Nursing (Adult)

Keen to step into a rewarding career by providing care for adults in community or acute settings? If so, this innovative Nursing (Adult) BSc(Hons) degree is for you. It’s been designed to provide a great foundation for your future career and help you make a real difference to the lives of others.

On this course, you’ll have the opportunity to gain key clinical skills and engage in simulation-based learning within a safe environment.

You’ll utilise human patient simulators to enhance your confidence, competence and understanding of patient care, and undertake clinical placements in various settings, throughout the NHS, as well as the voluntary and private sectors.

Throughout the course, you’ll learn the fundamentals of providing nursing care, progressing to understand complex needs, and leadership and management. You'll develop a range of skills, including communication and decision-making, whilst maintaining professional values.

Why Study Nursing (Adult) BSc(Hons) at University of Huddersfield?
You’ll learn how to respond to the physical, cognitive, and mental health care needs of patients and service users. You’ll build your confidence to become a competent, caring, and compassionate nurse, being taught by (and receiving support from) experienced lecturers, practice supervisors and assessors who know what it’s like to be an adult nurse. You’ll hear experiences and viewpoints from service users and carers, who are part of the Public Partnership Group to support this.

The University’s new Daphne Steele Building, on the site of the National Health Innovation campus, allows you to benefit from specialist, clinical teaching facilities and world-leading research facilities.

After successfully completing the course, you could apply to register with the NMC and work as a registered nurse for adults in various settings.

Professional Bodies
This course is regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and has strong partnerships with NHS Trusts and private and voluntary organisations.

Why Huddersfield?
Huddersfield’s vibrant and friendly campus is a great place from which to study, while the town itself offers lots to see and do, with good transport links in and around the area.

Not quite ready to start Nursing (Adult) BSc(Hons)?
Successful completion of our Health Foundation Pathway will equip you with the foundation knowledge to study Adult Nursing.

Take charge of your future through Clearing and find your place at the University of Huddersfield.

As a student here, you’ll benefit from inspirational teaching and access to innovative facilities and high-quality teaching and learning spaces, across two close-knit campuses, located right in the heart of Huddersfield town.

The University of Huddersfield focuses on preparing you for real-world experiences in your field, with simulated workspaces such as TV and radio studios, a trading room, and mock law court and hospital facilities.

As an undergraduate student, you’ll have the opportunity to undertake professional work-related experience whilst studying at Huddersfield. Students have gained invaluable experience both in the UK and internationally, working for brands such as Honda, BT, Siemens and PwC, to name but a few. Huddersfield also offer the Global Professional Award alongside your degree so you can gain valuable skills and attributes that employers are looking for.

Located in the foothills of the Pennines and surrounded by beautiful countryside, Huddersfield is a beautiful, student-friendly town with plenty for you to explore and it enjoys a low cost of living, meaning you'll have more to do more!

Get your application ready for an award-winning university with a thriving and welcoming student community.