Nursing Studies (Registered Nurse Mental Health Nursing) with Foundation Year BSc (Hons)
University of Surrey
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Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)

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15-SEP-25

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4 Years

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Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)

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Stag Hill

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15-SEP-25

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4 Years

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**Why choose this course**• Access our Clinical Simulation Centre, including our wards and community flat, to practise real-life scenarios with actors.•Benefit from a course that allows for 50% theoretical learning, 50% practical learning in clinical placements, to ensure you meet the requirements of our registering body, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).•Learn from a multidisciplinary team of lecturers who are all healthcare professionals with experience of working in the NHS. Many are ...Read more


Why choose this course

• Access our Clinical Simulation Centre, including our wards and community flat, to practise real-life scenarios with actors.
• Benefit from a course that allows for 50% theoretical learning, 50% practical learning in clinical placements, to ensure you meet the requirements of our registering body, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
• Learn from a multidisciplinary team of lecturers who are all healthcare professionals with experience of working in the NHS. Many are also active researchers, investigating topics such as clinical risk, dementia, ethics and compassionate practice.
• Get the academic requirements needed to register with the NMC to work as a mental health nurse once you’ve graduated.


What you will study

On this course, you’ll be exposed to a variety of mental health clinical practice experiences where you’ll learn interpersonal engagement and assessment strategies to use with service users, and how to effectively provide care when patients are in crisis. In your first year, you’ll study topics that are fundamental to mental health nursing, including anatomy and physiology, public health promotion and explore self-awareness and the ability to use the self therapeutically, ensuring you have a solid foundation upon which to build the rest of your degree.During your second year, you’ll begin to plan and deliver effective, evidence-based care to people experiencing specific mental health difficulties. You’ll learn how to empower people on their recovery journeys, utilising mental health policy and multi-agency approaches. You’ll also explore the interrelationship between physical and mental health comorbidities integrating with other health professionals and partner agencies like the police and social care.In your third year, you’ll develop your decision-making and leadership skills, and will gain insight into how psychosocial, spiritual, ethical and legal influences have an impact on the way patient care is provided.


Foundation year

The BSc Nursing with foundation has an additional year of study designed to support your transition on to latter years of the course. You will study full-time for one year at foundation level, and after successfully completing it you will be ready to move on to the next three years of the course.Students will be required to undertake some local insight days as part of their foundation year programme. These local insight days will be arranged by the University. Students will be responsible for associated costs (i.e. travel).

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WUSCA ranking:
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23/101
CUG Subject Ranking
CUG Subject Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
19th
CUG Ranking
CUG Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
12th
Nursing (Non-Specific)
Drop-out rate
Drop-out rate
The percentage of students who didn't finish the course.
Calculated by 100% - (% of students continuing course + % of students completed course)
100 - 87 = 13% Drop-out rate Source: UNISTATS, 2019
13%
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The percentage of students in full-time work 6 months after finishing their course.
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
98%
What students say
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15 Nov 23

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D:18,M:3,P:24 Grades / Points required

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International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:

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Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):

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Overall:CCD Recent study within the last five years required.We do not include General Studies or Critical Thinking in our offers.

Overall: BBCCCRecent study within the last 5 years required.GCSE or Equivalent:Scottish National 5: English Language and Mathematics grade C. While not required, applicants with a C in National 5 Science will be preferred.

Overall:CCDRecent study within the last 5 years required.GCSE or Equivalent:Scottish National 5: English Language and Mathematics grade C. While not required, applicants with a C in National 5 Science will be preferred.

Overall:QAA recognised Access to Higher Education Diploma with 45 Level 3 credits overall including 18 at Distinction, 3 at Merit and and 24 at PassRecent study within the last five years required.GCSE or Equivalent:English Language and Mathematics at grade 4 (C). Alternatively, Pass in Functional Skills in Literacy and Numeracy can be accepted in place of GCSE English Language and Mathematics. While not required, applicants with a 4 (C) in Science will be preferred.

Applicants taking the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) will receive our standard A-level offer for this programme, plus an alternate offer of one A-level grade lower, subject to achieving an A grade in the EPQ. The one grade reduction will not apply to any required subjects.Applicants can only receive one grade reduction from the published grades, an EPQ grade reduction can’t be applied in addition to other grade reductions made through other schemes such as Contextual Admissions or In2Surrey.

Overall:For foundation year equivalencies please contact the Admissions team.Recent study within the last five years required.GCSE or Equivalent: English language A HL4/SL4 or English language B HL5/SL6 and mathematics (either course) HL4/SL4. While not required, applicants who achieve HL4/SL4 in a science subject will be preferred.

Overall:MMMRecent study within the last five years required.

Overall:PassRequired subject: Health, Science or Healthcare Science

Overall:Pass overall with CCD from a combination of the Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate and two A levels. Applicants taking an A level science subject with the Science Practical Endorsement are required to pass the practical element. A-level General Studies and A-level Critical Thinking are not accepted.Recent study within the last 5 years required.GCSE or Equivalent:Inclusion of GCSE English and Mathematics equivalent within the Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate.

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