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Our pre-registration courses are approved and validated by professional bodies (Nursing & Midwifery Council, Royal College of Occupational Therapists, and the Health & Care Professions Council depending on the chosen course). They aim to prepare you for work as a healthcare professional and allow you to start your career upon graduation.
Our 2-year programmes are accelerated courses, allowing you to gain theoretical and practical skills within just two years. Each course has different sets of requirements which you can find out more about below. Our 3-year programmes are programmes aimed at graduates wishing to pursue a career in a specific healthcare field. This is an opportunity to study at master's level and gain a highly regarded qualification while providing a strong basis for a future career in clinical work, alongside research, education, management, leadership or consultancy.
All our pre-registration master’s programmes will allow you to go on placements across hospital and community settings, working alongside qualified assessors and supervisors and giving you hands-on experience, which will help you gain confidence in your practice and prepare you for work upon graduation.
Why Study a Pre-Registration Master's?
Employability: the current total NHS vacancies for nurses, midwives and Allied Health Professionals stands at 9.4%, offering strong employability prospects for students (source: NHS workforce strategy report)
Qualifications: Pre-Registration masters allow you to gain a highly regarded postgraduate qualification while getting all of the practical and theoretical knowledge you need to start your clinical practice upon graduation
Practical Career Change: The aim of the pre-registration masters is to allow you to get into a healthcare profession by providing a challenging and rewarding educational experience which will help you to build patient-centered experience
Each programme is taught across 2 or 3 years and have their own set of entry requirements. To find out more about each course, click on one of the links below.
MA Adult Nursing
Find out more about what it means to be an adult nurse, what the course entails, what sort of placement opportunities you can get and also what the specific entry requirements for this course are.
MA Children and Young People Nursing
Find out more about what it means to be a children and young people (CYP) nurse, what the course entails, what sort of placement opportunities you can get and also what the specific entry requirements for this course are.
MA Mental Health Nursing
Find out more about what it means to be a Mental Health nurse, what the course entails, what sort of placement opportunities you can get and also what the specific entry requirements for this course are.
MSc Occupational Therapy
Find out more about what it means to be an Occupational Therapist, what the course entails, what sort of placement opportunities you can get and also what the specific entry requirements for this course are.
MSc Midwifery
Find out more about what it means to be a Midwife, what the course entails, what sort of placement opportunities you can get and also what the specific entry requirements for this course are.
MSc Podiatry
Find out more about what it means to be a Podiatrist, what the course entails, what sort of placement opportunities you can get and also what the specific entry requirements for this course are.
- We are the 2nd largest provider of Allied Health education in the north-west (source: HESA 2021/2022)
- 98% of our graduates across Nursing, Midwifery, Occupational Therapy and Podiatry are in employment (source: Graduate Outcomes, 2020/2021 graduates)
- Our students have given us an overall score of 4.2 stars (out of 5) in the World University Rankings by Times Higher Education (2022)
- You'll learn in our purpose-built facilities including our state-of-the-art simulation suites which create realistic ward and layouts and interactive manikin simulators
- You will experience real world learning and benefit from our available partnership links across Greater Manchester and further afield