Personalise your learning with our Nursing Top-Up degree, combining theory and practice in your clinical specialty. Gain the skills and confidence to excel in your OSCE assessments and advance your nursing career.
Register your interestThis Top-Up degree offers students the opportunity to study a wide range of topics relevant to current and relevant healthcare agendas and policies, as well as allowing students the freedom to integrate those which are relevant to student’s clinical practice. Students will explore, critically debate, and incorporate theoretical and practical issues within the context of their own area/speciality of clinical practice. This will be enhanced through multi-speciality discussions with staff and students from different clinical arenas. Students will develop these skills throughout each module, culminating in the submission of an assessment that allows you to demonstrate the development of these skills.
*The programme is not approved by the NMC and does not lead to registration with the NMC. It is an academic top up for level 1 NMC Registered nurses or Internationally Educated Nurses, who have a licence to practice in their country of qualification as a Qualified Nurse. Please note there is a separate process for overseas nurses to obtain registration from the NMC.
This course can be studied full-time over one year.
We use various methods of teaching including lectures, seminars, workshops, tutorials, independent learning and group work.
You’ll be learning modules in a simulation facility. This includes an immersive simulation suite which also includes mock wards, and a mock house for community simulations. There are also several different simulation mannequins that are available for teaching use.
IELTS short course
As part of our commitment to supporting our students, we offer a free two-week IELTS preparation short course exclusively for nursing students after completion of their programme. This 12-hour course is designed to help you achieve the required IELTS score of 7.0, a crucial step for NMC registration in the UK. The course covers key areas including speaking, listening, reading, writing, and important aspects of language such as phonology, morphology, and syntax. You'll also participate in a mock IELTS exam, giving you the preparation needed to succeed.
You must be a qualified nurse, registered with your home country regulatory body and have current experience.
To study this course, you'll need:
If English is not your first language, you must meet the minimum English language requirements to join the course:
We accept a range of English language tests and qualifications for students from all over the world. View the full list here.
APL is the term used when you get credit towards your course for something you learned in the past. It means you might not need to study all the course including a module or several modules.
This can come from:
If you think you could get APL, contact our Admissions team.
The annual fee for this course is:
For the 2024/25 academic year, even though you are classified as an International Student, EU nationals receive a £5,750 scholarship, which reduces the fees from £16,000 to £10,250. The discounted fee will be reflected in your offer letter.
The annual, full-time fee for this course is:
*Undergraduate fees are set according to rules from Government in line with forecast inflation. The fee for your first year of study for 2025/26 will be £9,535. You will pay tuition fees for every year of study. Fees may increase every year based on the Retail Price Index.
For more information on fees and funding, visit our Scholarships pages.
This information was correct at the time of publication.
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