Study Nursing at Hull

Give your career a boost, increase your earning potential or take the first steps in your career as a health professional with a Nursing degree from Hull.

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Choose the right course for you

We're passionate about making a difference

If you are too, then you’ve chosen the right place to study.

At Hull, our expert staff work with local healthcare providers to deliver a range of nursing degrees in some of the UK’s finest facilities following our £28 million investment.

They're just two of the reasons why the University of Hull is one of the top universities in the world to study nursing according to the latest QS World University Rankings.

We also offer flexible routes into nursing and healthcare for those wishing to train without formal qualifications, including the University Certificate in Health and Social Care Practice and the Alternative Route into Health and Social Care.

Plus, all undergraduate students studying nursing will receive a payment of at least £5,000 a year.² This doesn't need to be paid back and is in addition to any financial support received through your student loan.

1st overall

Nursing Courses at the University of Hull are ranked are Joint 1st in the UK for Graduate Prospects.¹

£5,000 bursary

All of our nursing students are eligible for a training grant of at least £5,000 per year from the NHS Learning Support Fund.²

World class

The University of Hull is one of the top universities in the world to study nursing according to the latest QS World University Rankings.

Career prospects

100% of our nursing students are in work or further study 15 months after graduating.³

Fully accredited

Our courses are approved by professional and regulatory bodies including the Nursing and Midwifery Council and the Health and Care Professions Council.

£28 million

We’ve invested in your future with the development of our £28 million health campus, with our facilities mirroring those you’ll use in your career.

Flexible routes into your degree

As well as our traditional courses, we offer routes into nursing and healthcare for those without formal qualifications, such as our University Certificate in Health and Social Care Practice and our Alternative Route into Health and Social Care.

These flexible programmes include the option to study part-time during the day or evenings, giving you the freedom to study around your career or family commitments.

David Dale

David found his passion for working with people with learning disabilities in the charity sector and boosted his career with a degree at Hull.

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Sharon Land

After developing a passion for helping people, the facilities at Hull persuaded Sharon to start an Adult Nursing degree.

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Shepherd Mathuthu

"For me there's no better place than here." Looking to become a mental health nurse? Shepherd tells us why he chose to study his degree at Hull.

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Hands on. Career focused. From day one.

At Hull, you’ll combine classroom learning with practical experience so that when you graduate, you’ll be ready to undertake the responsibilities of nurse.

Many of our courses have been developed with local healthcare providers to meet their requirements for qualified staff, so the career prospects couldn’t be better.

In fact, we're rated 100% for employability³, with many of our graduates working for the NHS as well as in private practice, the armed forces, the prison service and other areas.

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First stop: Your degree at Hull

Next stop:

Adult Nurse

Mental Health Nurse

Learning Disability Nurse

Child Nurse

Learn in revolutionary facilities

Our £28 million Health Campus is part of our investment into your future and the health of people in our region.

At the heart of it is the Allam Medical Building, which was officially opened by Her Majesty The Queen to provide state-of-the-art training environments for our students and researchers.

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Health Campus

Our home for the healthcare professionals of the future. Equipped with a simulated hospital ward, intensive care unit, resuscitation unit, and more.

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Mock Hospital Ward

Get hands-on in our mock hospital ward and practise a range of scenarios in our state-of-the-art facilities.

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ODP students Anna Williams and Lizzie Olayemi in the theatre

Operating Theatre

Develop the skills and confidence to work in a surgical setting with our mock operating theatre on campus.

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See what's waiting for you at Hull at our Open Day

Join us for an Open Day this summer and get the real Hull experience.

Explore our green and leafy campus and take a look around the state-of-the-art facilities you'll be learning in.

You'll also have the opportunity to visit our accommodation, chat to our lecturers and students, and get answers to all your UCAS application, student finance and support questions all in one day.

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Placements that are built into your degree

Placements are a key part of our programmes. That's why we have a special team – the Placement Learning Unit – to work with our practice partners and support you while you are on placement.

We have partnerships with NHS trusts in Hull and East Yorkshire, York and Scarborough, North East and North Lincolnshire, with the private, independent and voluntary sectors, and with the Yorkshire Ambulance Service.

Melanie Lee Midwife at Hull Women and Childrens Hospital

World-leading research and expert teachers

Our expert staff work closely with a number of partners to ensure our research is at the forefront of its field and benefits the health and wellbeing of the local community.

We have strong links with the NHS, charitable organisations, partner academic institutions, public representatives and industry, so you'll be trained and inspired by leaders in the field across all of our subject areas.

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Your next steps

We’re here to help at every stage of your journey to university, whether you’re looking for a course, or you’re ready to apply. If you have any questions, just get in touch. You can also receive important updates from us using the form.

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study@hull.ac.uk

01482 466100

1/ (Excluding Children's Nursing) The Guardian University Rankings 2023

2/ Available to all undergraduate students studying Nursing. You don’t need to pay this back, and you’ll get it as well as your student loan.

3/ UK domicile full-time first degree leavers; Higher Education Graduate Outcomes statistics, for the academic year 2019/20, published by HESA July 2022.