School of Nursing and Midwifery

Welcome to the School of Nursing and Midwifery
School of Nursing and Midwifery

About us

Our courses in the fields of adult, child and mental health nursing and in midwifery have been designed with your career and the future needs of the workforce in mind.

We offer further support for your career and professional development in the areas of healthcare, surgical care practice, emergency care and general practice nursing. We work in partnership with local NHS trusts to drive forward clinical research and support you in your learning. 

Are you ready to make a difference to people’s lives?

Shape your career as a nurse or midwife by specialising in the areas you want, work flexibly both in the UK and abroad, and be part of a wider multidisciplinary team.
  • Three-year courses that lead to registration as a nurse or midwife
  • Masters-level programmes
  • Post-registration and professional development programmes
  • Research programmes (PhD and ResM)

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What our students say

  • à “Staff are approachable, easy to contact and supportive, helpful as well as being passionate and experienced.”
  • à “My personal tutor has given excellent support when I have reached out. Help is also available from different areas of the uni for learning.”
  • à “Staff make the subjects interesting an empower you to do your best, and all are passionate about nursing.”
  • à “Good access to skills labs, that are well stocked and use lots of high quality equipment.”
  • à “Support from tutors and staff has always been great. They really do work hard to help with any problems.”
  • à “Personal tutor has been outstanding through supporting personal issues and getting me through the course.”
  • à “The course intellectually challenged me and I was able to gain in-depth knowledge.”
  • à “My lecturers have a real interest in my development. I could not have asked for a better place to study.”
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Explore our state-of-the-art facilities
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Additional checks and clearance for applicants
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Placement information for students and providers

Executive Team

Programme Leads

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Nationally and internationally significant research

Our interdisciplinary research takes account of how healthcare will evolve


We research sustainability, use of new genetic knowledge and technologies, the ageing population, use of internet and mobile technologies, changes in clinical education, contemporary nursing, and how knowledge is translated into practice and policy. We have a number of experienced academic research supervisors ready to advise you on your research journey. 
Find out more about our research

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Our values: equality, diversity, inclusion and sustainability

Our staff and students form a diverse learning community and we are proud to support them in being themselves by celebrating how diversity enriches all of our lives.
Sustainability is integral to the University of Plymouth and is embedded into our nursing and midwifery curricula.

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