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UK, England
Type: University
Location Type: Urban
Founded: 1992
Total Students: 15,500 +
Int. Students: 4,100 +
Main Campus Address
Stratford Campus, Water Ln, London E15 4LZ, United Kingdom
Do you have a passion for helping people, do you feel inspired to make a positive change in people's lives, and to meet society's ever-growing need for help in times of mental health difficulties, bereavement, or any number of life's troubles? Then our undergraduate counselling course is for you.
Our course integrates current therapeutic approaches in an innovative way to prepare you to become a skilled, competent and reflective practitioner. It offers you a rare opportunity to gain both a BACP-accredited academic degree and a professional qualification, and through 108 hours of placements, you'll be well on your way to becoming an accredited practitioner.
We'll give you in-depth knowledge of the four major psychotherapeutic approaches:
You will develop your understanding of the key feature of counselling - the therapeutic relationship between counsellor and client. In order to achieve this, you'll undergo personal therapy yourself, starting in year one. You'll also practise what you've learned in lectures through video-recorded counselling sessions in the UEL labs. We'll enhance your employment prospects by offering you work placements and a number of volunteering and community action projects.
Study our course and you can find yourself profoundly changing people's lives in a career that will give you incredible satisfaction and reward.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
We've made theory, practice, research and personal development the four pillars on which we've built our course.
In year one, you'll study the foundations of the therapeutic process and practise basic counselling skills. You'll have the chance to apply your knowledge through supervised counselling work placements during your second and third years. Additionally, in your third year, you'll carry out and write up a research project.
There are many ways of providing counselling, involving more than 400 different therapeutic modalities. The characteristic feature of this course is the highly contemporary way in which it integrates the main therapeutic approaches.
You'll cover the main and well-established modalities of person-centred counselling, psychodynamic counselling, cognitive behavioural therapy and existential counselling.
By the time you graduate, you'll have amassed at least 100 hours of client work. You'll be well on your way to the 450 hours you need for full British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) accreditation.
We consistently review our courses to ensure we are up to date with industry changes and requirements from our graduates. As a result, our modules are subject to change.
3-Year Bachelor's Degree
7 Days
Full-Time
36 Months
Intake Month/Year | Intake Status | |
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sep 2025 | Open |
*Note: The fee is approximate and is subject to change
*Note: The fee is approximate and is subject to change
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Check program website for more information about funding options.
Minimum Level of Education Required: To be accepted for this program, students must have Standard XII Higher Secondary Certificate.
YOUR FUTURE CAREER
A huge bonus of studying for this degree is that you will graduate from a BACP-accredited course, having acquired more than 100 hours of client-work experience.
You'll have a professional qualification, so you'll be able to go straight into employment, getting a job as a counsellor or even starting up your own private practice. That's how many of our graduates have begun their careers.
Other likely employment areas include charities, schools or NHS mental health services. You can work towards the full BACP accreditation of 450 hours of experience while working and getting paid.
This undergraduate course is ambitious and challenging and, when you've seen it through, you'll find yourself at a level that many other students can aspire to only at postgraduate level.
If you prefer to continue with your academic career, you'll be able to progress to postgraduate studies in psychotherapy, coaching or integrative coaching and counselling disciplines. Or you can go on to do a master's in Psychology. All these avenues will be open to you.
There are various options through which a student can get a post study work visa in the UK.
Tier 1 Graduate Entrepreneur Visa for the graduates with a genuine and credible business idea.
Tier 2 (General) is the leading immigration visa to work in the UK.
Tier 4 Doctorate Extension Scheme is for students who have completed their Ph.D. and is valid for 12 months for them to work, look for work or set up a business.
Tier 5 Youth Mobility is for individuals of certain countries like Australia, Canada, Japan, Monaco, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, and New Zealand aged between 18 -30 who wish to move to the UK.
Tier 5 GAE is for individuals who want to come to the UK for work experience, training, research or a fellowship.
UK Ancestry is for individuals who are a citizen of a commonwealth and plan to work in the UK and have a grandparent who was born in the UK.
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