Most nursing degrees last for four years in the UK and students will cover a wide variety of different aspects of the profession\u00a0during this time. Compulsory courses in life sciences will take place; whilst placements in various community and medical centres will enable students to gain firsthand experience of the profession.<\/p>\n
See: Nursing subject guide<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n See:\u00a0IELTS requirements for Nurses<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Learn more about the five best nursing universities in the UK (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021<\/em>) below and if you want to begin your application,\u00a0arrange a free consultation<\/a> with SI-UK Kenya today.<\/p>\n The Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery at\u00a0King’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\u00a0second in the world.<\/p>\n There are\u00a0four departments in\u00a0Child & Family Health; Midwifery; Adult Nursing;\u00a0Mental Health Nursing, and the school is at the forefront of health services, policy and evaluation research.<\/p>\n The Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health at the\u00a0University of Manchester<\/a> utilises a range of innovative teaching and learning methods to offer outstanding support for academic studies, in placements or personal situations.<\/p>\n In the latest Research Excellence Framework, Manchester was rated first in the UK for research in the category of Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy.<\/p>\n The three-year BN (Hons) Bachelor of Nursing at the\u00a0University of Southampton<\/a>\u00a0provides 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 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 The\u00a0University of Edinburgh<\/a> offers a four year Bachelor of Nursing with Honours with registration as a Nurse (Adult branch) and, as one of the first universities to offer a nursing degree in the UK (1956), Edinburgh has a long tradition of preparing graduate nurses. Several postgraduate degree programmes from taught MSc\/Diplomas to PhD are also available.<\/p>\nTop Five UK Universities for Nursing<\/h2>\n
1. King\u2019s College London<\/h3>\n
2. University of Manchester<\/h3>\n
3. University of Southampton<\/h3>\n
4. University of Edinburgh<\/h3>\n
5.\u00a0University of Nottingham<\/h3>\n