MSc Advanced Practice in Healthcare at University of Liverpool

Programme overview

Explore specialist areas of practice in-depth on this flexible master’s degree. With an overarching theme of advanced practice, you can enhance your expertise in healthcare, gain the research and leadership skills essential to the role of the advanced practitioner, and tailor the programme to your own requirements. Please note, your course welcome starts on 25 January 2027.

Faculty: Faculty of Health and Life Sciences | Duration: 36-72 months part-time | Study mode: part-time | Intake: January 2027 | Location: Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

As this course starts in January, you’ll undertake taught modules from January to May and then September to January in year one. Compulsory modules in year one include Clinical Skills and the Advanced Practitioner, Principles of Advanced Clinical Practice, Clinical Skills in Practice for Advanced Practitioners, Leadership and Education for Advanced Clinical Practice.

Career pathways

Alongside the relevant clinical expertise, you’ll gain the leadership, research and educational skills required of an advanced practitioner. This will enable you to work inclusively and innovatively, either autonomously or as part of the wider health and social care team, within your scope of practice.

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Application information

Entry requirements

You will normally need a 2:2 honours degree or above, or equivalent, in a health or social care related subject. Applications are also encouraged from: Candidates with an appropriate health or social care professional qualification, who have at least two years of post-qualification professional practice experience. Junior doctors, allied health professionals and nurses who have appropriate degree qualifications for the professions.; English language: IELTS 7.0

Domestic applicants: GBP 6,250 a year (2026/27). part-time Source

International applicants: GBP 15,000 a year (2026/27). part-time Source

Intake: January 2027

Duration: 36-72 months part-time

Apply through the official page: https://theuniversityofliverpool.my.site.com/

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