Full time
2 years
APR-25
Postgraduate Diploma
Nursing Studies
Taught
This course is run at our West London campus but it is also offered at the Berkshire Institute for Health in Fountain House, our campus based in the heart of Reading. As you will spend half your course gaining experience on placement, you should choose a course location that you can travel to easily. Please see the course detail below for our London placement partners.
This course is approved against the Nursing and Midwifery Council Future Nurse: Standards of Proficiency for Registered Nurses. These standards set out the knowledge and skills you will learn as the next generation of adult nurses, to enable you to deliver world class person-centred, evidence-based care.
Are you ready to make a difference and embark on a rewarding career in nursing? This new course will prepare you to care for adults (of all ages), who are recovering from an accident or acute illness, learning to live with a chronic health condition or at the end of their lives. You’ll also learn how to empower people to make a difference to their own physical and mental health. On completion of the course you’ll be eligible to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as an Adult Nurse.
Study & career progression
Many of our graduates find work with local NHS Trusts or healthcare organisations.
Alternatively, you could continue your studies at UWL. This will help you to enhance your clinical knowledge and skills in a specialist area.
We also offer Continuing Professional Development (CPD) courses for healthcare practitioners.
For this course (per year)
£9,250
To be confirmed
You need: a first degree at grade 2:2 or above in any subject; GCSE English and Maths (grade 9 - 4 / A* - C) or Level 2 equivalents.
The University of West London (UWL) is known as the ‘career university’ due its exceptionally high graduate employment rate and close connections with top industry employers. It has been ranked the city’s best modern non-specialist university (Complete University Guide, 2025), and is number one in London for student satisfaction (National Student Survey, 2024). Curricula incorporate both theoretical knowledge and practical learning...more
Part time | 1 year | SEP-25