Nursing Undergraduate Courses

99^% in professional occupations 15 months after graduationThe Guardian University Guide 2024 (Adult Nursing and Nursing Associate)

_Top15for student satisfactionComplete University Guide 2025

_Top15for teaching National Student Survey 2024

_Top15for student experienceTimes and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025

_Top20for teaching qualityThe Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025

_Top20for Children's and Mental Health NursingGuardian University Guide 2025

You’ll gain the skills to provide exceptional levels of care via our first-class facilities, practise these skills through placements in hospitals and community settings across the region, and gain a full understanding of both the demands and rewards of delivering high-quality nursing care.

Our exceptional employment record shows that our nursing graduates are in high demand. Choose to study with us and take your first step into a rewarding career, where you will be able to make a positive impact every day.

Find out about the best route for you into this exciting career with our Routes into Nursing.

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Undergraduate Nursing courses

Our nursing degrees are accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). This professional recognition means you’ll be eligible to register and practice as a nurse when you graduate
BSc (Hons) Nursing (Adult) and BSc (Hons) Nursing (Mental Health) are taught at both our Derby Campus and Chesterfield Site with both sites offering you the same exceptional health care learning facilities
We've recently introduced a range of MSci courses. These are integrated masters courses, suitable for undergraduate students without a prior degree, who wish to study two fields of nursing (such as Adult and Child Nursing combined) or additional leadership skills (such as Adult Nursing and Leadership or Mental Health Nursing and Leadership)
Practical experience is a hallmark of our courses. Drawing on our flourishing employer links, we offer work placements in a broad spectrum of health and social care settings
Our Clinical Skills Suite is built to professional standards and is a safe environment for you to develop the competences that you’ll need to thrive in your career. The suite includes a replica ward, counselling rooms and a treatment room, all fully equipped with the latest clinical resources
Our Immersive Interactive Simulation Suite replicates a range of different scenarios that nurses may find themselves working in, from the back of an ambulance to an operating theatre or anaesthetic room. You’ll be ‘immersed’ into different environments to gain a greater understanding of the varied pressures you’ll encounter and the range of factors you’ll need to consider when working in different spaces
The University of Derby won the award for "Best Student Experience" at the Student Nursing Times Awards 2022 for its partnership with Community Chesterfield and Derbyshire Voluntary Action. Read the full story of our double award win. The University was also shortlisted in multiple other categories.

Facilities

NHS Standard mock hospital ward

The six bed hospital ward is complete with teaching facilities, a nurses station, patient bathroom, patient mobility equipment and simulated learning patients to provide a lifelike taste of working in...

Artificial patients

Providing realistic medical training, our Clinical Skills Suite has a number of high quality artificial patients from individual limbs to technically advanced simulation dolls, which can be programmed...

Immersive Interactive Simulation Suite

Our students can gain experience using our Immersive Interactive Simulation Suite which combines innovative technology, virtual reality, interactive 3D graphics and audio content to provide you with a...

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A nursing student treating a mannequin with air equipment

"The lecturers were approachable and encouraged me to push myself. They gave me important feedback that enabled me to progress further, they also visit placements to offer support and guidance which is really useful."

Holly Anthony

BSc (Hons) Nursing (Adult)

Professional accreditations and career opportunities

Our nursing degrees and foundation degree are accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and approved to the NMC's Future nurse: Standards of proficiency for registered nurses. This professional recognition means you’ll be eligible to register and practice as a nurse or nursing associate when you graduate. Our exceptional employment record shows that our nursing graduates are in high demand and go onto work in a wide variety of clinical settings. In addition, our extensive continuing professional development short courses and modules are available to qualified health care professionals.

Florence Nightingale Foundation Academy Member

The University of Derby has become the very first Higher Education Institution to join the Florence Nightingale Foundation Academy as a member.

The Foundation’s principal focus is on improving health, clinical outcomes and patient experience, through building nursing and midwifery leadership capacity and capability. Our Nursing and Midwifery students will therefore have the opportunity to contribute to policy consultations, gain opportunities for elective placements, and enjoy access to leadership programmes including Nightingale Frontline, a peer group coaching service.

The University of Derby is a great university. You get to know all the tutors and they are always there to offer support if you need it. Nursing as a career is hard work but is so worth it when you get to help people at their most vulnerable state.

Claire Brown

BSc (Hons) Nursing (Adult)

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