MSc Adult Nursing (Pre-registration) at Manchester Metropolitan University

Programme overview

We’ve designed our MSc Adult Nursing (Pre-registration) course around the core values of the NHS constitution so that you understand what’s required in caring for and supporting vulnerable adults. The MSc Adult Nursing (Pre-registration) is developed for those who have already graduated with an undergraduate degree. You'll gain the experience and skills required to practice as an adult nurse in two years, rather than the traditional three-year route.

What you will study

On this two-year full-time course, you'll spend approximately 42 weeks per year at university or on placement/simulation, with approximately 10 weeks holiday. This is to ensure you’re able to complete the required hours set by the NMC to be able to register at the end of your two years. Year 1 core: Person Centred Nursing (Adult), Enquiry and Evaluation, Local and Global Health, Resilience and Relationships, Practice Learning 1 (Adult), Practice Learning 2 (Adult). Year 2 core: Fieldcraft Skills, Leading and Improving Care, Supervised Independent Study Project (Adult), Practice Learning 3, Practice Learning 4.

Career pathways

Once you’re a registered nurse, you might start your career at an NHS trust, or you might choose to work in the private or voluntary sectors. Although many of our graduates begin their careers as staff nurses in NHS hospitals in the UK, you could develop your nursing career abroad, or in the Armed Forces, prisons, hospices, GP surgeries, care homes or schools.

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Application information

Entry requirements

All applicants must have achieved a minimum of a first degree (2:2 or above) and should have a minimum of Mathematics, English Language, and Science GCSEs at grade C/4 or above. IT skills can be demonstrated through the application process. We will accept GCSE Science, Biology, Additional Science, Applied Science, Physics or Chemistry, or BTEC Level 2 Science (Pass) as an acceptable equivalent. If you don't currently have your Mathematics or Science GCSE, there may be an opportunity to complete one of the approved equivalency testing courses before enrolling, to help secure your place. Please contact Admissions for further information. Applicants must evidence recent study within the last five years. Plus, evidence of relevant, practice-related experience through the pre-entry portfolio (detailed below). International applicants must have achieved an overall score of 6.5 in the academic version of IELTS. You should not achieve less than the equivalent of an IELTS academic score of 6.5 in each of the sections of Reading, Listening and Speaking and 6.0 in the section of Writing as an alternative to GCSE English Language. A satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is required for this programme. In addition, students who have resided outside the UK will be required to provide evidence of a satisfactory overseas police check. Instructions on how to complete these checks will be provided once you hold a firm offer for this course. Satisfactory occupational health clearance is also required to participate in this course. Interview attendance. All applications are considered by the admissions team on an individual basis; consideration throughout the application process and during the interview is also given to relevant additional educational achievements, life experience, and transferable skills, alongside references, personal statements (utilising values-based recruitment criteria set by the NHS) and the overall interview score. All shortlisted candidates are required to attend an online group interview. Personal statement. Your personal statement is expected to demonstrate an insight into your chosen field of nursing, including an understanding of care environments and current issues in contemporary nursing or health care. It should include an understanding of the NHS core values.

Domestic applicants: GBP 9,790 a year (2026/27). Full-time tuition fee per year Source

International applicants: GBP 22,000 a year (2026/27). Full-time tuition fee per year Source

Intake: February 2027

Duration: 2 years full-time

Apply through the official page: https://www.mmu.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/course/msc-adult-nursing-pre-registration#how-to-apply

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