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Mental Health Nurse courses in the UK

3 approved pre-registration mental health nurse courses at 3 UK universities, all 3 years. Compare provider, award, entry requirements and location below.

NMC approvedRCN
3 Approved courses All open to applicants
3 Universities
3 years Typical length
£32,073 Starting salary NHS band 5, England, 2026/27

How to read this list

Every course below leads to eligibility for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), which is what you need before you can work — and use the protected title "Nurse" — as a mental health nurse in the UK. Approval is the floor, not a ranking: an approved course has been assessed against the regulator's standards, so any of these will qualify you. What differs is the route, the length, where you will be sent on placement and what the university asks for at entry.

All 3 courses follow one route — undergraduate degree. That narrows the decision usefully: the choice in front of you is which university and which part of the country, not which kind of programme. Whichever route you take, the programme has to build in 2,300 hours of practice placement, so the geography of a course is a real part of the decision — you will spend a substantial share of the degree away from campus in clinical settings.

Provision spans Scotland (1), England (1) and Northern Ireland (1). Registration is UK-wide, so where you study does not limit where you can work afterwards — but fees, the student finance body and the bursary or learning support you can claim are all set nation by nation, and some schemes attach a commitment to work in that nation after you qualify. Read the funding pages before you rule a nation in or out on cost.

None of these courses publishes a typical offer in a form this site can cite, so the entry-requirements column is empty throughout. 1 carry a UCAS code and are applied for through UCAS; the rest take direct applications. Treat every requirement here as a starting point and confirm it on the university's own page — offers move year to year, and most providers also ask for an occupational health check, an enhanced DBS or equivalent disclosure, and often relevant work experience or a period of observation.

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Sorted by university.

Mental Health Nurse pre-registration courses in the UK
University Course Award Route Length UCAS Typical offer Location
Edinburgh Napier University Nursing (Mental Health) BN BSc 3 years Direct Not published Edinburgh, Scotland
King's College London Nursing with Registration as a Mental Health Nurse BSc (Hons) BSc 3 years Direct Not published London, England
Queen's University Belfast Professional Nursing Mental Health Nursing BSc (Hons) BSc 3 years B760 Not published Belfast, Northern Ireland

Every course as a card

BSc

Nursing (Mental Health)

Edinburgh Napier University

Edinburgh Scotland 3 years
BSc

Nursing with Registration as a Mental Health Nurse

King's College London

London England 3 years
BSc

Professional Nursing Mental Health Nursing

Queen's University Belfast

Belfast Northern Ireland 3 years UCAS B760

Where these courses are

  • London (1)
  • Northern Ireland (1)
  • Scotland (1)

Regional counts are shown for planning placement travel; use the nation filters above to narrow the list itself.

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Funding you may be able to claim

Funding for mental health nurse training is set separately in each nation and usually follows where you study rather than where you live.

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