- Level
- 3-Year Bachelor Degree
- Duration
- 1 year bachelor degree completion
- Field
- Health and Medical Sciences
- Institution
- Public University
- Offer speed
- Superfast Offer Speed2–3 days
Program overview
A final year top-up to an honours degree in health and social care for applicants holding a relevant diploma, covering care policy, safeguarding, leadership and an independent project.
This suits practitioners already holding a care qualification who want a full degree without repeating the earlier years.
Bachelor of Science (Honours) - Health and Social Care (Top-Up) is taught at the University of London Met, a public university in England with full degree awarding powers. Because the health and social care top-up is a degree, it supports an application under the UK Graduate Route, which gives two years of unsponsored work in Britain after you finish. No job offer or sponsor is needed for the health and social care top-up, but you must be inside the UK on a valid student visa when you apply. Your student visa covers the length of the health and social care top-up plus a short period afterwards. UK rules from January 2024 bar a dependant partner or child on taught courses, so the health and social care top-up does not support a family move.
Entry to Bachelor of Science (Honours) - Health and Social Care (Top-Up) is a completed undergraduate diploma or equivalent at 50 percent or above. The English requirement is IELTS Academic 6.0 overall with no band below 5.5, and tuition for the health and social care top-up is recorded at GBP 19,500. London Met charges no application fee, and London Met charges no application fee, and no scholarship is recorded against the health and social care top-up . The health and social care top-up lists two entry windows, the earliest in 2027. Apply Study Visa manages your the health and social care top-up application, the deposit, the offer, the CAS and the UK student visa as one process.
What it costs per year · indicative
Living cost is an estimate; tuition is the institute's published international fee. We confirm exact, current figures before you pay anything.
Do you qualify?
These are the published minimums. Whether your profile fits — with your marks, gap and budget — is exactly what a free counsellor check confirms.
Admission requirements
Who can apply (guide for international students):
- Education: A completed undergraduate diploma or equivalent, at the percentage stated.
- English (meet any one): IELTS Academic 6.0 overall with no band below 5.5; TOEFL iBT 72 with reading 18, writing 17, speaking 20 and listening 17; PTE Academic 59 in every component; or the Duolingo English Test at 105, which London Met does accept.
- Application and deposit: London Met charges NO application fee, so applying costs you nothing. Confirm the tuition deposit and its refundability in writing before any money is transferred.
- Scholarship: London Met applies an India Bright Futures Scholarship worth GBP 5,000 to eligible Indian students automatically, with no separate application form. You apply for the course as normal and the award appears on your offer if you qualify. Confirm the figure on that offer rather than assuming it, and check the eligibility conditions for your intake before budgeting around it.
- Additional requirement: Entry requires a relevant health or social care diploma for direct entry to the final year. An enhanced DBS check is required for work with children or vulnerable adults, and it takes longer to arrange from overseas than most applicants expect. London living costs and the UKVI maintenance requirement are both higher than for study elsewhere in Britain. Budget for the London figure rather than the national one.
- Work rights: the health and social care top-up is a degree, so it supports a UK Graduate Route application giving two years of unsponsored work after you finish. No dependant may accompany you on a taught course.
- Student visa: Apply Study Visa prepares the CAS request, the financial evidence and the UK student visa submission with you.
English requirements
Documents you'll need typical · we confirm yours
- Valid passport (6+ months validity)
- Class 10 & 12 marksheets and certificates
- English test scorecard (IELTS / PTE / TOEFL) or MOI certificate
- Statement of Purpose (SOP)
- Financial proof — bank statement / loan sanction
- Passport-size photographs
- Study-gap affidavit or work-experience letter (if applicable)
Getting documents right is the #1 reason applications succeed or get refused — our team checks every file before submission.
Career opportunities
Typical destinations for graduates:
- Care Coordinator: health and social care services
- Care Manager: residential and community care
- Health Improvement Officer: public health bodies
- Safeguarding Officer: after experience
- Commissioning Officer: local authorities
- Further Study: social work or nursing routes
Reality check: a top-up does not register you as a practitioner, so the professional qualification remains a separate step whichever route you take.
About London Metropolitan University - Holloway
- Type
- University
- Ownership
- Public
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- World rank
- #1153
- Established
- 2002
- Reference No.
- 10004048
