Speech and Language Therapy

The ​Speech and Language Therapy degree offered at the University of Reading is accredited by the Health Care Professionals Council, with a purpose-built NHS clinic on-site, this MSc is for students wishing to qualify as speech and language therapists.

At the University of Reading studying the Speech and Language Therapy combines theoretical knowledge with clinical practice and you will gain hands-on experience right from the start.

Key features

As a Speech and Language Therapy student at Reading, you will benefit directly from our world-class research into subjects, such as linguistics, language development, language pathology, and bilingualism.

Other areas of specialism comprise developmental and acquired speech, language and communication disorders, including fluency disorders, aphasia, dementia, autism spectrum disorders, Williams syndrome, Down syndrome, Specific Language Impairment and dysphagia.

Your tutors will use a variety of teaching methods, including standard lectures, small group tutorials and seminars, observation clinic, problem based learning, ‘flipped’ classroom, and practical sessions.

As part of the program, you will undertake a clinical placement and spend approximately 600 hours over 2 years in different clinical settings, including schools, hospitals, community clinics, private and voluntary sector. Professional speech and language therapists will act as your practice educators.

Courses include:

• Clinical Practice
• Language Acquisition and Processing
• Medicine
• Speech Language and Communication
• Clinical Phonetics and Phonology
• Psychology for Speech and Language Therapy