MSc Advanced Practice at University of Exeter

Programme overview

Develop the skills and expertise required to respond to challenges facing our modern day health service and enhance your learning experience through engagement with external practitioners with specialist expertise We will provide a strong academic underpinning to the role of the Advanced Practitioner and encourage you to expand your scope of practice as part of the advanced practice agenda outlined by the NHS England Multi-professional Framework for Advanced Practice (2025) The MSc Advanced Practice can be studied as a part-time programme of study, taken over 2 or 3 years, to suit your needs, learning alongside our MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (Degree Apprenticeship)

Duration: 2 years part time; 3 years part time | Study mode: part-time | Intake: September 2027 | Location: Exeter, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

The MSc Advanced Practice is a multi-professional programme accredited by NHS England’s Centre for Advancing Practice. This programme will develop and enhance the skills you need to become an advanced practitioner, enabling you to work autonomously and flexibly to make complex decisions about how people should be cared for and treated. The programme will provide you with a sound educational grounding that will encourage critical analysis of literature, documents and policies associated with advanced practice, including professional, legal and ethical issues.

Career pathways

Demand for healthcare services, intensifying workforce pressures and a growing consensus of the vastly untapped potential of Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professions has led to the continued growth of the advanced practice agenda within the NHS. This course is for registered practitioners such as paramedics, nurses, radiographers and other healthcare professionals who aspire to develop and work at an advanced level of practice.

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Application information

Entry requirements

You should hold a minimum 2.2 Honours degree (or for older qualifications a Professional Diploma) in a healthcare related discipline. Relevant clinical experience or previous postgraduate qualifications will also be considered as part of the admissions process. In addition, you should be registered with the appropriate statutory regulatory body for your profession (such as the HCPC or NMC). You must have at least 2 years’ experience of professional practice. This should be post-registration experience and does not include internships. It is expected that candidates will have a current contract of employment with a healthcare provider and will have a named workplace supervisor to provide supervision for the duration of the programme. Please complete and upload the MSc Advanced Practice Application Form English language: Profile B2 (international applicants).

Domestic applicants: GBP 6,200 a year (2027/28). Fees are subject to an annual increment each academic year MSc Advanced Practice UK fees per year: £6,200pa part-time 2 years, £4,150pa part-time 3 years Standalone module fees: UK: £1,250 per 15-credit module International fees per year: £14,600pa part-t Source

International applicants: GBP 14,600 a year (2027/28) Source

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 2 years part time; 3 years part time

Apply through the official page: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/masters-degrees/apply/

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