Adult Nursing - BSc (Hons) *
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September 2026, January 2027 — UCAS code 1298 September, 1299 January
This course is being reviewed for 2026. It will remain NMC approved but there may be some changes in structure and delivery. Your journey to becoming a confident, compassionate, and future focused nurse starts here. The BSc (Hons) Nursing Course has been designed to enable you to meet the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Standards of Proficiency for Registered Nurses....
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- Level Undergraduate
- Study mode Full Time
- Award BSc (Hons)
- Start date September 2026, January 2027
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- Location City South
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Overview
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It always starts with a reason. A moment that makes you realize you want to show up for people when they need it most. In the UK, there are over 750,000 nurses and midwives forming the backbone of the NHS and wider care system. At Birmingham City University, you become part of that story. As one of the largest providers of undergraduate nursing education in the UK, BCU is helping shape the workforce the country depends on, not just with skills, but with patience, empathy, [music] and courage. Here you learn how to step into the hard moments, the ones that stay with you long after the shift ends. Every person we care for is different. Every story, every smile, every challenge. [music] With our practice-based learning, you don't just learn how to care, you learn how to lead. In the West Midlands alone, thousands of nursing students train each [music] year to support one of the UK's most diverse and fast growing populations, making a real difference in the communities around them. Some days push you, we practice, we repeat. [music] We get it wrong. We get it right together. Then you look around and realize you're part of something bigger, stronger, and making an impact. Nursing doesn't stay [music] inside hospitals. Across the UK, over half of all patient care happens in community and primary care settings, reaching classrooms, community centers, and care homes every single [music] day. Join our community and make a difference. Search BCU nursing.
This course is being reviewed for 2026. It will remain NMC approved but there may be some changes in structure and delivery.
Your journey to becoming a confident, compassionate, and future focused nurse starts here.
The BSc (Hons) Nursing Course has been designed to enable you to meet the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Standards of Proficiency for Registered Nurses. When you successfully complete the course, you will be eligible for entry onto the NMC register in one of the four fields of nursing: Adult, Children, Learning Disabilities or Mental Health.
The course integrates evidence-informed education and high-quality practice learning environments to shape nurses who will lead, advocate, and innovate within diverse health and social care environments whilst meeting the complex needs of people, families, and communities across the lifespan.
The course will equip you with the practical skills, knowledge and experience you need to become a confident professional nurse. Your time is evenly balanced between campus-based learning and practice learning experiences, ensuring strong confident integration of theory to practice.
Adult nursing encompasses a wide range of knowledge and nursing skill acquisition to care for adult patients and service users in a broad range of clinical environments. As an adult nurse you will be required to assess, plan, evaluate and implement care for the complex needs of patients across acute hospital, community-based and home-based settings. Being a registered adult nurse opens career opportunities to work locally and nationally as well as globally. Specialities within adult nursing include respiratory, surgical, oncology, trauma and orthopaedic, emergency medicine and critical care.
What's covered in this course?
Practice Learning Experiences
Your practice learning experiences will be based in a variety of settings such as in the community; primary care; social care settings; hospital or in home environments. Practice learning environments will be in the main in the Midlands and at locations where you can be exposed to the learning required.
Your professional practice modules will run across each year of your course and in parallel to your theoretical modules to support strong integration and application of theory to practice. You will be prepared for practice learning to ensure you feel confident when entering each stage of the course.
Teaching and Learning
You will experience excellent, innovative, learning, teaching and assessment experiences using technology to enhance your learning, through lectures, seminars and group work. Practical skills sessions and simulation will underpin your learning, supporting you to regularly apply theoretical concepts in a variety of different ways. Engaging with practice partners and people who use services throughout the course is also integral to our approach.
Virtual learning is critical to being able to perform in today’s increasingly digitally supported healthcare systems, therefore your digital literacy and development are explored within online and virtual learning environments. Online learning will be independent, guided and directed, allowing for flexibility of learning.
Accredited By
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Birmingham City University had the best facilities for my course, including excellent practice areas. This enabled me to get an insight into what it would be like to work in a hospital... from the mock wards.
Susan Donegal
Why Choose Us?
- 91% of students rated the learning resources for this course as good or very good (NSS, 2025)
- Funding - Nursing students who are eligible for a student loan will receive at least £5,000 a year in additional funding for maintenance and associated study costs. Download the funding FAQs.
