MSc Advanced Clinical Practice at University of Brighton

Programme overview

Our Advanced Clinical Practice MSc offers an exciting opportunity to broaden your scope and level of practice to become an Advanced Practitioner. This course is open to experienced registered healthcare professionals wishing to advance their career at masters level. This is a multi-professional course supporting health professionals from a wide range of disciplines and specialist roles.

Faculty: School of Sport and Health Sciences | Duration: part-time: 2–6 years | Study mode: part-time | Location: Brighton, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

The course is part-time. Normally you will begin the MSc Advanced Clinical Practice course in September. You'll be able to focus on your own professional specialism and advanced practice to enhance your level of practice and become an advanced practitioner. The core module is the over-arching e-portfolio module delivered over two years: Managing Complexity in Advanced Practice. This module provides a benchmark of reflective evidence towards the capabilities within NHS England's (previously HEE) Multi-professional Framework (MPF) for Advanced Practice in England. Modules include Health Professional as an Educator, Health Law and Ethics for Informed Practice, Research Theory and Application for Health Professionals, Quantitative Research Methods, Integrated Care for the Older Person, Integrated Care for the Older Person (Level 6), Managing Complexity in Advanced Practice, Leading Service Improvement Project (LSIP) in Advanced Practice, Mixed Methods Research, Qualitative Research.

Career pathways

The course develops your advanced and specialist skills and knowledge so that you will be able to assess, treat and/or prescribe, refer or discharge a range of patients in your care. Advanced health needs assessments, diagnostic and therapeutic skills and knowledge are developed through taught and work-based learning.

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Entry requirements

Applicants should: be registered with an appropriate professional healthcare body in the UK (for example, HCPC, NMC, RCOT) and should normally have a minimum of three years post-registration experience. be working for a minimum of 15 hours a week in a trainee advanced practice role or developing your advanced level of practice with the backing of your employer or manager – applicants are normally required to attend an interview. normally hold a first degree – applicants who have 60 or more level-6 credits or a non-honours degree meet the requirements if all 60 credits have been awarded in the last five years, otherwise you would normally be expected to demonstrate your ability to study at this level by completing a level 7 module before registration. Recognition of prior learning/recognition of prior experiential learning (RPL/RPEL) is available to all students enrolled on educational programmes within the school.

Domestic applicants: GBP 11,502 a year (2026/27). First-year tuition fee, full-time; fees may rise in later years. Source

International applicants: GBP 18,792 a year (2026/27). First-year tuition fee, full-time; fees may rise in later years. Source

Duration: part-time: 2–6 years

Apply through the official page: https://evsipr.brighton.ac.uk/urd/sits.urd/run/siw_ipp_lgn.login?process=siw_ipp_app_crs

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