Mental Health Nursing MSc

Course overview

This course is approved by the NMC. An MSc Adult Nursing is also available. The MSc in Mental Health Nursing leads to registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council and offers graduates a funded route over two-years into mental health nursing whilst simultaneously obtaining a postgraduate qualification.

This postgraduate qualification is aimed at graduates who wish to develop and apply the knowledge gained through their undergraduate degree and relevant life experiences to pursue a career in mental health nursing. The aim of this course is to prepare a registered nurse who is able to offer excellent and compassionate care, enhanced leadership, management, and strong inter-professional and research skills that influence practice and initiate change. Our exceptional teaching provision based upon contemporary research, (a key focus of the schools highly ranked research activity), is grounded in modern mental health practice.

The Mental Health Nursing MSc will equip graduates to develop and thrive in rapidly changing environments, taking into account how early trauma and adversity, culture, socioeconomic influences, stigma and other factors can impact resilience, function, health status and mental health outcomes. The programme will equip students with engagement and assessment skills necessary for planning and delivery of compassionate high-quality care and manage complex practice across the lifespan. Students will graduate from this programme as creative and skilled mental health nurses in a position to apply to part one of the NMC register.

The successful graduate will have the necessary values, knowledge and skills to practice to the highest standards of safe, compassionate care in mental health services. Tuition Fees Covered If you are considered a home UK student for tuition fees who can commit to working in Wales for two years after graduating, you could get your tuition fees covered in full through the NHS Wales Bursary Scheme and claim for a £1,000 bursary contribution towards living costs. You can also apply for the means tested bursary that is dependent on household income and other funding that has eligibility criteria for child care support, dependents allowance and parental learner allowance.

If you would prefer not to work in Wales following your graduation you can apply for the master’s student loan funding for your fees and a reduced maintenance grant. As this course is funded by NHS Wales we are unable to accept applications from overseas students. Full details are available on our NHS funding page.

Why choose

Bangor University for this Course?

Key highlights

Approved by the NMC, leading to registration as a mental health nurse
Two-year route to nursing registration alongside a postgraduate qualification
Develops leadership, management, inter-professional and research skills
Teaching grounded in contemporary research and modern mental health practice
Explores how trauma, culture, stigma and socioeconomic factors affect mental health
Builds assessment skills for managing complex care across the lifespan

Entry requirements

Degree: 2:2 — to include health / life or social science related subject; or above
Additional condition: professional_registration — Applicants must also be able to demonstrate undertaken 700 hours of healthcare related experience which can be mapped to the NMC progression point one core competencies.
GCSE: C/4 or above — to include Mathematics, English
Additional condition: interview — Candidates who are successfully shortlisted will be invited to interview.
Additional condition: portfolio — If successful at interview applicants will be invited to progress to part two and complete and submit their RPL/REPL portfolio.

Scholarships

Deans Scholarship - Postgraduate Research
20% reduction in the published Postgraduate Research tuition fee for each year of study.
Up to 20% of fees
Heads of School Scholarship
10% reduction in the published Postgraduate Research tuition fee for each year of study.
Up to 10% of fees
Inclusive Bangor Scholarships
Payment towards tuition fees for one-year taught or research postgraduate Masters (or for two years if studying part-time). This will be capped at £9,500.
Refugee Scholarship
Vice-Chancellor Postgraduate Research Scholarships
50% discount on the published International Tuition Fee for each year of study.
Up to 50% of fees

Careers this course leads to

Registered Mental Health Nurse
Community Mental Health Nurse
Crisis Resolution Nurse
Forensic Mental Health Nurse
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Nurse

Cost of study

UK/Home: £10,500 per year | International: £21,000 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 Bangor University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.

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