- You will study at our City South Campus where we’ve recently invested nearly £5 million to update our skills and simulations facilities, complete with real-life hospital environments (wards, operating theatre), basic and advanced life support training facilities and simulation equipment to practice your practical skills.
- We offer two intakes a year in January and September so that you can start at the right time for you. Contact our Admissions team to find out more.
- Birmingham is one of the UK’s most diverse cities outside of London, which will provide you with a wide variety of experience that will be valuable to take forward into your future career.
- Opportunities to go abroad if this is something you would like to explore during your time studying with us.
- Student finance - have you already had a student loan to study an undergraduate degree but would like to do a second degree in nursing, midwifery or the allied health professions? You may still be eligible for funding.
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Next Open Days: 15, 17 and 18 August
Course in Depth
Year One
In order to complete this course a student must successfully complete all the following CORE modules (totalling 120 credits):
Developing Your Nursing Identity: Skills for Academic and Professional Growth 20 credits
Applied Anatomy and Physiology for Nursing Assessment 20 credits
Principles of Adult Nursing 20 credits
The Nurses Role in Health Promotion and Reducing Health Inequalities 20 credits
Professional Practice 1 in Adult Nursing 40 credits
Year Two
In order to complete this course a student must successfully complete all the following CORE modules (totalling 120 credits):
Advancing Academic Skills and Professional Development in Nursing 20 credits
Management of the Acutely Ill Adult 20 credits
Assessing and Providing Care for People with Long-Term Conditions in Adult Nursing 20 credits
Nursing Leadership and Advocacy 20 credits
Professional Practice 2 in Adult Nursing 40 credits
Year Three
In order to complete this course a student must successfully complete all the following CORE modules (totalling 120 credits):
Research and Quality Improvement in Nursing 40 credits
Coordinating and Delivering Complex Adult Nursing Care 20 credits
- Early Childhood Nursing Practice: A Community Perspective
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health
- Emergency Care in Adult Nursing
- Introduction to Project Management and Innovation in Healthcare
- Postural Care
- Understanding Needs and Supporting Autistic People Across the Lifespan
- Positive Behavioural Support
- Foundations of Adult Critical Care Nursing
- Introduction to Tissue Viability and Wound Care
Professional Practice 3 in Adult Nursing 40 credits
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Download nowAdditional support
If you have a specific learning difficulty (such as dyslexia or ADHD), a disability, a long-term health condition or mental health difficulties, our support teams provide advice, information and practical support (such as reasonable adjustments). Engaging with our support teams early on in the application process means that the University is more likely to be able to implement support before your arrival at University. If you require reasonable adjustments in your placement setting, early disclosure will assist the University in securing suitable placements wherever it reasonably can.
Further study
Nursing provides the opportunity for lifelong learning and our BSc (Hons) Nursing award forms the basis for progression on to further study.
So many opportunities exist for post-registration and postgraduate study. As a graduate, you may progress to a Masters degree, e.g. Masters in Advanced Nursing Practice, PhD.
A comprehensive portfolio of post-registration courses called Continuing Professional Development is available. These courses allow for academic and/or clinical development.
Many of the courses are taught as part-time flexible modules to fit around your work and domestic commitments.
This course is approved by the following organisation:
The Nursing and Midwifery Council
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) works with partner organisations to set and maintain high standards of nursing and midwifery education across the UK.
This course has been approved and monitored by the NMC to make sure that the education and training on offer meets their standards.
To work as a nurse or midwife, you must pass an NMC approved course at a higher education institution (HEI) in pre-registration nursing and midwifery, leading to registration with the NMC.
Athena Swan Bronze Award
We have successfully secured the Athena SWAN Departmental Bronze Award recognising a commitment to gender equality.
The Athena Swan Charter is a framework which is used across the globe to support and transform gender equality within higher education (HE) and research.
Entry Requirements
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112 points required
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Alternative options
If you do not have 112 points, you may like to look at our other available courses, or explore your options if you don't have enough points for any of our courses.
*Please note: the entry requirements listed below are relevant to main cycle applications and may not be applicable during Clearing.
Essential requirements
Standard offer: 112 UCAS Tariff points. Learn more about UCAS Tariff points.
Please note – if you are applying to this course through the Military route, the entry requirement is 120 UCAS Tariff points.
