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Universities offering nursing courses

11 UK universities run at least one approved pre-registration nursing course, covering 5 fields and roles and 14 courses in total. They are grouped below by nation, and by region within England, because where you study decides where you are placed.

11 Universities With at least one approved pre-registration course
14 Courses Across every profession this site covers
5 Professions taught Of 5 covered by the site
3 Nations represented Funding and pay differ in each

How to read this list

A university appears here if it runs at least one course that leads to registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). That approval is the thing that matters: an unapproved course in the same subject will not let you register, and without registration you cannot use the protected title or be appointed to the job. Of the 11 providers listed, 2 teach more than one field of nursing and 9 teach a single one.

Grouping by region is not decoration. A large part of every pre-registration course is supervised clinical placement rather than classroom time, and those placements are arranged with NHS trusts and health boards near the university. Studying in one region usually means learning that region's services, meeting the people who will later interview you, and — if you stay — walking into a first post where you already know the systems. It also means the practical questions matter: how far the furthest placement is, whether you will need a car, and what the travel reimbursement rules are where you study. South East has the largest concentration in England here, with 2 providers.

The nation you study in changes what you pay and what you are paid back. Tuition fees, bursaries and maintenance support are set separately in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and the NHS pay scale you start on differs by nation as well. Registration itself is UK-wide, so a degree approved in Cardiff or Glasgow lets you work anywhere in the UK — but the money on the way through is a national question, not a UK one.

Universities with the widest nursing offer

Breadth is worth something if you are undecided, or if you want interprofessional teaching with the people you will later work alongside on a ward round.

Providers ranked by the number of nursing fields and roles taught
University Where Professions Courses
King's College London London and London 3 3
Queen's University Belfast Belfast and Northern Ireland 2 2
Birmingham City University Birmingham and West Midlands 1 1
Buckinghamshire New University High Wycombe and South East 1 1
Coventry University Coventry and West Midlands 1 1
Edinburgh Napier University Edinburgh and Scotland 1 1
Northumbria University Newcastle and North East 1 1
University of Leeds Leeds and Yorkshire and The Humber 1 1
University of Manchester Manchester and North West 1 1
University of Southampton Southampton and South East 1 1

England 9 universities

East of England 1 university

University of Suffolk

Trains nursing associates

Ipswich1 course

London 1 university

King's College London

Trains adult nurses, children's nurses and mental health nurses

London3 courses

North East 1 university

Northumbria University

Trains learning disability nurses

Newcastle1 course

North West 1 university

University of Manchester

Trains adult nurses

Manchester1 course

South East 2 universities

Buckinghamshire New University

Trains nursing associates

High Wycombe1 course

University of Southampton

Trains adult nurses

Southampton1 course

West Midlands 2 universities

Birmingham City University

Trains learning disability nurses

Birmingham1 course

Coventry University

Trains learning disability nurses

Coventry1 course

Yorkshire and The Humber 1 university

University of Leeds

Trains children's nurses

Leeds1 course

Scotland 1 university

Edinburgh Napier University

Trains mental health nurses

Edinburgh1 course

Northern Ireland 1 university

Queen's University Belfast

Trains children's nurses and mental health nurses

Belfast2 courses

Or start from the profession

If you already know what you want to be, the course listing for that profession compares every provider on award, route, duration and entry requirements.

Number of universities teaching each nursing field or role
Profession Universities Courses Routes offered
Adult Nurse 3 3 BSc
Children's Nurse 3 3 BSc
Learning Disability Nurse 3 3 BSc
Mental Health Nurse 3 3 BSc
Nursing Associate 2 2 Diploma

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Where this page’s data comes from

Course approval and provider records come from the regulators' published lists of approved programmes; one citation per publisher is shown here, and each course page carries the specific approval record it was built from.