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Nursing

MSc
Duration
1 year
Start
September 2025
Delivery
In-person

Suitable for registered nurses from all areas of practice, our MSc Nursing will equip you with the knowledge, skills, personal, professional and inter-professional insights needed to confront, challenge and shape the future of your nursing practice.

Why study with us

  • Depending on the size of your dissertation module, you can also take three to four optional modules focusing on practice, leadership and other important aspects underpinning nursing.
  • To help with your personal development you’ll create a learning contract with your tutor and take part in a Personal Development Centre to create a profile of your abilities, attributes and skills.
  • You’ll be taught by academic and research staff with a wide range of experience in nursing and other healthcare practice.
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What you'll do

  • You’ll interact with students from different backgrounds and different countries, and learn from their responses to nursing challenges.
  • You have the option to leave with a Postgraduate Certificate (60 credits) or a Postgraduate Diploma (120 credits).
  • You’ll need to demonstrate your ability to analyse and reflect upon current issues within the practice of nursing.

Modules

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information. However, our programmes are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may cause alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses. Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies or revisions to subject benchmarks statements. As well as to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.

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Academic expertise

Alison Luckett
Senior Lecturer

Future careers

Our MSc in Nursing will help you develop a career in management or other sphere of nursing in the UK and internationally. 

Entry requirements

  • You must be a registered, qualified nurse with evidence of recent professional development if from the UK
  • Overseas applicants must demonstrate registration / qualification in their own country and evidence of recent professional development
  • References from your sponsor or employer will be sought
  • IELTS: minimum 6.5 achieved within the last year must be demonstrated
  • A satisfactory Criminal records declaration (DBS/Disclosure Scotland) is required for this course

This course will involve you working with vulnerable groups of individuals, this may include children. In order to ensure that the University offers places on their programmes to suitable candidates you will be required to obtain a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service clearance (formerly termed CRB).

Not got the grades?

Our courses with a foundation year could be exactly what you're looking for. They provide an alternative route to study for this degree.

Find out more about our courses with a foundation year.

Fees and funding

2025/26
UK
Full-time£9,450 per year
Part-time£1,025 per 20 credits
International
Full-time£17,900 per year

Scholarships and bursaries

We have a wide range of bursaries, scholarships and funds available to help support you whilst studying with us.

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This course is delivered by the School of Nursing and Midwifery

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