Entry Process for Professional Courses All applicants must satisfy a range of entry criteria, please see the NMC’s Standards for Preregistration Nursing Education. NMC entry requirements include demonstrating good health and good character. The School requires all candidates to undertake an enhanced criminal record check and other requirements for demonstrating good character; the local Health Board will be responsible for setting the requirement for good health. The criminal records check will include an enhanced DBS check for the child and adult workforce including a check of the barred lists. Applicants who have lived or worked outside the UK are also required to undertake a criminal records check in their countries of residence.  Candidates with entry qualifications older than 5 years must demonstrate evidence of recent study at an appropriate level. For further information and advice please contact the School at [email protected] Academic requirements Offers are tariff based, 96 - 120 UCAS tariff points for the Bachelor of Nursing programmes: • A Levels and Tech-Level • BTEC National/Extended Diploma and Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma: MMM - DDM • International Baccalaureate Diploma • Extended Project Qualification • Access including Distinction / Merit profile (maximum 9 Passes) • Welsh Baccalaureate Skills Challenge • Irish Leaving Certificate: 96 - 120 points from a minimum of 4 Higher Subjects • FETAC QQI Level 5 Certificate in Nursing Studies: distinction profile We welcome applications from mature students who are completing an Access HE Diploma or who have evidence of recent study at Level 3 or above in the past five years which meets our entry requirements; please note that we do not accept NVQ Level 3/QCF Level 3 as a means of meeting our entry qualifications. *For full details go to our website and for a full list of accepted Level 3 qualifications, go to www.ucas.com

General Studies not accepted

We will also consider other BTEC qualifications in conjunction with other level 3 qualifications.

including Distinction / Merit profile (maximum 9 Passes)

Minimum of 5 Scottish Highers - some subject specific grades/Advanced Highers may be required.

Pass required.

We will accept this qualification in conjunction with other level 3 qualifications.

Applicants must normally have, or be working towards, a minimum of five GCSE grades A*-C/9-4 including GCSE Welsh or English first language and Mathematics/Numeracy (or a recognised alternative qualification*), but consideration is given to individual circumstances. *Recognised alternative qualifications for Welsh/English and/or Mathematics are Essential Skills Level Two in Communication and Application of Number, or Functional Skills Level Two in English and Maths (must be achieved within the last 3 years). The Irish Leaving Certificate minimum of O4 is the equivalent to GCSE Grade C/4.

T Level qualifications are accepted on a case by case basis.