MSc Advanced Leadership for Professional Practice (Nursing)

• Develop the professional knowledge and leadership skills needed for advanced level practice in nursing.
• Study at a university ranked 6th in the world and 2nd in the UK for Nursing (QS World University Rankings 2024).
• Learn when it suits you with our part-time and full-time study options.
• Choose from a range of course units to suit your own interests within nursing.
• We also offer units from this MSc as standalone courses for continuing professional development (CPD). See the nursing, midwifery and social work CPD page for further information.

This course was a finalist in the Student Nursing Times Awards 2023.

Judges feedback noted, "The programme presented was topical and important for nursing and healthcare more widely. Testimonials from students were highly positive and this is to be commended. Support from stakeholders also showed that the programme was highly valued in practice settings."

Our MSc Advanced Leadership for Professional Practice course gives registered nurses the knowledge and skills they need to enhance their practice and prepare for leadership roles.

The course is aimed at nurses registered with a relevant professional, statutory or equivalent regulatory body. You will study content that reflects professional, UK-wide government and international benchmarks for advanced level practice in health and social care, enhancing your suitability for revalidation.

This includes contemporary knowledge and skills in clinical and direct care practice, leadership and collaborative practice, improving quality and developing practice, and developing self and others.

You will learn how to develop efficient and ethical ways of working that offer a better quality of life and care by placing service users and carers at the centre of decision-making and service redesign.

Full entry requirements

International students must demonstrate English proficiency through a secure and approved testing system.

We ask for English language proof if you are from non-majority English speaking countries (a list of majority English speaking countries, as defined by the UK Home Office, can be found here ).

Specifically, we require a minimum of:

• IELTS: 7.0, with a score of 6.5 or above in each component;
• TOEFL iBT:100 overall (25 in all subscores);
• GCSE English Grade C.

See further information about requirements for your country .

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