Bachelor's Degree in Physiotherapy

⁽¹⁾ Ord: ordinary call, Ext: extraordinary call. Cut-off mark for the 2026/2027 academic year
⁽²⁾ Tuition fees for the ECTS credits of the first year. Other fees not included
⁽³⁾ Discount equivalent to 99% of the tuition fees for first-time enrolment, under a decree of the Xunta de Galicia

Description

This programme aims to train professionals with the scientific preparation and skills needed to describe, identify, treat and compare health problems that physiotherapy can address. Graduates will thus be able to treat, restore, rehabilitate and help adapt people affected by impairment, functional limitations, disabilities or changes in physical function and health status resulting from injury, illness or another cause, always considering the individual in their three dimensions: biological, psychological and social.

Applicant profile

• Basic knowledge of human morphology and physiology
• Sensory and perceptual abilities linked to the field of knowledge
• Basic manual motor skills and skills for handling tools and instruments, as well as for working on other people with those tools and instruments or with their hands
• Basic social skills and sensitivity in interacting with others
• Ability to adapt to change
• Basic oral and written expression and reading comprehension skills
• Capacity for analysis, synthesis and critical reasoning. Ethical commitment in their work

Access and admission

• Baccalaureate with the university entrance exam (PAU) passed
• Higher vocational training qualifications
• Entrance exam for people over 25 or over 45
• Previous university degree

Career opportunities

Work in care, teaching, research or management in:

• Employers' mutual insurance societies
• Company medical services
• Private hospitals and clinics
• Self-employed physiotherapist
• NGOs
• Sergas, the Galician Health Service (hospital care, health centres)
• Schools
• Rehabilitation centres
• Geriatric centres
• Physiotherapy centres
• Spas
• Health education
• Disability prevention
• Preventive and clinical physiotherapy
• Care centres for people injured at work
• Court reports on incapacity
• Sports clubs
• Sports institutions
• Non-university teaching (Baccalaureate, compulsory secondary, vocational training, occupational training…)
• University teaching
• R&D&I in public and private centres
• Public administration: European, national (Ministry of Health, Ministry of Justice), regional (Sergas, regional Department of Education, schools) and local (municipal sports centres)
• Private centres