Nursing Studies (MSc)

Improve your knowledge and skills to become an expert practitioner on our MSc Nursing Studies degree. During this part-time master’s top-up award you'll gain the skills to appraise and challenge current practice. You’ll develop and lead evidence-based provision services that meets the needs of a modern health and social care service. You can only take this course if you have passed your PG Diploma in Nursing at the University of Southampton. If you completed your PG Diploma with us, this MSc Nursing Studies course gives you a chance to top up to a master's degree. The course is entirely dissertation-based so you’ll get to focus on a single piece of work. You’ll graduate with improved career options and will get the chance to move into leadership roles or continue your studies at PhD level. We regularly review our courses to ensure and improve quality. This course may be revised as a result of this. Any revision will be balanced against the requirement that the student should receive th

You’ll need to: have passed your PG Diploma at the University of Southampton register for this master’s within 3 years of completing your PG Diploma in Nursing If English is not your first language, you must show that you can use English to the level we require. Visit our English language pages to find out which qualifications we accept and how you can meet our requirements. If you are taking the International English Language Testing System (IELTS), you must get at least the following scores: 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 If you do not meet the English language requirements through a test or qualification, you may be able to meet them by completing one of our pre-sessional English programmes before you start your course. If you don’t meet direct entry requirements, you can apply to complete a Pre-Master's programme through our partnership with OnCampus. You'll progress to your chosen course after successfully completing the programme. Find out more about Pre-Master's programmes for international students. Please contact us if you're not sure you have the right experience or qualifications to get onto this course. Email: enquiries@southampton.ac.uk Tel: +44(0)23 8059 5000

IELTS: overall 7.0; reading 7.0; writing 7.0; speaking 7.0; listening 7.0

UK students: £3 per year

UK/Home: £3 per year

September 2026

Application deadlines UK students The deadline to apply for this course is midday UK time.

• Highfield, Southampton, United Kingdom