Entry requirements
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This course is open to anyone who holds a health-related degree at 2:2 or above and registrants from another field of nursing. Applicants will have to demonstrate a minimum of 600 hours of theory (gained from your first degree) and 600 hours of healthcare experience in order to APL (Accreditation of Prior Learning)/RPL (Recognition of Prior Learning) out of the necessary hours for the course.
We also require you to have GCSE maths and English at Grade 4 or above (or equivalent).
Healthcare experience and Portfolio of Evidence
You must demonstrate 600 hours or more of formal or informal healthcare experience. Formal healthcare experience can be in the public or private sector. Once you've been shortlisted for interview, you'll be required to complete a portfolio of evidence as part of the APL process to ensure the 600 hours of healthcare experience has been met.
Interview
Your completed application form will be reviewed by our Admissions team to ensure that you have the required entry qualifications. If you meet these requirements, your application will be individually assessed by the Admissions Tutor and, if successful, you'll be shortlisted for interview.
The selection process will include an individual interview and a group activity which will assess your values, problem-solving, and communication skills.
Interviews will take place online via Microsoft Teams.
Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL)
This is available to applicants who meet the course specific APL requirements. It may apply to applicants who wish to transfer their NMC approved nursing studies from another university where they've achieved 120 credits at Level 4. The APL entry route is also available to Nursing Associates who are aiming to become a registered nurse.
If you're interested in the APL route, please contact the admissions tutors for further information: Shelly Rowell at shelly.rowell@sunderland.ac.uk or on 07976215092, or Helen Robinson at helen.robinson@sunderland.ac.uk or on 07977451156.
Fitness to Practise:
Medical assessments of your mental and physical health and disclosure of criminal convictions apply to all nursing courses and are based on current NMC requirements. Nurses are registered healthcare professionals and the ability to practise safely, effectively, and professionally is essential, so all applicants are required to follow our fitness to practise procedures.
This means you're required to complete the following:
- A health declaration form. Here, you must demonstrate that you're of good health, good character, and can satisfactorily pass occupational health screening. In addition, you'll be required to attend an Occupational Health Assessment with an NHS Trust. The University will, taking into account current NMC regulations, make any reasonable adjustments if required. Please refer to the HEOPS nursing student standards.
- A self-declaration form about your conduct
- Obtain an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. The cost of the DBS check is covered by the University.
Instructions on how you complete these checks will be sent to you once you hold a conditional firm offer with us. These forms are then reviewed alongside your application, and you must meet both the academic and fitness to practise requirements before you're given an unconditional offer. If you're successful, you'll also need to complete an annual declaration form to confirm you're fit and there are no changes to your DBS.
If English isn't your first language, you'll need a British Council International English Language Testing System (IELTS) overall score of 7.0, with at least 6.5 in each band.
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Fees and finance
The annual fee for this course is:
- £9,535 if you're from the UK/Ireland/EU settled/pre-settled*
- £17,000 if you're an international student
*Undergraduate fees are set according to rules from Government in line with forecast inflation. The fee for your first year of study for 2025/26 will be £9,535. You will pay tuition fees for every year of study. Fees may increase every year based on the Retail Price Index.
Find out if you qualify as a UK, EU or international student.
Postgraduate pre-registration healthcare courses, such as MNurse, attract undergraduate funding from the UK student finance system, instead of the postgraduate loans system. Therefore, you must apply for undergraduate student finance from your national student finance body.
A non-repayable grant of £5,000 and extra payments worth up to £3,000 is available to eligible home students for each year of study. Read more about the training grant on The NHS Business Services Authority website.
Take a look at the scholarships and bursaries that may be available to you.
This information was correct at the time of publication.