Accelerate offer: 96 UCAS Tariff points. Find out more about BCU Accelerate.
Applicants will also need to complete an interview for this course; see interview arrangements below.
If your level 3 qualifications do not meet the UCAS tariff for this course, you may be offered a place on our Foundation Year instead. You do not need to submit a separate application but will automatically be considered for this if your predicted grades fall below the UCAS entry tariff.
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
Successful candidates will be required to obtain a satisfactory occupational health check, an enhanced DBS check and registration with the Independent Safeguarding Authority prior to enrolling on this course. If you have any queries please refer to DBS Frequently Asked Questions or contact admissions@bcu.ac.uk.
If you have a qualification that is not listed, please contact us.
Fees & How to Apply
UK students
Annual and modular tuition fees shown are applicable to the first year of study. The University reserves the right to increase fees for subsequent years of study in line with increases in inflation (capped at 5%) or to reflect changes in Government funding policies or changes agreed by Parliament. View fees for continuing students.
Award: BSc (Hons)
Starting: Sep 2026
- Mode
- Duration
- Fees
- Full Time
- 3 years
- £9,790 in 2026/27
- Apply via Clearing
Award: BSc (Hons)
Starting: Jan 2027
- Mode
- Duration
- Fees
- Full Time
- 3 years
- £9,790 in 2026/27
- Apply via Clearing
International students
Annual and modular tuition fees shown are applicable to the first year of study. The University reserves the right to increase fees for subsequent years of study in line with increases in inflation (capped at 5%) or to reflect changes in Government funding policies or changes agreed by Parliament. View fees for continuing students.
Award: BSc (Hons)
Starting: Sep 2026
- Mode
- Duration
- Fees
- Full Time
- 3 years
- £18,570 in 2026/27
Award: BSc (Hons)
Starting: Jan 2027
- Mode
- Duration
- Fees
- Full Time
- 3 years
- £18,570 in 2026/27
This course offers both September and January start dates. If our places for your chosen start date are full, successful applicants will be offered a place for the next available start date instead.
Please note that applications are processed in the order in which they are submitted, so please apply early to ensure you have the best chance of securing your preferred start date if your application is successful.
You do not need to apply for both intakes as we will consider your application for the first available place if there are no places for your preferred intake.
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Places available to start in September 2026 and January 2027
If you'd like to start this course full-time in September or January, you can apply through Clearing.
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International and part-time students can apply online as normal using the links above.
Want to start in September 2027 or January 2028? You can apply via UCAS from September 2026.
Frequently asked questions
How will I know what has happened with my UCAS application when I have submitted it?
You'll be notified via UCAS if your application is unsuccessful. If your application is successful you'll be invited to attend an interview from our Health Admissions department.
What will the interview consist of?
You'll have a face-to-face interview with academic and clinical staff.
How will I know the outcome of my interview?
You'll be notified via UCAS track.
If I'm not offered a place, can I have some feedback?
Yes, you can request feedback from NMSW.Admissions@bcu.ac.uk
Employability
You will gain direct exposure to real-world nursing practice across varied NHS and private clinical environments, developing core professional skills and learning through multidisciplinary, interprofessional experiences.
Assessments and practice learning are mapped to the Nursing and Midwifery Council Standards of Proficiency for Registered Nurses, ensuring you meet all requirements for registration and develop strong employability skills.
The curriculum is shaped collaboratively with students, people with lived experience, and clinical partners. Volunteering, communities of practice, and employability support will help you build your professional identity from the start of the course.
Placements
Placements are a compulsory part of the course.
A placement is your chance to be a part of the working world of health and social care as it really is: your first taste of your career.
Placements help you with your confidence, by putting theory from the classroom into practice. We make sure you get a quality experience and that you are fully supported by a workplace mentor on hand throughout your placement.
Facilities & Staff
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Our staff
Cara Norwood
Course Lead – Adult Field
As course lead for adult field nursing, Cara is dedicated to ensuring an exceptional student experience for all. Cara has a clinical background in adult critical care nursing across the greater midlands area. Her clinical experiences led to a special interest in healthcare ethics, which she subsequently studied at Master’s Degree, and now teaches...
More about CaraClaire Lynch
Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing
Claire has a clinical background in Neuroscience Nursing. She enjoys working across different areas relating to both medical and surgical nursing skills but has a keen interest in trauma, high dependency and acute care.
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