Venues

Ayr Campus, Dumfries Campus, Paisley Campus, Lanarkshire Campus

Content

The BSc Mental Health Nursing prepares graduates to begin the study of nursing as a discipline and, following completion to the threshold standard of ordinary degree, to meet the requirements for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).

This degree enables nurses to meet the requirements of a modern health care system, work in multi-professional teams and demonstrate leadership and management abilities.

Successful students will be adaptable, proficient and safe practitioners who will have demonstrated the graduate skills required to engage in a range of therapeutic approaches, together with an underpinning knowledge of the evidence base for mental health care.

There is a focus on integrated practice and the programme content is evidence-based and delivered by experienced lecturers, researchers and colleagues from clinical practice.

Entry Requirements

2026 entry requirements

Standard entry: 3 Highers at BBC.

Widening access entry: 3 Highers at CCC.

Alternative entry: 3 Highers at BCC (standard entry) or CC (widening access entry) + UWS First Steps to Nursing module.

Progression Routes

On successful completion of your award you will be eligible for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as a Registered Nurse in Mental Health.