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Nursing (Pre-Registration) Adult MSc

UK

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What will I learn?

This course provides the opportunity for those who have studied an undergraduate degree to undertake a two-year full-time Master's course and upon successful completion receive eligibility for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). The course helps you to develop the skills required in order to become a confident, competent, caring and compassionate adult nurse. Using a person-centred approach, you will learn how to facilitate recovery of service users in various settings, including those who are acutely ill, those in community services and those experiencing long-term conditions across the lifespan. You will also have opportunities to learn about partnership approaches to caring for service users, carers and families.

  • The course will assist you to develop both practical and theoretical skills, in order to achieve your full potential as an adult nurse and meet the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Standards. These include professional values, communication and interpersonal skills, nursing practice and decision making, and leadership, management and team working.
  • This challenging and intensive course comprises 50% theory and 50% practice, where you will undertake placements in a range of settings. The course runs over two years, each year comprising of a number of compulsory modules, where you will have the opportunity to study Â鶹ԭ´´ students from the other fields of nursing.
  • You will be taught by Lecturers who are committed and passionate, as well as practice supervisors and assessors who are research active and have extensive and varied experience in adult nursing.
  • Teaching takes place in innovative and contemporary teaching and learning environments, including a fully equipped simulated ward, with our patient simulator, Sim Man, before you go out on to placements and treat real patients.
  • Student support will be given from personal tutors and course leaders, as well as academic learning support and experienced practice supervisors and assessors.

Which department am I in?

Department of Nursing and Midwifery (HDNM)

Study options

Full Time (2 years)

Tuition fees
Please see our website for further information.

* on institution website

Start date

January 2026

Venue

University of Huddersfield

Queensgate,

Huddersfield,

Kirklees,

HD1 3DH, NORTHERN ENGLAND, England

Entry requirements

For international students

ou must have the following: *An Honours degree (2:2 or above) and work experience relevant to the programme to be followed. Applicants with an Honours degree and considerable relevant experience may also be considered if they can demonstrate their ability to study at Masters level. *If successful at interview, applicants are required to successfully demonstrate that they have completed 550 hours of theory through studying/reading and a minimum of 700 hours of practice before they start the course using a Pre-Entry Portfolio. Students will have 700 hours of practice verified in the Pre-Entry Portfolio. A broad range of experience can be used for this including observations and reading. Your experience and learning may have occurred outside a typical 'practice' area but may still be applicable, for example you may have worked in a public-facing professional role in which you have demonstrated values relating to the professional standards that registered nurses must uphold (Nursing & Midwifery Council 2018).

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

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About University of Huddersfield

The University of Huddersfield is an award-winning, modern university with state-of-the-art facilities in a multicultural and thriving town.

  • Over 95 percent graduate employability rate
  • Teaching staff rank in the top three in England
  • Multi-award-winning with state-of-the-art facilities
  • The most affordable student town/city in England