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Mental Health Nursing at Coventry University - UCAS

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2025 - 2026
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Coventry University has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.

Open days

7Dec
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Undergraduate

Course summary

This degree combines theory and practical learning with clinical placements to lead you to professional registration and a rewarding career as a mental health nurse. Mental health nurses work with a diverse range of people across a variety of settings including community and primary care, charities, in-patient, forensic and specialised services. Proficient in treating physical health needs, mental health nurses focus on establishing therapeutic relationships with individuals and their support networks. They aim to ensure that individuals have active involvement in decision-making processes related to their own care. This course aims to equip you with the skills to respond to individuals in distress or crisis, reduce the stigma surrounding mental illness and advocate for the holistic health and wellbeing of individuals, communities and populations.

  • Successful completion of this course makes you eligible to apply for professional registration as a mental health nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
  • Learn to collaborate and thrive as a mental health nurse across and within multidisciplinary teams to coordinate safe, evidenced-based care delivery.
  • Study one module at a time, with five weeks of learning followed by one week of assessment per module.
  • All home learners on this course can apply for a minimum payment from the government of £5,000 per year. You can apply for additional payments if you incur childcare costs.
  • Your learning on placement will take place in diverse practice-based learning environments where you will apply your theoretical knowledge to the real world.
Why you should study this course If you are compassionate, enthusiastic and committed, we can support you in developing the skills to deliver professional, evidence-informed care that truly impacts people’s lives.
  • Our approach supports you to develop a strong sense of professional identity and accountability as a mental health nurse from day one.
  • Develop your confidence and skills in preparation to lead, influence and supervise others.
  • Delivered by a team that includes highly skilled, knowledgeable, nursing and allied health professionals.
  • Develop your digital fluency, curiosity, critical and reflective thinking.
  • Access to success coaches, placement supervisors and specialist support for mathematics and academic writing.
Coventry University's School of Health and Care collaborates closely with NHS Trusts across the UK to develop the workforce of the future. Together, we’ll prepare you for a rewarding and exciting career with great prospects and the opportunity for lifelong learning. For full course and professional body accreditation information please check the course page on the Coventry University website.

Modules

Year one

  • Becoming a Professional Practitioner
  • Evidence: Your Profession in a Global Context
  • Nursing Assessment and Care Delivery
  • Understanding Influences on Health and Care
  • Placement 1: Introductions to Nursing Care
  • Placement 2: Delivering Nursing Care
Year two
  • Exploring Knowledge Through Curiosity
  • Enhanced Approaches in Delivering Holistic Care
  • Therapeutic Interventions in MH Nursing
  • Complex Decision Making within MH Nursing Environments
  • Placement 3: Delivering Enhanced Nursing Care
  • Placement 4: Delivering Complex Holistic Nursing Care
Final year
  • Leading as a Health and Care Professional
  • The Evidenced-Based Practitioner: Professional Project
  • Complex Care Coordination in MH Nursing
  • Preparing for your Career in Nursing
  • Placement 5: Coordinating Nursing Care
  • Placement 6: Practising Autonomously
We regularly review our course content, to make it relevant and current for the benefit of our students. For these reasons, course modules may be updated. Before accepting any offers, please check the website for the most up to date course content.

Assessment method

This course will be assessed using a variety of methods which will vary depending upon the module. Assessment methods may include:

  • coursework
  • practice placement
  • formal examinations
  • presentations
  • assessed discussions
  • Objective Structured Clinical Examinations
  • numeracy exams
The Coventry University Group assessment strategy ensures that our courses are fairly assessed and allows us to monitor student progression towards achieving the intended learning outcomes.

How to apply

29Jan

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Please select a course option – you will then see the application code you need to use to apply for the course.

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

We’re here to help you achieve your study goals. If your qualifications or expected levels of grades differ from those outlined above, chat with our admissions team and between us we will explore the possibilities open to you. We accept a range of qualifications and our study experience is designed to give you options and support from the start. Contact us via our website to find out more.

Additional entry requirements

Criminal records declaration (DBS/Disclosure Scotland)

Health checks

Interview

Student Outcomes

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

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Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

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Mental Health Nursing at Coventry University - UCAS