MRes Health and Care (Nursing and Midwifery) at University of Derby

Programme overview

The MRes Health and Care (Nursing and Midwifery) is a one-year, research-intensive master’s degree designed to empower registered nurses and midwives to lead, influence and deliver high-quality research across diverse healthcare settings. Throughout the programme, you will build the advanced knowledge and methodological skills needed to design and conduct impactful studies that directly enhance clinical practice, patient outcomes and service delivery.

What you will study

MRes core modules: Quantitative Skills for Health and Care Research, Qualitative Skills for Health and Care Research, Methods for Managing Health and Care Research, Evaluating Health and Care Interventions, Independent Research Project for Health and Care.

Career pathways

The MRes Health and Care (Nursing and Midwifery) is designed to prepare you for a career in research or further study and research at doctoral level. Students completing the MRes will be well prepared to undertake doctoral programmes at the University of Derby, or other institutions offering Nursing and Midwifery Fellowships.

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Application information

Entry requirements

You’ll need: To be registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) or international equivalent, or international equivalent; An Honours degree of 2:2 or above/or evidence of Level 7 study; Applicants educated outside the United Kingdom whose first language is not English, or who have not completed a prior degree undertaken in the English language, must demonstrate attainment of an overall IELTS score of 6, with no individual component below 6.0; Submission of an outline proposal of the research to be undertaken; Research proposal; Together with your application, you need to submit an outline of your proposed research topic. This is to enable us to appoint an appropriate academic supervisor during the admissions process, ready for the commencement of term.; Your outline proposal (of approximately 500-600 words) should cover the following.; Research interests; Proposed topic for developing during the MRes; Rationale for choice of topic; Proposed research methods; Supporting literature/references; English language qualifications

Domestic applicants: GBP 9,720 for the whole programme (2025/26). Full-time fee for the full course; UK full-time fees paid within one academic year are rounded down to the nearest £50 if applicable; Page lists more than one figure: £9,720 for the full course* (2025/26) £9,720 for the full course* (2026/27) Source

International applicants: GBP 16,900 for the whole programme (2025/26). Page lists more than one figure: £16,900 for the full course (2025/26) £17,500 for the full course (2026/27) Source

Intake: September, January, April, June

Duration: Full-time: 1 year

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