Bachelor of Science - BS - Hons in Occupational Therapy - International Foundation University of East Anglia, UK

The Occupational Therapy-BSc (Hons) (International Foundation) program at the University of East Anglia equips international students with the necessary foundations to pursue a bachelor's degree in Occupational Therapy. The program ensures students acquire sound theoretical knowledge and practical skills essential in the health field, particularly in aiding individuals who have been incapacitated due to illness, injury, developmental disorders, ageing, or various social problems to improve their daily living and working skills. The course emphasizes the understanding of how occupation affects health and well-being, and includes fieldwork placements for practical immersion. This full-time course spans over a year, preparing international students for their BSc Hons in Occupational Therapy in UEA. It may include subjects such as English language and communications skills, bioscience, and research skills. Upon successful completion, students can proceed to the undergraduate study of Occupational Therapy.

The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a 320-acre (130-hectare) campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and twenty-six schools of study. The annual income of the institution for 2021–22 was £295 million, of which £30 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £370 million, and had an undergraduate offer rate of 85% in 2021.

UEA is consistently rated as one of the best universities for student experience in the United Kingdom.It is a leading member of Norwich Research Park which has one of Europe's biggest concentrations of researchers in the fields of Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, and Medicine and Health Sciences.UEA is a research-intensive institution recognised for the quality of its research with it being in the top 20 nationwide for research quality and is one of the nation’s most prominently cited institutions worldwide.

UEA alumni and faculty include three Nobel Prize winners, a co-discoverer of Hepatitis C and of the Hepatitis D genome as well as the small interfering RNA, a co-inventor of the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, one President of the Royal Society, three Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences and forty-eight Fellows of the Royal Society. Alumni also include one current monarch and former prime minister, two de facto heads of state, one vice president, one deputy prime minister, and two former leaders of the House of Lords along with two Lasker Award winners, three Booker Prize winners, eleven Costa Book Award winners, and three Caine Prize winners.