Nursing

Start your nursing career with authentic experiences and unique facilities on your doorstep.

Studying nursing at UEA gives you the support you need to thrive in a field full of opportunities.

All our courses have the NHS Constitution at their core and give you the perfect balance of theory and practice. You’ll develop the knowledge you need to be a nursing professional through blended learning, and you’ll build your practical skills in our high-tech on-campus facilities and out on diverse placements.

You’ll get wellbeing and academic support from our experienced and enthusiastic staff, who are acknowledged experts in their fields and committed to helping you succeed.

We offer undergraduate courses in adult nursing, children and young people’s nursing and mental health nursing.

If you already have an undergraduate degree (in any subject) or are working in the sector, our Master’s courses - MSc Adult Nursing and MSc Mental Health Nursing offer you routes to become a Registered Nurse within two years.

Or if you already work in health or social care, our apprenticeship courses offer routes to become a Registered Nurse or Nursing Associate alongside your employment.

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Why choose Nursing at UEA?

Highest ranking for Nursing in the East of England

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Collaboration with global organisations

Wide range of varied and unique placements

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Accreditation

All our nursing courses are accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

What can I do with my Nursing degree?

Discover diverse careers and opportunities

Doing a Nursing degree at UEA can set you up for a whole range of career pathways, within and beyond the NHS. After graduation you could:

Specialise in a particular area, for example primary care, children and young people’s palliative care, forensic health care, gastroenterology
Move into leadership and management
Grow within academia and research
Set up your own business as a nurse entrepreneur

Nursing can take you into all sorts of different environments, including hospitals, GP surgeries, schools, care homes, hospices, and into people’s homes. Your skills might also take you on an international adventure - past graduates have moved into nursing roles in the RAF and even on cruise ships.

Nursing lecturer demonstrating how to use a stethoscope

Follow your curiosity through a variety of placements

From the start of all our degrees, our placement pathways support you to plan your clinical experience across your time at UEA.

Our local and regional partners include hospital and community trusts, GP surgeries and mental health providers, and we have connections with universities around the world.

We’ll help you into placements that fit with your interests, location and circumstances. If you’re on our apprenticeships or master’s courses, we’ll also look at your past learning experience to make sure your placements give you something new.

You might stay close to home, or our BSc students have the option to explore an opportunity abroad. Wherever you go, you’ll be supported to thrive.

Learn from experts acknowledged for excellence

Our nursing courses are supported by teams of experienced teaching and research staff. You’ll learn from staff who have contributed to international journals and research projects, and written some of your own course textbooks.

Within the faculty we have three research centres, looking at healthy wellbeing and ageing, dementia and sleep. A number of our staff are also UEA graduates.

You’ll be supported and encouraged to follow your own path, whether that’s undertaking original research, presenting your work at a conference, or getting work published.

Find out more about research in the School of Health Sciences.

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Or join us for a subject taster session to get a feel for what it's like to study Nursing at UEA.

We also hold regular webinars on a broad range of topics about university, like personal statements, student finance, and life as a student.

All Nursing courses Subject tasters and webinars