Adult Nursing BSc (Hons) with NMC registration

Typical offer

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English language requirements

If English is not your first language, an IELTS score of 7.0 overall and 7.0 in all components except writing which should be 6.5 or higher is required.

English language tuition, delivered by our British Council accredited Centre for English Language Learning (CELL), is available both before and during the course.

Additional application stages

Interview required: Yes

Interviews will take place online via Microsoft Teams. To find out more about interviewing for a course please visit our interview advice page.

Work experience required? Yes

Applicants are required to demonstrate relevant work experience or transferable skills within their interview. This would normally include experience from formal or informal employment, school or college work placements, voluntary work and other relevant life experiences.

Non-academic requirements

Self-Declaration Form clearance: Yes

Enhanced DBS disclosure clearance: Yes

As part of your application process, you will be required to submit an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) application before starting the course.

For overseas applicants, you will also need to submit a criminal records certificate from your home country.

Further details will provided by our Admissions team after you receive an offer to study with us.

Occupational Health clearance: Yes

Additional information:

Availability: This course has a limited number of places so that we can ensure a good quality placement experience. In exceptional circumstances this may result in the course becoming full before you have completed the admissions process. In this situation we will offer you the opportunity to be considered for a place on an alternative course.

You must meet and fulfil all non-academic requirements before 17 July 2026. Failure to meet this deadline may result in your offer being withdrawn.

Mature applicants need academic attainment normally no more than five years of joining the course.

Placements

As part of this course, you will have the opportunity to complete a number of placements, which offer invaluable professional experience. Placements are typically provided across the East Midlands, in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland and sometimes in surrounding counties. Students must therefore be prepared to travel to access placement opportunities which are an essential component of the programme.

In your placement, you will work alongside practice supervisors and practice assessors to learn the practical application of nursing relevant to your chosen field. Placements are typically based in a variety of acute and community health environments and social care settings, including caring for individuals in their own homes.

Specific adult placements could be in the following areas:

• Acute placement settings (emergency care, high dependency and critical care, theatre and recovery)
• Surgery (orthopaedics, gynaecology, vascular and cardiac surgery)
• Medicine (cardiology, respiratory medicine, urology and renal medicine, gastroenterology, endocrinology, neurology)
• Specialist nursing teams (heart failure nurse specialist, diabetes specialist)
• Community placement settings (community hospitals, community nursing teams)
• Nursing home placements
• GP Practice placements
• Outpatients (fracture clinic, DVT clinic, eye clinic, dermatology, sexual health)
• Prison nursing

Placement time includes a range of different shift patterns across a 24-hour cycle.

Further information

All students will be required to adhere to a uniform policy when in practice, in which they must be bare below the elbow. This is non-negotiable as it is an infection prevention requirement to safeguard the health and safety of all students and service users.

Graduate careers

Upon successfully completing the course, nursing graduates are eligible to apply for NMC registration and can apply to work in a variety of roles throughout the NHS, charitable and private healthcare sectors. Registered nurses can start on a salary of £29,970 (NHS nurse band 5 pay scale - correct as of May 2025).

There are a wide range of opportunities open for adult nurses after qualification. You could specialise in a specific field such as operating theatres, district nursing or intensive care or become a Nurse Specialist. You will find employment opportunities in a range of settings such as community nursing teams, in patient services, prisons and GP surgery’s.

As you progress through your career you may find employment as a clinical nurse specialist or you may move into teaching, clinical research or management.

Once qualified, our postgraduate study opportunities can further enhance your knowledge and skills, including Post Registration Education, professional doctorates and master’s degrees such as Professional Clinical Practice MSc/PG Cert/PG Dip.