Degree in Physiotherapy 48 months Undergraduate Programme By Universidade de Vigo |TopUniversities
Programme Duration

48 monthsProgramme duration

Main Subject Area

Anatomy and PhysiologyMain Subject Area

Programme overview

Main Subject

Anatomy and Physiology

Degree

Other

Study Level

Undergraduate

Study Mode

On Campus

The Degree in Physiotherapy aims to train professionals with sufficient scientific preparation and training to describe, identify, treat and compare health problems that can be answered from physiotherapy. In this way, graduates will be able to cure, recover, rehabilitate and adapt people affected by impairment, functional limitations, disabilities or changes in physical function and health status, produced as a result of injury, illness or other cause, always under the consideration of individual in its threefold dimension: biological, psychological, and social.

Professional experience:

Work in the areas of care, teaching, research or management:

  • Employer's mutual insurance companies
  • Company medical services
  • Private hospitals and clinics
  • Self-employed physiotherapist
  • NGOS
  • SERGAS (hospital care, health centres)
  • Educational centres
  • Rehabilitation centres
  • Xeriatric centres
  • Physiotherapy centres
  • Spas
  • Health education
  • Disability prevention
  • Preventive and assistance physiotherapy
  • Care centres for the injured at work
  • Court reports on incapacity
  • Sports clubs
  • Sports institutions
  • Non-university teaching (BAC, ESO, FP, FPO...)
  • University teaching
  • R&D+i in public and personal centres
  • Public administration: European, national (Ministry of Health, Ministry of Justice), autonomous (SERGAS, Department of Education, educational centres), local (municipal sports centres)
  • Personal centres

Programme overview

Main Subject

Anatomy and Physiology

Degree

Other

Study Level

Undergraduate

Study Mode

On Campus

The Degree in Physiotherapy aims to train professionals with sufficient scientific preparation and training to describe, identify, treat and compare health problems that can be answered from physiotherapy. In this way, graduates will be able to cure, recover, rehabilitate and adapt people affected by impairment, functional limitations, disabilities or changes in physical function and health status, produced as a result of injury, illness or other cause, always under the consideration of individual in its threefold dimension: biological, psychological, and social.

Professional experience:

Work in the areas of care, teaching, research or management:

  • Employer's mutual insurance companies
  • Company medical services
  • Private hospitals and clinics
  • Self-employed physiotherapist
  • NGOS
  • SERGAS (hospital care, health centres)
  • Educational centres
  • Rehabilitation centres
  • Xeriatric centres
  • Physiotherapy centres
  • Spas
  • Health education
  • Disability prevention
  • Preventive and assistance physiotherapy
  • Care centres for the injured at work
  • Court reports on incapacity
  • Sports clubs
  • Sports institutions
  • Non-university teaching (BAC, ESO, FP, FPO...)
  • University teaching
  • R&D+i in public and personal centres
  • Public administration: European, national (Ministry of Health, Ministry of Justice), autonomous (SERGAS, Department of Education, educational centres), local (municipal sports centres)
  • Personal centres

Admission Requirements

59+
87+
5.5+

4 Years
Jan
Sep

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