List of top UK schools for speech and language therapy degree programs:

City University London - It offers the BSc (Hons) Speech and Language Therapy degree. Upon successful completion of the course candidates will be eligible for state registration with the Health Professions Council; this will allow them to practise as a speech and language therapist in the National Health Service.

University of Strathclyde - The Speech and Language Therapy Division has many links within as well as outside the Faculty and indeed the university to ensure specialist teaching of subjects. External research links include other UK universities such as Newcastle, Glasgow, Edinburgh University, etc. Strathclyde offers the BSc in Speech and Language Pathology, which qualifies students to practise as speech and language therapists.

Queen Margaret University - It offers the PgDip/ MSc Speech And Language Therapy. The PgDip takes 2 years to complete (full-time). If you are eligible to progress to the MSc, you will undertake a further 4 months of study (full-time) or 8 months (part-time). Once approved, successful completion of this course provides eligibility to apply for registration with the Health Professions Council (HPC), the professional body governing health professions in the UK.

University of Wales Institute, Cardiff - Cardiff School of Health Sciences offers the BSc (Hons) Speech and Language Therapy degree. Graduates from the programme are qualified to practise as Speech and Language Therapists (subject to successful registration with the Health Professions Council after graduation). The course has a high reputation throughout the UK and its graduate employment record is excellent.

University of Reading - It offers a two-year accelerated conversion programme (MSc Speech and Language Therapy) for graduates who wish to qualify as speech and language therapists in the UK. Assessment is by a combination of assignments (essays, case studies, data analysis and presentations), written examinations and clinical examinations. Students need to complete an extended case study in their final year.

The University of Manchester - It offers a well-established honours degree (Speech and Language Therapy BSc), approved by the Health Professions Council, which leads to a professional qualification as a Speech and Language Therapist. Students will benefit from the excellent teaching and learning facilities and from the expertise of professional colleagues in practice-based education across the North West.

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