BSc (Hons) Professional Nursing Practice (Top-up) at Buckinghamshire New University

Programme overview

For qualified Nurses, this flexible fully-online programme will enable you to gain academic qualifications without leaving the role you’re in. We will develop your skills and further your career opportunities in clinical and strategic roles in the healthcare services. Working alongside your study, you’ll have the opportunity to apply your learning to your workplace in your assessed work.

Faculty: Nursing and Midwifery | Duration: Two Years | Study mode: part-time | Intake: July 2027 | Location: High Wycombe, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

This Nursing online top-up degree is taught fully-online over a 2-year period. Learning is closely linked to professional experience, covering nursing care delivery, leadership and management, and it develops key skills around critical thinking, synthesis and evaluation. Core modules include Evidence into Action: Academic and Professional Skills for Nursing Practice, Global Health: Challenges and Opportunities for Professional Nursing Practice, Leadership and Management for Professional Nursing Practice, Dissertation - Extended Literature Review for Professional Nursing Practice. Optional modules include International Perspectives for Evidence-based Stroke Care, International Perspectives for Evidence-based Diabetes Care, International Perspectives for Recognising Adult Deterioration, International Perspectives for Evidence-based Dementia Care.

Career pathways

We see your time with us as much more than a degree, and we are committed to supporting you in upskilling and taking the next step on your Nursing journey. Learners on this Nursing online top-up degree programme will develop knowledge and skills for the increasingly complex world of patient needs, in addition to gaining an academic award that supports career progression.

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Application information

Entry requirements

We welcome applications from nurses who hold current nursing qualifications / registration with their recognised Nursing governing body. All students will already be employed nurses. If you are applying from outside the UK, there are established equivalency assessments used by the admissions team for applications from internationally-educated nurses. For Students who do not currently have level 5 academic credits, the existing BNU Professional Practice CPD portfolio also offers an online opportunity to gain Level 5 accreditation. This would provide further support for applicants who do not meet entry criteria to join the programme for a later programme enrolment. In addition, students will need reliable internet access, as this programme is delivered fully online.

Domestic applicants: GBP 3,115 a year (2026/27) Source

Intake: July 2027

Duration: Two Years

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