, which also requires students to spend time in clinical placements, and a postgraduate research course in health sciences.
Continuing professional development
We offer continuing professional development (CPD) courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level for healthcare professionals wishing to develop and enhance their skills.
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One Health, One Medicine
The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences works under a ‘One Health, One Medicine’ vision, which is to create and lead globally connected health research and education, and to share innovation and knowledge, to sustainably improve the wellbeing of humans and animals. The research conducted by our school plays a key role in achieving this. Find out more
Our research
Our research aims to address global healthcare priorities and find evidence to underpin effective and integrated healthcare.
We are passionate about:
• Conducting the right research in the right way, by involving patients, family members and other stakeholders in the design and conduct of our research
• Collaborating closely with the NHS and other healthcare organisations and agencies nationally and internationally
• Developing researchers for the future
• Enhancing health outcomes for patients, families and societies.
Our research is organised into crosscutting research themes and research clusters, including digital health, cancer care, and maternal, child and family health.
Athavi Jegatheeswaran
Adult Nursing with Foundation Year BSc
“The simulation facilities at Surrey are among the best learning experiences and opportunities that we could have had as healthcare students. We were able to practise clinical skills as though we were on placement, with the use of different tools, equipment and with the help of simulation actors, tutors and peers. There’s no place that prepares you better than Surrey.”
Oluwatoyin Adenji Health Science PhD
“The School of Health Sciences helps students to become independent researchers and provides unique opportunities to contribute to healthcare systems and policy, both locally and globally. I’ve had the opportunity to work with people from around the world. My PhD is in collaboration with the University of Wollongong, Australia, which helps me to network internationally and also provides opportunities for crosscontextual learning.”
30 minutes to Heathrow Airport
40 minutes to Gatwick Airport
35 minutes to London
Direct public transport options are available from Heathrow airport and Gatwick airport.
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