BSc (Hons) Nursing Practice (Adult) at University of Staffordshire

Programme overview

An NMC-accredited degree leading to eligibility to register as an adult nurse. Students spend 50% of their time on placements, with nine six-week clinical placements across the three years, and learn in simulated hospital wards and community settings. Elective placements are available, including overseas.

Duration: 3 years full-time; 4 years with a foundation year | Intake: September 2027 (Stafford and Stoke-on-Trent); January 2027 (Stoke-on-Trent) | Location: Stoke-on-Trent, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1 introduces core nursing skills such as observations, basic life support, medicines management and infection prevention, with first clinical placements; year 2 focuses on the deteriorating patient, catheterisation, cannulation and intravenous medication; year 3 uses complex simulated scenarios, leadership development, an elective placement and a literature review. Modules include Adult Nursing in Practice 1-9 and The Evidence-Base for Practice.

Career pathways

Graduates register as NMC adult nurses and work as staff nurses in acute hospitals or community settings, or progress to specialist roles such as cancer care or district nursing, in the NHS and independent sector or abroad.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Typical offer: 112 UCAS points; A-levels BBC plus GCSE English and Maths grade 4/C or above; BTEC DMM; Access awards (60 credits, with 45 at Level 3) at DMM. All applicants are individually assessed. An interview, DBS check and occupational health screening form part of selection, and applicants must be 18 at the start of the programme. International applicants whose first language is not English need IELTS 7.

Domestic applicants: GBP 10,050 a year (2027/28). Full-time, Centre for Health Innovation Stafford, course starting 20 September 2027; first-year fee. Source

International applicants: GBP 17,085 a year (2027/28). Full-time, Centre for Health Innovation Stafford, course starting 20 September 2027. Source

Intake: September 2027 (Stafford and Stoke-on-Trent); January 2027 (Stoke-on-Trent)

Duration: 3 years full-time; 4 years with a foundation year

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