Throughout your course you’ll enjoy a high level of support from your tutors and lecturers. They are from various clinical backgrounds, and some continue to work in practice. This is complemented by practitioners and colleagues from counselling and nursing.

This degree is recognised by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) so you can register as a qualified nurse (mental health) when you graduate successfully.

How the Course Works

The BSc (Hons) Mental Health Nursing degree runs over the whole year. This means there's an additional summer term at the end of Year 2 and Year 3.

You'll still have time off in the summer, but your breaks will be shorter than for a standard university degree. However, you'll graduate with an Honours degree in three years instead of four, so you'll be joining the workplace - and earning - faster.

Learning and Assessment

You’ll be taught by an enthusiastic and committed team of teachers, researchers and practitioners with extensive experience, and you’ll learn through a combination of lectures, practical classes, tutorials, independent study and online learning.

This is combined with clinical practice placements with NHS Tayside or NHS Fife, which provide valuable experience and the opportunity to put theory into practice through a process of mentoring, and the development of an ongoing achievement record.

Mental health nursing skills are developed through small group work, interactive, and reflective practice. In addition, you’ll benefit from the use of our interpersonal skills and clinical skills training suites.

Assessment types are varied to test a breadth of skills. This includes reports, reflective portfolios, essays, presentations – both oral and posters – appraisal of research, exams, class tests and case studies. Performance on practice is assessed via placement reports.

Uniforms and Health Checks

There are additional *costs associated with this course for English/Irish/Welsh and Overseas students. This covers nursing uniforms and other required health checks. Each are charged separately:

• Approximately £51 for four sets of uniforms (tunics and trousers).
• Approximately £300-£500 for occupational health checks. Actual costs depends on the immunisations required.
• £59 for Protecting Vulnerable Group (PVG) check.

Career opportunities

A mental health nursing degree is a great springboard for
exploring opportunities in mental health and clinical areas - and
this programme makes you extremely mobile. Graduates from
this programme can go anywhere and the options are endless.
For example, you can go on to a career working in:
• Community and hospital settings in the NHS
• The private and third sectors caring for older people, children and adolescents
• Substance misuse, acute care and forensic settings

There are also opportunities for further study on our PhD programme.