Professional Practice in Healthcare (Negotiated Specialism) MSc at Middlesex University

A part-time flexible modular MSc for degree-level practising nurses and midwives who want to build a pathway towards a master's degree. Students plan an individual study pathway with the programme leader to meet their professional, academic and service development needs, and masters-level credits from prior study can be recognised. It is delivered at the Hendon campus.

Duration: 1 year part-time (top-up route), 2 years part-time or 3 years part-time  |  Intake: January 2027  |  Location: London, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

The programme totals 180 credits: 90 credits of optional modules and 90 credits of core research modules (Advanced Practitioner Inquiry and the Work Based Learning Project dissertation). Optional modules include Non-Medical Prescribing, Physical Assessment and Diagnostics, Minor Illness, Leadership for Public and Community Services and Practice Educator. A top-up route for those with a postgraduate diploma in nursing or midwifery or 120 level 7 credits consists of one 60-credit research module, Developing Research Capability.

Career pathways

Graduates often move to senior or specialist nursing and midwifery roles, and the MSc can lead on to MPhil or PhD study.

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