Our nursing degrees are among the best in the Southwest 鈥� noted for their high graduate employment rates and our strong links with local and national healthcare providers.

When you study with us, you鈥檒l spend up to 50% of your time on placements, gaining real-world experience while supported by qualified nurses acting as your practice supervisors and assessors. Combined with outstanding course content and state-of-the-art learning facilities and simulation labs, our practical approach means BU nursing graduates leave us as confident and proficient practitioners.

Nurses work in many different environments 鈥� including acute care in hospitals, primary care in the patient鈥檚 own home and GP surgeries, and in the private/voluntary sector (private hospitals and nursing homes) giving care to people of all ages and backgrounds. Because of this, we offer a variety of degrees leading to professional registration.聽
The courses available at BU are accredited by the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) and cover three fields of nursing:

  • Adult Nursing: this involves working with adults with a variety of different health needs and conditions in a range of settings. You鈥檒l improve people鈥檚 lives by learning how to care聽for patients providing person centred and evidence based care taking part in the full 24/7 cycle of care. You can opt to study this field of nursing at either our Bournemouth or Yeovil campuses.
  • Children鈥檚 & Young People鈥檚 Nursing: this field of nursing involves working with children as young as newborn babies through to teenagers.聽You will also support the families and carers of these children, using a family centred approach to care, so you need to be able to build a rapport and care for people of all ages.
  • Mental Health Nursing:聽one in three people has a mental health problem at some point in their life. mental health nurses work with other health care professionals such as GPs, psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers to support people with mental ill health through a recovery model focus.聽

The nursing courses available at BU span undergraduate, postgraduate and advanced standing courses, as well as Master鈥檚 and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) courses once you鈥檝e qualified.聽

Take a look through our summaries聽to find the right choice for you. You can also check out聽our聽clinical simulation facilities to see where you would be studying and practising your clinical skills.

Nursing students on eligible full-time courses may be eligible for a non-repayable聽聽of聽at least 拢5,000.聽Mental health nursing students may also receive an additional 拢1,000 specialist subject payment.

Undergraduate options

If you haven鈥檛 studied at university before you鈥檒l need to complete one of our undergraduate courses:

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We also have two nursing degree聽apprenticeship routes which聽allow you to be employed and聽receiving a full wage while studying.聽On successful completion of an apprenticeship course you will be awarded a BSc (Hons) degree qualification and be聽able to apply for professional registration with the NMC. Applications must be made via an聽employer 鈥� therefore prospective apprentices should either be employed in a healthcare role and have the support of their employer, or have made an application to a healthcare provider鈥檚 apprenticeship vacancy.聽

Three nursing students answering the question, 'Nursing degrees at BU 鈥� what are they really like?'

Postgraduate options

If you already have a degree, you can study one of our two-year postgraduate degree courses in either:

If you鈥檙e interested in studying a masters course you鈥檒l need to provide evidence of a portfolio of work, including 720 hours of paid healthcare experience. Further information about this can be found on the individual course pages.

Coral, nursing student on placement

鈥淒uring my third year of Adult Nursing, I had the opportunity to travel to Vietnam to work in a hospital for four weeks!鈥�

Advanced Standing courses

For nurses who are looking to transfer from one field of nursing to another, we offer Advanced Standing courses.These courses last two years and will be dependent on your previous qualifications and experience. We offer this route in:聽

Marie Miller, BU graduate

鈥淏U has given me the skills and knowledge to be a better person and make a hospital a better place for everyone else.鈥�

, a BU nursing graduate who became a Cancer Care Matron

CPD and Master鈥檚 options

Once you鈥檝e qualified as a nurse we offer an extensive range of part-time CPD聽courses, which you can combine to top up to an MA Advanced Practice, or you may want to consider the MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (Advanced Nurse Practitioner) course.聽We also have a聽Return to Nursing Practice聽course,聽for those who no longer have a live nursing registration,聽but are now looking to return to the profession.聽

Our nursing courses video gallery

Further information