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Adult Nursing

Study level:
Undergraduate

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Study mode:
Full-time
Qualification:
Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
Duration:
3 Years
Start date:
09/2026
Campus:
Main Site
2025-20262026-2027
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Course summary

This degree combines theoretical and practice-based learning to lead you to professional registration and a rewarding career as an adult nurse.

Adult nurses work to improve people’s lives by offering comprehensive physical, emotional, mental, and social support to people of all ages. This course aims to equip you with the knowledge, skills and behaviours required to independently address the diverse health and care needs of individuals across the lifespan.

  • Successful completion of this course makes you eligible to apply for professional registration as an Adult Nurse with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC).

  • Gain the skills to deliver professional, impactful, evidence-informed care across a range of dynamic and diverse healthcare environments.

  • Learn to collaborate and thrive as an adult nurse across and within multidisciplinary teams to coordinate safe, evidenced-based care delivery.

  • Study one module at a time, with five weeks of learning followed by one week of assessment per module. ·

  • All home learners on this course can apply for a minimum payment from the government of £5,000 per year. You can apply for additional payments if you incur childcare costs.

  • 50% of your learning will take place in diverse practice-based learning environments where you will apply your theoretical knowledge to the real world.

Why you should study this course
If you are compassionate, enthusiastic and committed, we can support you in developing the skills to deliver professional, evidence-informed care that truly impacts people’s lives.

  • Our approach supports you to develop a strong sense of professional identity and accountability as an adult nurse from day one.

  • Develop your confidence and skills in preparation to lead, influence and supervise others.

  • Delivered by a team that includes highly skilled, knowledgeable, nursing and allied health professionals.

  • Develop your digital fluency, curiosity, critical and reflective thinking.

  • Access to success coaches, placement supervisors and specialist support for mathematics and academic writing.

Coventry University's School of Health and Care collaborates closely with NHS Trusts across the UK to develop the workforce of the future. Together, we’ll prepare you for a rewarding and exciting career with great prospects and the opportunity for lifelong learning.

For full course and professional body accreditation information please check the course page on the Coventry University website.

Modules

Year one

  • Becoming a Professional Practitioner
  • Evidence: Your Profession in a Global Context
  • Nursing Assessment and Care Delivery
  • Understanding Influences on Health and Care
  • Placement 1: Introductions to Nursing Care
  • Placement 2: Delivering Nursing Care

Year two
* Exploring Knowledge Through Curiosity

  • Enhanced Approaches in Delivering Holistic Care
  • Therapeutic Interventions in Adult Nursing
  • Complex Decision Making Within Adult Nursing Environments
  • Placement 3: Delivering Enhanced Nursing Care
  • Placement 4: Delivering Complex Holistic Nursing Care

Final year

  • Leading for the Future as a Health and Care Professional
  • The Evidenced-Based Practitioner: Professional Project
  • Complex Care Coordination in Adult Nursing
  • Preparing for your Career in Nursing
  • Placement 5: Coordinating Nursing Care
  • Placement 6: Practising Autonomously

We regularly review our course content, to make it relevant and current for the benefit of our students. For these reasons, course modules may be updated. Before accepting any offers, please check the website for the most up to date course content.

Assessment method

This course will be assessed using a variety of methods which will vary depending upon the module.

Assessment methods may include:

  • coursework
  • practice placement
  • formal examinations
  • assessed discussions
  • numeracy assessment
  • Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs)
  • presentations.

The Coventry University Group assessment strategy ensures that our courses are fairly assessed and allows us to monitor student progression towards achieving the intended learning outcomes.

Apply by
14 January

This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.

Application codes

Course code:
HU01
Institution code:
C85
Campus name:
Main Site
Campus Code:
-
Points of Entry:
Year 1

Coventry University has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.

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How to apply

Apply by
14 January

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:
HU01
Institution code:
C85
Campus name:
Main Site
Campus Code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

This course may be available at alternative locations, please check if other course options are available.

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Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

UCAS Tariff - 112 points

[1] 4 qualifications for tariff points allowed (excluding general studies) [2] Must include 32 tariff points in a Health, Sport or Science based subject [3] May also include AS level and EPQ

A level - BBC

Excludes General Studies.

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

in a Health, Sport or Science based subject.

Access to HE Diploma - D: 24 credits

The Access to HE Diploma in Health or Science subject to include 24 Level 3 credits at Distinction in Health Units. Plus GCSE English and Mathematics at grade 4 / C or above.

Scottish Higher - CCCCD

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme - 27 points

to include 14 points at Higher Level.

GCSE/National 4/National 5

5 GCSES at grade 4 / C or above including English, Mathematics and Science.

We’re here to help you achieve your study goals. If your qualifications or expected levels of grades differ from those outlined above, chat with our admissions team and between us we will explore the possibilities open to you. We accept a range of qualifications and our study experience is designed to give you options and support from the start.
Contact us via our website to find out more.

Additional entry requirements

Criminal records declaration (DBS/Disclosure Scotland)
Health checks
Interview

Contextual admissions

Universities and colleges consider more than grades when assessing applications and may make offers based on a range of criteria. Learn more about contextual offers.

Grades alone don’t tell us everything about your potential and your story. We use information from your application to assess achievements in your personal situation to support fair and equal access. For example, we consider where you live, your school, if you are a carer or a care leaver or have experienced disruption to your education.
We have different schemes that recognise this context that may result in a reduced offer by up to 24 UCAS points or equivalent.

Learn more on the Coventry University website

Historical entry grades data BETA

This section shows the range of grades students (with UK A-Levels or Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diplomas) who received offers were previously accepted with (learn more). It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place. Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.

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We are unable to show previous accepted grades for this course. This could be because the course is new, it's a postgraduate course, there isn't enough historical data, or the provider has opted out of sharing their entry grades data for this course - learn more.

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

LocationFeeYear
England£9535*Year 1
Northern Ireland£9535*Year 1
Scotland£9535*Year 1
Wales£9535*Year 1
Channel Islands£9535*Year 1
Republic of Ireland£9535*Year 1

* This is a provisional fee and subject to change.

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.

Additional fee information

Additional costs/fee information
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Studying this course with a sandwich year incurs an additional £1,500 fee (£1,800 for international students) to cover your academic support throughout your placement year.

For full international fees and the most up to date information about tuition fees, please check the relevant course page of the Coventry University website.

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