STUDY
Institution code: | S82 |
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UCAS code: | B700 |
Start date: | September 2025 |
Duration: | Three years full-time |
Location: | Ipswich |
Typical Offer: | 112 UCAS tariff points or above, BBC (A-Level), DMM (BTEC) |
Institution code: | S82 |
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UCAS code: | B700 |
Start date: | September 2025 |
Duration: | Three years full-time |
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Location: | Ipswich |
Typical Offer: | 112 UCAS tariff points or above, BBC (A-Level), DMM (BTEC) |
Overview
Study Adult Nursing at the University of Suffolk where you will build the skills, knowledge and confidence to become a competent healthcare professional. The course reflects contemporary and emerging global and local health needs; embedding core NHS values to improve the care of adult patients whilst building a fulfilling and rewarding nursing career.
Our course team are expert registered practitioners with excellent links with the NHS and local hospitals, committed to teaching and motivating you to become a nurse who makes a difference. Our £15m Health and Wellbeing building located at our Ipswich campus boasts state-of-the-art facilities delivering clinical simulation, immersive and VR environments equipping nursing students to learn and thrive within clinical practice.
As a nursing student, you will benefit from clinical placements throughout your course to develop your practical skills and gain experience in a variety of practice settings. With dedicated practice supervisions and assessors to support you with placements across a range of specialists including community nursing, acute wards in NHS Trust Hospital and voluntary/private sectors to name a few areas, the team at the University of Suffolk are here to support you every step of the way.
Our BSc Adult Nursing degree is approved by the statutory body the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), with the course offering versatility in which graduates can progress to a range of careers outside of adult nursing, including further training for midwifery, health visiting, and school nursing.
Upon completion of the degree, graduates gain first level entry to the NMC Professional Register. Further information about the university's relationship with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is available in the PSRB register.
Adult Nursing at the University of Suffolk
Course Modules
Our undergraduate programmes are delivered as 'block and blend', more information can be found on Why Suffolk? You can also watch our Block and Blend video.
The programme consists of twelve credit-bearing and three non-credit-bearing modules over the three years. Learning hours total 4,600 with a 50:50 division between theory and practice. The year is divided into three terms each of 14 weeks’ duration. Each year you will complete a 40-credit module that runs over two terms, incorporating simulated learning in the clinical simulation suite. In addition, each year contains one other 40 credit module and two 20 credit modules.
Each year has theoretical modules and a practice module which spans the whole year. Assessment takes place after each placement, with learning outcomes and skills aligned to your level of study.
Downloadable information regarding all University of Suffolk courses, including key facts, course aims, course structure and assessment, is available in the Definitive Course Records.
The student studies an introduction to the underlying beliefs, values, and behaviours of the nursing profession, along with their application and the role of evidence-based practice.
The student explores the body in homeostasis and all its systems.
The student gains a critical understanding of health promotion approaches for good health and disease prevention.
The student learns about the main philosophy guiding care delivery in the NHS: person-centred care.
The student is provided with an in-depth knowledge of the aetiology and development of disease processes at a systemic and cellular level.
The focus is the nursing care of the acutely and critically ill service-user, using a whole systems approach.
The place of the research process in providing informed and innovative practice is examined.
The student studies the purpose of ethical, legal and political frameworks in order to examine prevailing discourses that influence nursing practice.
The student builds upon previous learning to develop the knowledge and skills in relation to the holistic care of service-users with long term and complex conditions in a variety of settings.
The Dissertation module is introduced at an early point in the year and spans the year to enable the student to demonstrate problem identification, critical thinking and evidence based practice in a subject of particular interest to them.
The emphasis is on the transition to registrant and developing skills of leadership and delegation.
The effective and safe management of medicines is studied.
WHY SUFFOLK
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Career Opportunities
Graduates of our BSc Adult Nursing degree can pursue a range of careers in health and social care and research.
Nurses are lifelong learners who can develop their skills and interests in a wide range of specialisms, such as:
- Surgical and Medical
- Community
- Theatres
- Renal care
- Neonatal care
- Orthopaedic
- Emergency department and Intensive care
- Occupational Health Nursing
At the University of Suffolk, we offer a range of short courses and continuing professional development (CPD) opportunities in Health, Wellbeing and Integrated care. Find out more about our Health CPD courses.
Our Careers Employability and Enterprise Team are here to support you, not only whilst you complete your studies, but after you graduate and beyond.
To find out more about our range of services and support, please visit our Careers, Employability and Enterprise page.
Facilities and Resources
The Health and Wellbeing building provides students with a variety of state-of-the-art clinical simulation facilities, including two simulated hospital wards, a midwifery birthing unit, physiotherapy teaching spaces, a sports and exercise facility and a working radiography imaging suite. The building also hosts the Institute of Health and Wellbeing Research and the Integrated Care Academy.