Careers

Build on your existing qualifications and experience, and broaden your technical capabilities.

Our Audiology Top-Up course is designed for hearing aid dispensers and associate audiologists, whether you’re working in the NHS, independent practice, or the private sector. A degree in audiology can open up a range of healthcare careers and should allow for career progression in the NHS.

As a graduate, you can register with the Academy for Healthcare Science (AHCS). Registration with the AHCS is recognised by many employers and can be a requirement for employment. You'll also be able to use the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) accreditation quality mark.

What can you do with an Audiology degree?

Teaching and modules

Learn about the assessment and management of tinnitus; working with adults with complex and specialist needs; and common hearing disorders common in children and young adults.

You'll also get an overview of devices such as cochlear implants and auditory brainstorm implants: their technology, maintenance, advantages and limitations.

We'll look at clinical pathways, service commissioning, and the transition from children’s to adult services.

Towards the end of the course you’ll produce an independent piece of research on a subject of your choosing, with support from your supervisor.

What will I study?

Modules are subject to change and availability, and may vary by location. If you have the choice of optional modules, these are indicated with a *.

Year 1

Tinnitus Assessment and Management
Managing People with Specialist Needs
Implantable Hearing Devices
Hearing in Children
Advances in Adult Audiology
Undergraduate Major Project
Clinical Competencies in Audiology

Module details

It's possible to study this course part-time. You'll take the same modules as BSc/BA (Hons) students, but sometimes in a different order or in different years.

As a part-time student you'll typically study for twice as long as full-time students; for example if the BSc/BA (Hons) course takes three years, you can expect to study over six years, though for some courses the part-time length may differ.

How is Audiology Top-Up assessed?

How is the course structured?

Who teaches Audiology Top-Up at ARU?

Dr Srikanth Chundu
Senior Lecturer in Audiology
Dr Robert MacKinnon
Deputy Head of School - Psychology and Sport Science

Facilities

During residential sessions in Cambridge, you’ll have access to our purpose-built Science Centre.

In the Centre, you'll find two fully-equipped sound-treated laboratory spaces using the latest equipment in audiology.

Entry requirements

Standard entry requirements

This Level 6 course in BSc (Hons) Audiology (Top-up) is suitable for practising hearing aid audiologists with relevant professional body registration (eg Registered Hearing Aid Dispenser with Health and Care Professions Council).

If you do not hold the professional body registration or do not meet the entry requirements of BSc (Hons) Audiology Top-Up, we can consider you for our BSc (Hons) Hearing Sciences Top-Up degree.

The minimum academic qualifications required for admission are any one of the following:

Foundation degree (FdSc HAA) in Hearing Aid Audiology
Dip HE Audiology and/or Hearing Aid Audiology
240 university credits (in level 4 and 5) with core audiology subjects achieved via any other means.

You will also need:

HCPC registration as a hearing aid dispenser, or equivalent
employment in an audiology practice
appropriate DBS clearance (see below)

Applicants whose first language is not English must meet the minimum English language requirements (eg, overall IELTS score of 6.5 (with no element below 5.5) or equivalent).

Along with the above, the following competencies which are pre-requisites for the new course would have been passed:

case history
otoscopy – adults
Puretone audiometry with masking (> 6 years)
impression taking and earmould selection
hearing aid selection
fitting, review and repairs
real ear measurements (REM)
earmould modifications.

Students should have achieved the above prerequisite competencies either successfully passing a practical exam (OSCE) or the competencies signed off in a logbook approved by HCPC as a part of their foundation degree or equivalent. Evidence needs to be provided as a part of the application process.

Students that are not able to show the evidence of completing the above competencies will be required to undertake an interview and Direct Referral Clinical Competency assessment, to satisfy the above competency requirement.

Exceptionally, evidence of an equivalent learning achievement may be considered to qualify for admission.

Such cases are formally considered by a committee of Senate acting on its behalf and require approval before a student registers for a course leading to an ARU award.

The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)

You will need to provide evidence that a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) clearance has been undertaken.
If you have lived outside of the UK for 6 months or more within the last 5 years, then you will need to provide a police check from the country/countries previously resided in.
for those completing placements overseas, a satisfactory overseas criminal records check will be required.

You can find out more about the admissions process at ARU, including what happens after you apply and the different types of offer we may make.

We may automatically offer you a place at ARU if you meet any of these criteria:

are a care leaver or care experienced
have a declared disability
are from certain postcodes
provide unpaid care for another person
are currently, or were, in receipt of free school meals during secondary education
are a Service Child, where a parent or carer currently serves in the UK Armed Forces
participated in an approved activity in preparation for entry to higher education
attended a secondary school that had a Progress 8 score of average, below average or well below average

Find out more about contextual offers.

This Level 6 course in BSc (Hons) Audiology (Top-up) is suitable for practising hearing aid audiologists with relevant professional body registration (eg Registered Hearing Aid Dispenser with Health and Care Professions Council).

If you do not hold the professional body registration or do not meet the entry requirements of BSc (Hons) Audiology Top-Up, we can consider you for our BSc (Hons) Hearing Sciences Top-Up degree.

The minimum academic qualifications required for admission are any one of the following:

Foundation degree (FdSc HAA) in Hearing Aid Audiology
Dip HE Audiology and/or Hearing Aid Audiology
240 university credits (in level 4 and 5) with core audiology subjects achieved via any other means.

You will also need:

HCPC registration as a hearing aid dispenser, or equivalent
employment in an audiology practice
appropriate DBS clearance (see below)

Applicants whose first language is not English must meet the minimum English language requirements (eg, overall IELTS score of 6.5 (with no element below 5.5) or equivalent).

