One of the primary roles of a mental health nurse is to enable and educate, encouraging those experiencing mental health issues to progress towards recovery. The course prepares students to work in a variety of mental health settings with a diverse range of people. You will gain experience within inter-professional practice and develop skills in mental health nursing across the lifespan.
A key element of nurse education concerns an ability to work alongside a broad range of health and social care professionals. Throughout the course you will study alongside others undertaking health related degrees delivered by BU. This includes students studying other fields of nursing, social work, midwifery, occupational therapy and physiotherapy.
Tuition Fees for eligible UK/EU students are paid by the National Health Service (NHS).
The financial support package for 2014/15 has not yet been confirmed. We will update this page when we have further information. The information shown below is for 2013/14:
All UK/EU students are eligible for:
Students are also entitled to apply for a reduced rate non-means-tested loan from Student Finance England of £2,324; this will need to be repaid after graduation. Visit the NHS Student Bursaries office website for more information and where you can complete an online calculator to work out how much support you will be eligible for.
Channel Island and Isle of Man applicants are eligible for an NHS commissioned place, but are not eligible to receive NHS funding. Applicants therefore have to fund the course privately or via their Island LEA.
Not specified Start date September 2015 Duration full-time 36 months Languages Take an IELTS testTo view the course content please visit the course profile on our website.
Universities in the United Kingdom use a centralized system of undergraduate application: University and College Admissions Service (UCAS). It is used by both domestic and international students. Students have to register on the UCAS website before applying to the university. They will find all the necessary information about the application process on this website. Some graduate courses also require registration on this website, but in most cases students have to apply directly to the university. Some universities also accept undergraduate application through Common App (the information about it could be found on universities' websites).
Both undergraduate and graduate students may receive three types of responses from the university. The first one, “unconditional offer” means that you already reached all requirements and may be admitted to the university. The second one, “conditional offer” makes your admission possible if you fulfill some criteria – for example, have good grades on final exams. The third one, “unsuccessful application” means that you, unfortunately, could not be admitted to the university of you choice.
All universities require personal statement, which should include the reasons to study in the UK and the information about personal and professional goals of the student and a transcript, which includes grades received in high school or in the previous university.
IELTS band : 7
To study at this university, you have to speak English. We advice you to
take an IELTS test. More About IELTS260 to 300 tariff points from 3 A Levels or 3 A Levels and 1 AS Level including 80 points in a relevant subject, or equivalent qualifications. BTEC Extended Diploma of DDM - offers will be subject and grade specific, particularly in the science subjects. Access offers will be subject and grade specific particularly in the science subjects.
No work experience is required.
"The Academic Excellence Scholarship can provide up to a 50 % reduction in tuition per semester. These scholarships will be renewed if the student maintains superior academic performance during each semester of their 3-year Bachelor programme. The scholarship will be directly applied to the student’s tuition fees."
Bursary for UK students all subjects where the variable tuition fee rate is payable.
Alumni Bursary for UK Undergraduate students
* The scholarships shown on this page are suggestions first and foremost. They could be offered by other organisations than Bournemouth University.
For fees and funding information, please visit our website.
Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC)