Nursing MSc

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This course takes your nursing experience, knowledge and skills to the next level, boosting your career opportunities and giving you an understanding of the needs of major employers like the NHS. You'll get a wider image of healthcare and grow your professional network, helping you meet your goals.

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Overview

Taking your nursing undergraduate degree to the next level, this course will give you the skills and knowledge you need for higher roles in nursing, including nurse team manager and nurse consultant.

You'll work on your professional development and learn how to make a bigger impact on people's health and wellbeing.

Read the full programme specification for the MSc Nursing course to find out more.

Why us?

University of the Year for Social Inclusion (The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021)
Winner of Nurse Education Provider of the Year (Post-registration) at the Student Nursing Times Awards 2018

Everything that you study will be directly related to the needs of the NHS and other health care employers
The content of this course is based on the NHS Leadership Framework

Course structure

Using a mix of taught and independent learning, this course gives you the opportunity and guidance to base your studies around your interests. You'll be taught through lectures, seminars, case studies, presentations, group work, directed study and tutorials. You'll be marked on your essays, reports, case studies, exams and presentations.

Core modules:

Dissertation (60 credits)
Health Research Methods and Critical Appraisal (30 credits)
Sociological Perspectives and Global Health (30 credits)
Teaching and Learning (30 credits)

Optional modules (choose one):

Epidemiology and Health Measurement (30 credits)
Leadership and Management in Health (30 credits)

Some modules have prerequisites. Read more about what this means in our Help and Advice article.

Entry requirements

We don’t currently display entry requirements for United States. Please contact the Student Admin team on studentadmin@sunderland.ac.uk or 0191 515 3154.

To study this course you need:

an honours degree in nursing

You should also have:

an honours degree in nursing, and
6.0 IELTS score with at least 5.5 in each element

You must meet the minimum English language requirements to join the course.

Fees and finance

The annual, full-time, fee for this course is:

£7,500 if you are from the UK (including EU students with settled or pre-settled status resident in the UK).
£15,900 if you are an EU or international student.

From August 2021, EU students who are resident in the EU or elsewhere outside the UK will be charged international fees. Find out more information on how Brexit will impact EU, EAA and Swiss citizens studying in the UK.

For more information on fees and funding, visit our Scholarships pages.

Please note: Fees may be subject to change in the next academic year.

Find out more about paying tuition fees, methods of payment, or read about the scholarships and discounts that might be available to you.

This information was correct at the time of publication.

Career ready

For better roles in nursing, you need higher degrees, which is why this course will help you reach your career goals. As a graduate, you could apply for jobs as a nurse team manager or nurse consultant, giving you the chance to make a bigger impact on people's health and wellbeing. Nurse consultants, for example, have an average salary of over £56,000 (according to Glassdoor).

Graduates from this course have gone on to get promotions in organisations like the NHS and taken on further study to doctoral programmes, lecturing and teaching.

Promotion

What you learn in this course will help you get promoted, which is a great return on the investment of hard work you'll put in. Taking the NHS as an example, nurse team managers are in pay band 7 and nurse consultants in pay band 8.

Take this opportunity to invest in yourself and see how far your career can go.

Varied career options

By the time you graduate, you'll have a much greater knowledge of the healthcare sector. Plus, you'll have grown your professional network, one of the key factors in getting new jobs.

As an MSc graduate, your expertise will be recognised throughout the sector, meaning you'll be in line for interesting and exciting career opportunities

Meet the students

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Contact

Contact Student Recruitment for further information about studying at the University of Sunderland in London:

Tel: 020 7531 7333

Email: admissions-london@sunderland.ac.uk

Read the full programme specification for the MSc Nursing course to find out more.

Page last updated: 01 June 2023

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