Mental Health Nursing BSc (Hons)
University of NorthamptonWaterside Campus, Northampton
Course overview
The University of Northampton’s Mental Health Nursing course takes you on a service user’s journey within community and hospital settings, allowing you to see the service through the patient’s perspective. The BSc Mental Health Nursing degree will equip you with the skills to respond to individuals in distress or crises, reduce stigma associated with mental illness and advocate for the holistic health and wellbeing of individuals, families, and communities. This course provides you with evidence-based knowledge and equips you with effective practice skills, allowing you to learn to work collaboratively and thrive as a mental health nurse across and within multidisciplinary teams, co-ordinating safe, evidence-based care.
We also offer extra student support throughout your studies and during your practice. This means that you will be supported by a nursing academic during your mental health nursing placements. For Mental Health Nursing – Guardian University Guide 2026 For Career Outcomes 15 Months After Graduation For Nursing & Midwifery – Daily Mail League table 2025 Guardian Data from the 2026 Mental Health Nursing subject table.
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Key highlights
- Follows a service user's journey through community and hospital settings
- Builds skills to support individuals in distress or crisis
- Focus on reducing stigma and advocating holistic wellbeing
- Prepares you to co-ordinate safe care within multidisciplinary teams
- Nursing academic supports you during mental health placements
Entry requirements
- A-level: BBC — You need one of the following qualifications: BBC at A level BTEC level 3 Extended Diploma or National Diploma or Cambridge Technical at DMM T Level - Merit A kitemarked Access to Higher Education course with 45 credits…
- BTEC: DMM — BTEC level 3 Extended Diploma; or National Diploma or Cambridge Technical
- T-level: Merit — …level 3 Extended Diploma or National Diploma or Cambridge Technical at DMM T Level - Merit A kitemarked Access to Higher Education course with 45 credits at Merit or above Successful completion of the first year of a relev…
- Access to HE Diploma — with 45 credits at Merit or above Successful completion of the first year of a relevant Foundation Degree Health and Social Care Diploma at Level 3 (advanced l
Scholarships
ICAEW Foundation Bursary
Three annual payments of £4,000
Up to £12,000John Lowe Accounting and Finance Scholarship
Scholarship is paid as £1,000 in the second and third years of study.
Up to £2,000Northampton Energy Elite Athlete Scholarship
This scheme offers the student athlete a support network enabling them to balance the demands of performance sport with academic study.
Reid Science, Engineering, and Computing Bursary
£500 per year of study
Up to £1,500TD Lewis Scholarship
The T D Lewis Scholarship provides both undergraduate and postgraduate students with financial awards of up to £1,000.
Up to £100The Chancellor's Fund
Up to £50The University of Northampton International Scholarship
The University of Northampton International Scholarship Scheme is a merit-based scholarship that provides up to a £4,000 reduction in tuition fees.
Wilson Endowment Scholarship
Successful students will receive three annual payments of £500, one for each year of study.
Up to £1,500
Careers this course leads to
- Registered Mental Health Nurse
- Community Mental Health Nurse
- Crisis Resolution Team Nurse
- Inpatient Mental Health Staff Nurse
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Nurse
Cost of study
UK/Home: £9,790 per year | International: £20,000 per year
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to University of Northampton, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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