MSc Professional Nursing Practice at Buckinghamshire New University

Programme overview

For qualified Nurses, this flexible fully-online programme will enable you to advance your qualifications, gaining a Master’s Award, 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 Master’s 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: Applied Scholarship for Professional Nursing Practice, Global Health: Advancing International Professional Nursing Practice, Innovation Adoption for Professional Nursing Practice, Applied Leadership and Management for Professional Nursing Practice, Applied Research for Professional Nursing Practice, Practice-based Project for Professional Nursing Practice. Optional modules include International Perspectives for Evidence-based Stroke Management and Care OR, International Perspectives for Evidence-based Diabetes Management and Care OR, International Perspectives for Recognising and Managing Adult Deterioration OR, International Perspectives for Evidence-based Dementia Management and 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 Master’s programme will enhance their knowledge and skills for the increasingly complex world of patient needs, in addition to gaining a Master’s that supports career progression.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Students must meet the BNU entry requirements for a Master’s award. 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. In addition, students will need reliable internet access, as this programme is delivered fully online.

GBP 3,998 a year (2025/26). Home and international, Year 1 Source

Intake: July 2027

Duration: Two Years

Apply through the official page: https://www.bucks.ac.uk/study/apply-direct

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