{"id":238937,"date":"2017-05-11T13:05:41","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T13:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/gsi_study_guides\/top-five-universities-uk-nursing\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T23:37:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T07:37:59","slug":"top-five-universities-uk-nursing","status":"publish","type":"gsi_study_guides","link":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/study-in-uk\/study-guides\/top-five-universities-uk-nursing\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Five Universities in the UK to Study Nursing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most nursing degrees last for four years in the UK and students will cover a wide variety of the different aspects of the profession\u00a0during this time. Compulsory courses in life sciences will take place; while placements in various community and medical centres will enable students to gain firsthand experience of their profession.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See: <a href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/study-in-uk\/popular-courses\/nursing\">Nursing subject guide<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Learn more about the five best nursing universities in the UK (<em>QS World University Rankings 2018<\/em>) below, as well as what\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/study-in-uk\/ielts\/\">English requirements are needed<\/a>\u00a0to apply. If you need to improve your English ahead of studying a nursing course, visit our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/study-in-uk\/institutes\/\">IELTS Language Centre<\/a>\u00a0and find a lesson plan and schedule to suit you.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Nursing courses in the UK\" href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/study-in-uk\/popular-courses\/nursing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3736\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\" src=\"http:\/\/www.studyin-uk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/nursing-study-uk-1024x512.jpg\"  width=\"892\" height=\"446\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Top Five UK Universities for Nursing<\/h2>\n<h3>1. King\u2019s College London<\/h3>\n<p>The Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing &#038; Midwifery at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/study-in-uk\/institutes\/universities\/kings-college\">King&#8217;s College London<\/a> was the world\u2019s first school of nursing, and is ranked as the\u00a0number one faculty\u00a0for nursing in the UK\u00a0and number three in the world.<\/p>\n<p>There are\u00a0four departments in\u00a0Child &#038; Family Health; Midwifery; Adult Nursing;\u00a0Mental Health Nursing, and the school is at the forefront of health services, policy and evaluation research.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a title=\"Kings College London Profile\" href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/study-in-uk\/institutes\/universities\/kings-college\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3737\" src=\"http:\/\/www.studyin-uk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/kings-college-london-nursing.jpg\"  width=\"795\" height=\"298\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\">2. University of Manchester<\/h3>\n<p>The Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/study-in-uk\/institutes\/universities\/manchester\">University of Manchester<\/a> utilises a range of innovative teaching and learning methods to offer outstanding support for academic studies, in placements or personal situation.<\/p>\n<p>In the latest Research Excellence Framework, Manchester was rated first in the UK for our research in the category of Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Nursing ad Pharmacy.<\/p>\n<h3>3. University of Southampton<\/h3>\n<p>The three-year BN (Hons) Bachelor of Nursing at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/study-in-uk\/institutes\/universities\/southampton\">University of Southampton<\/a> provides an even share of theory and practice, across a host of hospital and community based placements, supplemented through an interactive skills lab and patient simulator.<\/p>\n<p>Students have the choice of single or dual registration programmes in all nursing fields and the opportunity to plan their own nursing development experience in either the UK or overseas.<\/p>\n<h3>4. University of Edinburgh<\/h3>\n<p>The nursing department at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/study-in-uk\/institutes\/universities\/edinburgh\">University of Edinburgh<\/a> offers both undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes, as well as continuing professional development courses. The department also scored 100% on the \u2018Guardian excellence rating\u2019\u00a0following last year\u2019s university rankings.<\/p>\n<h3>5. Ulster University<\/h3>\n<p>The School of Nursing at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/study-in-uk\/institutes\/universities\/ulster\">Ulster University<\/a> has delivered nursing programmes for over 30 years, and its courses provide excellence in teaching and research with innovative approaches to learning.<\/p>\n<p>Undergoing a placement is a requirement in most courses, giving you a chance to put your knowledge to the test and also enabling you to get hands on experience, which is extremely beneficial to your future.<\/p>\n<h2>Study Nursing in the UK<\/h2>\n<p>If you wish to study nursing in the UK,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/study-in-uk\/free-consultation\">arrange a free consultation<\/a>\u00a0in London or Manchester today! Our application experts will ensure you are ready to <a href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/study-in-uk\/popular-courses\/nursing\">study nursing in the UK<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"study-guide-destinations":[24],"study-guide-canada-categories":[],"study-guide-australia-categories":[],"study-guide-usa-categories":[],"study-guide-uk-categories":[66,39],"study-guide-nz-categories":[],"study-guide-ireland-categories":[],"class_list":["post-238937","gsi_study_guides","type-gsi_study_guides","status-publish","hentry","study-guide-destinations-study-in-uk","study-guide-uk-categories-nursing","study-guide-uk-categories-uk-university-rankings"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gsi_study_guides\/238937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gsi_study_guides"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/gsi_study_guides"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"study-guide-destinations","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-destinations?post=238937"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-canada-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-canada-categories?post=238937"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-australia-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-australia-categories?post=238937"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-usa-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-usa-categories?post=238937"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-uk-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-uk-categories?post=238937"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-nz-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-nz-categories?post=238937"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-ireland-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-ireland-categories?post=238937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}