Acute Care (Professional Practice) - BSc (Hons) / PgCert / PgDip / MSc

Key highlights

• Flexible, practice-led study designed around working healthcare professionals
• Develops critical thinking and proactive professional practice skills
• Prepares practitioners for changing demands of modern global healthcare
• Multiple exit awards from PgCert and PgDip through to MSc

Entry requirements

Scholarships

• Bowater Financial Assistance Award

• Graduate Scholarship

  20% fee discount for BCU graduates undertaking Master’s or PhD study.

  Up to 20% of fees

• International Postgraduate Scholarships

  BCU is offering a scholarship of £3,000 to all self-funding international postgraduate students joining BCU on a full-time postgraduate taught Master’s degree in 2026.

  Up to £3,000

Careers this course leads to

• Advanced Nurse Practitioner
• Critical Care Nurse
• Acute Care Nurse Specialist
• Emergency Department Nurse
• Clinical Nurse Educator
• Nurse Manager

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 Birmingham City University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.