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MSc Nursing Mental Health

UK

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What will I learn?

Course summary

  • Build on your undergraduate experience and become a fully-qualified nurse in two years.
  • Become eligible for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as a qualified nurse.
  • Gain vital real-world experience - 50% of your course is spent on placement.
  • Obtain sought-after postgraduate credentials, with a NHS Band 5 prospective starting salary.

Nurses are an integral part of a multidisciplinary team. In some modules, you will learn and collaborate with students from other health and social care courses. This approach will help you to deliver person centred-care with an understanding of how other professionals contribute to the person's journey through health and social care services.

How you learn

All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.

This course equips you with the expertise, interpersonal skills and managerial ability needed for nursing those with mental health issues.

You'll study in our facilities, and apply your skills across 40 weeks of practice-based learning. These placements take place in hospitals and homes across the region. You'll be supported throughout your placements by practice supervisors and practice assessors. Graduation ensures your eligibility for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

You learn through

  • practice-based learning
  • study in our advanced clinical suites
  • lectures and seminars
  • examination
  • coursework
  • case studies
  • presentations

Future careers

This course prepares you for a career in

  • acute hospitals
  • secure hospitals
  • prisons
  • community work
  • acute inpatients services
  • elderly services
  • emergency department

Accreditation

This course is approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). Graduates are eligible to apply to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council. You must be registered with the NMC in order to practise as a nurse in the UK.

Which department am I in?

Sheffield Hallam University

Study options

Full Time (2 years)

Tuition fees
£17,205.00 (18,74,591) per year
This is a fixed fee

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please

Application deadline

Expected August 2025

Start date

January 2025

Venue

Collegiate Campus

Collegiate Crescent,

Sheffield,

S10 2BP, NORTHERN ENGLAND, England

Entry requirements

For international students

Students need a first degree recognised in the UK at 2:2 or above and GCSE's (single or double) in English Language or Literature at grade C or 4 or equivalents Maths at grade D or 4 or equivalents; Science at grade C or 4 or equivalents. If English is not your first language you will need an IELTS score of 7.0 with a minimum of 7.0 in reading, listening and speaking and 6.5 in writing, or a recognised equivalent. If your level of English language is currently below IELTS 7.0 we recommend you consider an appropriate Sheffield Hallam University Pre-sessional English course which will enable you to achieve the required level of English.

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

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About Sheffield Hallam University

Sheffield Hallam has been awarded Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework 2023 for outstanding support for student success and progression.

  • Awarded Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF)
  • One of the most affordable places to live in the UK
  • University of the Year at the 2022 Educate North Awards
  • Three brand new buildings opening in the next year