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Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Therapy
- Key facts
- School:
- School of Health Sciences
- Campus Locations:
- Villaviciosa de Odón
- Duration (in years):
- 4
- ECTS:
- 240
- Adapted to EHEA
The Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Therapy at Universidad Europea de Madrid incorporates the latest trends in the Physical Therapy field, puts manual therapies into practice, and integrates diverse areas of specialization that will give you the skills needed for a versatile, competitive incorporation into the job market. It is a predominantly practical and personalized program that responds to the needs of today’s society, taught by top specialists and focused from day one on your future professional success.
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Our faculty of professors, made up of recognized physical therapists with broad clinical and teaching experience, supports the academic quality of our curriculum, which incorporates the latest trends in Physical Therapy by providing our graduates with great professional versatility:
- The student is at the center of our teaching model, and is responsible for their own learning.
- Theoretical and practical training in reduced groups (maximum 16 students per professor).
- Specific training focused on manual therapies.
- Personalized supervision throughout the entire degree program.
- Scheduling of clinical seminars, conferences and round tables.
- One-to-one student-supervisor ratio in internships in hospitals and centers.
- Choice of the center where the student would like to perform his internship.
- Summer Internships compatible with labor activity.
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Universidad Europea de Madrid stands behind a strong international curriculum that allows you to complete your studies in different European universities through the Erasmus program (Universidad Parnasse Deux-Alice de Bruselas and Università degli studi di Genova) as well as in different Latin American universities through the Laureate International Universities Network (Universidad del Valle de México, Universidad Andrés Bello de Chile and Universidad Anhembi Morumbi de São Paulo).
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In this degree program you will be in contact with the professional world from day one. To do so, we offer a curriculum taught by experienced physical therapists, that pays special attention to manual therapies through fundamentally practical training: 650 hours in physical therapy seminars and laboratories and 700 hours in renowned public and private centers, such as Hospital de Fuenlabrada, Hospital Severo Ochoa and Clínica CEMTRO.
In addition, every year we organize a Physical Therapy Job Forum for students in their last year in which top experts in the public and private sector will carefully explain the employment opportunities available with this Bachelor’s Degree.
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Cód. Asignatura Materia ECTS Curso Semestre Tipo 9996001101 Estructura y función del cuerpo humano
12 1º 1º Básica 9996001102 Biologia Celular y Tisular 6 1º 1º Básica 9996001103 Biofísica 6 1º 1º Básica 9996001104 Terapias Físicas Básicas 6 1º 1º Obligatoria 9996001105 Anatomía: Aparato Locomotor y Sistema Nervioso 6 1º 2º Obligatoria 9996001106 CC Psicosociales Aplicadas-Habilidades Comunicación 6 1º 2º Básica 9996001107 Terapia Manual Básica 12 1º 2º Obligatoria 9996001108 Salud Publica.Etica y Deontología Profesional 6 1º 2º Básica 9996001201 Biomecánica 6 2º 1º Básica 9996001202 Técnicas especiales en fisioterapia I 6 2º 1º Obligatoria 9996001203 Metodología de la investigación y documentación clínica 6 2º 2º Básica 9996001204 Patología médica y farmacología I 6 2º 1º Obligatoria 9996001205 Técnicas especiales en fisioterapia II 6 2º 2º Obligatoria 9996001206 Legislación sanitaria y habilidades de gestión 6 2º 2º Básica 9996001207 Inglés 6 2º 1º Básica 9996001208 Patología médica y farmacología II 6 2º 2º Obligatoria 9996001209 Estancias clínicas I 6 2º 1º y 2º Obligatoria Patología quirúrgica y radiología I 6 3º 1º Obligatoria Fisioterapia neurológica 9 3º 1º Obligatoria Fisioterapia osteopática I 6 3º 1º Obligatoria Fisioterapia en los procesos médico quirúrgicos 9 3º 1º Obligatoria Patología quirúrgica y radiología II 6 3º 2º Obligatoria Fisioterapia osteopática II y cadenas musculares 6 3º 2º Obligatoria Estancias clínicas II 12 3º 1º y 2º Obligatoria Prácticum 30 4º 1º y 2º * Obligatoria Ortesis y prótesis 6 4º 1º y 2º * Obligatoria Fisioterapia: drenaje linfático manual 6 4º 1º y 2º * Obligatoria Proyecto fin de Grado 6 4º 1º y 2º * Obligatoria Fisioterapia obstétrica y uroginecológica 6 4º 1º y 2º * Obligatoria Antropología de la salud y de la enfermedad 6 2º 1º Optativa Logopedia 6 2º 1º Optativa Fisioterapia geriátrica 6 4º 1º y 2º * Optativa Balneoterapia 6 3º 2º Optativa Fisioterapia deportiva 6 3º 2º Optativa Urgencias médicas 6 4º 1º y 2º * Optativa Actividades universitarias 6 4º 1º y 2º * Optativa Teoría e historia de la actividad física y del deporte 6 2º 1º Optativa Actividad física para la salud 6 3º 2º Optativa Entrenamiento deportivo 6 4º 1º y 2º * Optativa Podología general 6 2º 1º Optativa Patología podológica inicial 6 3º 2º Optativa Patología podológica avanzada 6 4º 1º y 2º * Optativa -
When you finish your studies, you will be highly qualified to join the workforce with guaranteed success. The employability data of our physical therapists is proof of this: 83% of them found work within six months.
Thanks to the broad practical training our curriculum involves, you will be a competitive and versatile professional who is able to describe, identify, and treat those health problems that may be addressed through Physical Therapy. This is all achieved by observing the individual in three dimensions: the biological, psychological, and social dimensions.
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The in-depth specialization we teach in the Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Therapy program will qualify you to develop your career in different professional fields: health care, preventive physical therapy, research, and teaching.
As a specialist in therapies based on physical techniques and rehabilitation, you may practice your profession in any European country:
- In hospital centers, first-aid centers, and physical therapy units and clinics, both public and private.
- In the framework of healthcare societies, sports entities, spa therapy centers, health services in companies, etc.
- In your own physical therapy office as a self-employed professional.
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Request information»If you come from another Spanish university you can consult us without any compromise which courses will be convalidated.
If you would like to directly interact with people, using your own hands and scientific methodology to perform your calling to serve others, this Bachelor's Degree is the one for you. This degree will allow you to broaden your field of action in specific Physical Therapy disciplines, such as sports or neurology, either as a self-employed professional or working in the public or private healthcare systems.
You may access the Bachelor’s Degree from High School, Advanced Vocational Education and Training; through access tests for students over 25 or from other university degrees.
There is a Recognition Plan for Podiatrists and Nurses.
We have a special Bachelor's Degree credit transfer program for students in the three-year Bachelor's in Physical Therapy.