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Health and medical science

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With the government’s commitment to deliver 50,000 more nurses, there are many opportunities to carve out a career in care.

And the growing importance of exercise and nutrition as the foundation for wellbeing, with the need to protect and support vulnerable people in the community, means there are many other rewarding careers in the public health, social work and wellness sectors.

With health high on the agenda for the general population, you can be confident that you will be joining a community of academics at Solent who have a wealth of experience that puts you in the best place to start your professional career.

Why study health and medical science at Solent?

  • We ranked 2nd in the UK for satisfaction with assessment in general nursing, out of 78 institutions (The Guardian University Guide 2025).
  • Get real clinical experience at every stage of your nursing course, working with professionals in hospitals, GP practices, and community care settings.
  • Ranked best in the UK* for teaching and academic support, our biomedical science course lets you build lab skills in specialist facilities while working alongside real science professionals. *in the subject of biomedical sciences, out of 87 institutions (NSS 2025).
  • Many of our health and medical science degrees are accredited by professional bodies, so everything you learn is up to date and ready for the real world.
  • Thanks to our strong links with the NHS, healthcare and social care practitioners, you’ll enjoy top-quality placements and hands-on experience in real care settings.
  • Our social work course achieved positivity measures of 97% for learning opportunities, 94% for academic support, 93% for teaching and 92% for assessment and feedback (NSS 2025).
  • As a Health, Nutrition and Exercise Science student, get involved in exciting in-house projects like personal training, rehab clinics, and nutrition support. Plus gain real experience through exciting placement opportunities.
  • You’ll be assigned a personal tutor who can assist you with pastoral support to help you make the most of your learning.

Some courses in this subject are accredited or endorsed by:

  • Nursing and Midwifery Council logo
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  • CIMSPA logo
  • CIMPSA logo
  • Approved by Social Work England, logo

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Over the two-year course, I was fortunate to be given the opportunity to undertake four eight-week placements.

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Learn in state-of-the-art facilities

Our facilities include a six-bed simulated nursing ward with a bathroom and kitchen, reflecting acute patient care. The community area features a waiting room, GP consultation room, treatment room, and care home room.

We also have specialised nutrition teaching facilities for hands-on experience in a teaching kitchen. Our two teaching labs are fully equipped for microbiological, biochemical, molecular biology, and cell biology work.

The sports complex boasts a multi-use sports hall, a performance hall with seating for 500, a community gym, CASES-accredited physiology and biomechanics labs, a sport and exercise psychology lab, a high-performance gym, and a sport and exercise therapy floor with three clinic spaces.

  • Biomedical science laboratories

    Biomedical science laboratories

    Solent has a suite of newly-developed biomedical laboratories, purpose built to support teaching and research in biomedical science and nutrition.

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  • Library

    Library

    The Library building is open for Solent students and staff to access computers and study spaces, and for browsing the shelves and borrowing items.

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  • Nursing lab

    Nursing lab

    The lab contains a six-bed acute ward, plus bathroom, kitchen, waiting room and three community care rooms.

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  • The Spark

    The Spark

    Solent's £33m Spark building combines interactive teaching spaces with lecture theatres and an atrium with social spaces. Central to The Spark building is the futuristic Pod, which has a full-size lecture theatre and open-topped breakout space.

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Our open days are the very best way to see what Solent can offer – a perfect opportunity to talk to our lecturers and meet current students, discover our facilities and explore our campus.

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