Adult Nurse courses

Adult Nurse courses in England

3 approved adult nurse courses in England, at 3 universities in London, Manchester and Southampton, all 3 years.

BSc
3 Courses in England
3 Universities
3 years Typical length
£32,073 Starting salary Band 5, England, 2026/27

Studying to become a adult nurse in England

England has by far the largest share of pre-registration provision in the UK, and courses here are funded through the standard Student Finance England package — a tuition fee loan and a maintenance loan — with the NHS Learning Support Fund available on top for eligible health students. That fund is a grant rather than a loan, and it includes help with the travel and childcare costs that placements generate. Placements are with NHS trusts, and in most parts of England you will rotate through more than one.

Registration is UK-wide. Qualifying from an approved course in England lets you work as a adult nurse anywhere in the United Kingdom, and employers in the other nations do not treat the award differently. What the nation changes is the money and the placement geography while you study — the student finance body you deal with, the bursary or grant you can claim, and the health service you spend your placements in. The scheme that applies here is NHS Learning Support Fund.

All 3 approved adult nurse courses in the dataset are in England, so this page shows the same list as the main adult nurse listing. If you want to study this profession elsewhere in the UK you would be looking outside the approved provision recorded here. Every course here follows one route — undergraduate degree. 1 carry a UCAS code; the rest take direct applications.

Provision within England is spread across London (1), North West (1) and South East (1). That spread matters once you are on placement: a course in a region with several trusts or health boards within commuting distance usually means shorter placement travel and a wider range of clinical settings than one drawing on a single provider.

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Adult Nurse courses in England
University Course Award Route Length UCAS Typical offer City
King's College London Nursing with Registration as an Adult Nurse BSc (Hons) BSc 3 years Direct Not published London
University of Manchester Adult Nursing BNurs BSc 3 years Direct Not published Manchester
University of Southampton Nursing (Adult) BSc (Hons) BSc 3 years B745 Not published Southampton

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