Degree in Occupational Therapy

2024/2025 · 240 credits

Introduction

The Bachelor's Degree in Occupational Therapy is a university degree that qualifies for the exercise of the regulated health profession of Occupational Therapist. It belongs to the branch of Health Sciences and has a duration of four years. years (240 ECTS), taught in person. In Galicia, it is only offered at the University of A Coruña.

The languages of the training are Spanish and Galician.

For more information, please consult the website Centre: https://udc.es/es/fcs/gto/

This study is verified and published

This study renewed its accreditation on 11 March 2015.

 

Offered place for academic course 2024/2025
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Why study

The employability of the Bachelor's Degree in Occupational Therapy of the University of A Coruña (UDC) is very high. According to the latest data from the UDC Occupational Observatory (cohort 2023/2024), the employment rate reached 85.6%, which is 20% above the average for all UDC Bachelor's Degrees.

It is a university degree with multiple fields of professional activity: public and private health services ( hospitals, health centres, rehabilitation clinics, mutual insurance companies, etc.), social field (residences and day centres for the elderly, associations and centres for the elderly, care for people with disabilities, community centers, etc.), scope of orthopedics and assistive technologies for people with disabilities (adapting splints, orthoses, prostheses and assistive products that facilitate daily living), accessibility services and universal design, education (ordinary educational centres and for children with support needs educational), ergonomics and adaptation of jobs, teaching ( lecturer in vocational training cycles, university teaching and training permanent throughout life) and research, among others.

The Bachelor's Degree in Occupational Therapy at the UDC is recognized as one of the most important most prestigious occupational therapy degrees nationwide and was the the first in the country to adapt to the teachings of the European Education Area Superior. At the international level, it obtained the relevant recognition of the World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT), for the period 2022-2029, which also facilitates work as an occupational therapist in other nations of the global context. 

Roadmap

Starting academic year 2008/2009
Last update/verification ACSUG date 06/05/2008
Authorization Xunta Council date 17/07/2008
Authorization DOG publication date 30/07/2008
Official BOE publication date 26/09/2008
DOG syllabus publication date 05/05/2009
BOE syllabus publication date 28/04/2009