Along with the above, the following competencies which are pre-requisites for the new course would have been passed:

case history
otoscopy – adults
Puretone audiometry with masking (> 6 years)
impression taking and earmould selection
hearing aid selection
fitting, review and repairs
real ear measurements (REM)
earmould modifications.

Students should have achieved the above prerequisite competencies either successfully passing a practical exam (OSCE) or the competencies signed off in a logbook approved by HCPC as a part of their foundation degree or equivalent. Evidence needs to be provided as a part of the application process.

Students that are not able to show the evidence of completing the above competencies will be required to undertake an interview and Direct Referral Clinical Competency assessment, to satisfy the above competency requirement.

Exceptionally, evidence of an equivalent learning achievement may be considered to qualify for admission.

Such cases are formally considered by a committee of Senate acting on its behalf and require approval before a student registers for a course leading to an ARU award.

The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)

You will need to provide evidence that a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) clearance has been undertaken.
If you have lived outside of the UK for 6 months or more within the last 5 years, then you will need to provide a police check from the country/countries previously resided in.
for those completing placements overseas, a satisfactory overseas criminal records check will be required.

You can find out more about the admissions process at ARU, including what happens after you apply and the different types of offer we may make.

We may automatically offer you a place at ARU if you meet any of these criteria:

are a care leaver or care experienced
have a declared disability
are from certain postcodes
provide unpaid care for another person
are currently, or were, in receipt of free school meals during secondary education
are a Service Child, where a parent or carer currently serves in the UK Armed Forces
participated in an approved activity in preparation for entry to higher education
attended a secondary school that had a Progress 8 score of average, below average or well below average

Find out more about contextual offers.

Fees and funding

UK students

£9,535 UK students starting 2026/27 (full-time, per year)

If you're a UK student, you don't need the money to pay for university now.

If you accept an offer to study at university, you can apply for a Tuition Fee Loan to cover your course fees.

Both full-time and part-time students can apply for a Tuition Fee Loan. Part-time students should be studying more than a quarter (25% intensity) of a full-time course each year.

You'll start repaying the loan in the April after you graduate.

If you start a course on or after 1 August 2023, you won't repay anything until you earn more than £25,000. This is called repayment Plan 5. At this point, you'll repay 9% on everything you earn over £25,000. After 40 years (from the April after graduation), all remaining debt is wiped.

If you started a course on or before 31 July 2023, you won't repay anything until you earn more than £27,295. This is called repayment Plan 2. At this point, you'll repay 9% on everything you earn over £27,295. After 30 years (from the April after graduation), all remaining debt is wiped.

For example for students who are on repayment Plan 5:

If you earn £25,500, you'll repay £45 a year or £3.75 a month
That's because £25,500 is £500 above the threshold, and 9% of £500 is £45.

What you repay depends on how much you earn after university. The more you earn, the more you pay back.

For more information about student loans, see our undergraduate student finance page.

This information also applies to:

Irish nationals living in the UK or Ireland
EU, EEA and Swiss nationals benefiting from citizens’ rights under the UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement.

£4,767 UK students starting 2026/27 (part-time, per year)

Part-time course fees assume that you’re studying at half the rate of a full-time student (50% intensity, or 60 credits per year). Course fees will be different if you study over a longer period, or for more credits. All fees are for guidance purposes only. Your offer letter will contain full details of credits and fees, or you can contact us if you'd like more information.

If you're a UK student, you don't need the money to pay for university now.

If you accept an offer to study at university, you can apply for a Tuition Fee Loan to cover your course fees.

Both full-time and part-time students can apply for a Tuition Fee Loan. Part-time students should be studying more than a quarter (25% intensity) of a full-time course each year.

You'll start repaying the loan in the April after you graduate.

If you start a course on or after 1 August 2023, you won't repay anything until you earn more than £25,000. This is called repayment Plan 5. At this point, you'll repay 9% on everything you earn over £25,000. After 40 years (from the April after graduation), all remaining debt is wiped.

If you started a course on or before 31 July 2023, you won't repay anything until you earn more than £27,295. This is called repayment Plan 2. At this point, you'll repay 9% on everything you earn over £27,295. After 30 years (from the April after graduation), all remaining debt is wiped.

For example for students who are on repayment Plan 5:

If you earn £25,500, you'll repay £45 a year or £3.75 a month
That's because £25,500 is £500 above the threshold, and 9% of £500 is £45.

What you repay depends on how much you earn after university. The more you earn, the more you pay back.

For more information about student loans, see our undergraduate student finance page.

This information also applies to:

Irish nationals living in the UK or Ireland
EU, EEA and Swiss nationals benefiting from citizens’ rights under the UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement.

Fee notes

Audiology Top-up

Careers

Teaching and modules

Facilities

Entry requirements

The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)

The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)

Fees and funding

Apply now for Audiology Top-up

Apply online

Courses

Apply

Discover

Writtle College

Explore

Prepare

Support

Experience

Studying at ARU

Applying to ARU

Arriving at ARU

Postgraduate research

Why research at ARU?

Impact and case studies

Institutes and centres

Develop your business

Develop your people

Student and graduate talent

Case studies and news

Recent graduates

Alumni

Supporters

Legal

History and values

Jobs

Audiology Top-up

BSc (Hons)

2 years part-time

Careers

Teaching and modules

BSc (Hons)

2 years part-time

Facilities

Entry requirements

BSc (Hons)

The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)

2 years part-time

The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)

Fees and funding

BSc (Hons)

2 years part-time

Apply now for Audiology Top-up

Apply online

Related courses