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Mental Health Nursing

  • BSc (Hons)
  • 3 Years
  • Full-time
  • 21 September 2026
  • Undergraduate
City CampusC
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Course summary

Challenge stigma, support recovery, and transform lives. Build a career that matters as you develop the expertise to become a compassionate mental health nurse.

Be the difference
Mental health nurses stand alongside people at some of the most vulnerable, complex, and challenging moments of their lives. On this BSc (Hons) Mental Health Nursing degree, you’ll gain the knowledge, practical expertise, and confidence to become a registered mental health nurse who leads with compassion and clinical excellence.

You’ll explore the biological, psychological, and social factors that shape mental health and wellbeing, developing a deep understanding of how these perspectives connect in practice. From supporting individuals in crisis to promoting long-term recovery, you’ll learn how to assess needs, build powerful therapeutic relationships, and deliver person-centred, evidence-based care.

As part of this course, you’ll:

  • Build expertise in mental health theory, research-informed practice, and person-centred care

  • Develop hands-on skills in our specialist simulation facilities

  • Complete diverse professional placements across NHS and voluntary sector settings, applying your learning in real multidisciplinary teams

  • Work alongside professionals such as adult nurses, social workers, and dietitians, understanding how collaborative care improves outcomes

  • Learn directly from lived experience, engaging with service users to deepen your empathy, cultural awareness, and professional resilience

Occupational Health clearance and compliance with standard NHS immunisations requirements are mandatory for placement attendance. Click ‘find out more’ in the fees and funding section further down this page for details of any extra costs relating to our nursing courses.

Hands-on opportunities
Studying one of our nursing courses at Leeds Beckett opens the door to diverse and rewarding placements across Leeds and West Yorkshire. You could gain experience in drug and alcohol services, mother and baby programmes, eating disorder clinics, community mental health teams, and forensic settings.

You’ll work shifts, travel to different services, and experience the pace and variety of modern mental health nursing. These authentic placements provide invaluable insight into the variety of careers available and help you discover your passion.

Practice in realistic facilities
On campus, you’ll learn in our specialist clinical skills suite, featuring a simulated hospital ward, community setting, and immersive simulation facilities. Here, you’ll practise complex scenarios safely before stepping into clinical environments.

Professional recognition
The course is approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and Men Into Nursing Together (MINT), ensuring your learning meets the highest professional standards. On successful completion, you can apply for registration with the NMC as a qualified mental health nurse – a respected and regulated qualification across the UK.

Why study the BSc (Hons) Mental Health Nursing degree at Leeds Beckett University?

  • Access to specialist facilities - including our Clinical Skills Suite which houses a hospital ward, simulation suite, and community area

  • Professionally recognised – approved by the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC), the nursing and midwifery regulator for the UK

  • Real-world placements – develop hand-on skills in collaborative healthcare environments

  • Student satisfaction - 93% of students were positive about the way teaching staff explain things*

  • National Student Survey 2025

Modules

Year 1 Core Modules:

  • Becoming a Nursing Student
  • Fundamentals of Nursing Science & Practice
  • Exploring Health & Wellbeing
  • Mental Health Practice Assessments 1 (non-credit bearing)

Year 2 Core Modules:

  • Developing Professional Skills
  • Application of Nursing Science & Practice
  • Promoting Health & Wellbeing
  • Mental Health Practice Assessments 2 (non-credit bearing)

Year 3 Core Modules:

  • Advancing Nursing Science & Practice
  • Population Health & Wellbeing
  • Transition to Registered Nurse
  • Mental Health Practice Assessments 3 (non-credit bearing)

Ways to study this course

Campuses

  • City CampusC

Study options

  • BSc (Hons) • Full-time • 3 Years

Start dates

  • 21 September 2026

Apply by
14 January

This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.

Application codes

Course code:
B761
Institution code:
L27
Campus name:
City CampusC
Campus Code:
C
Points of Entry:
Year 1

Leeds Beckett University has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.

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How to apply

Apply by
14 January

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

Course code:
B761
Institution code:
L27
Campus name:
City CampusC
Campus Code:
C

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

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Entry requirements

UCAS Tariff
112 points

A minimum of 72 points from two A levels or equivalent, excluding General Studies.

GCSE/National 4/National 5

GCSE English Language, Maths and Science at Grade 4 or above (Grade C for GCSEs taken before 2017) or equivalent. Key Skills Level 2, Functional Skills Level 2 and the Certificate in Adult Literacy and Adult Numeracy are accepted in place of GCSEs. Please note the GCSE science requirement can also be met through a range of level 3 science qualifications including A levels, BTEC and Access to HE Diplomas.

Additional entry requirements

Criminal records declaration (DBS/Disclosure Scotland)
Health checks
Interview
We conduct interviews as part of the admissions process and suitable applicants will be invited to an online interview. Applicants will be required to provide photographic ID (Passport, Driving Licence) and original certificates for all qualifications awarded to date. If you do not possess your original certificates, we recommend making arrangements to obtain copies in preparation should you be invited to interview.
Other
Students will be recruited on the basis that their values align with those of the NHS Constitution, as well as having the right skills and aptitude, in accordance with Value Based Recruitment, (Health Education England, Value Based Recruitment Framework, October 2014) and if selected will need to attend an interview. Your UCAS personal statement should include: 1. How you have researched the mental health nursing profession. 2. Any experience you have of engaging with vulnerable people with mental health needs or working within mental health settings. 3. How you have gained insight into the course e.g. Open days, reading through materials on course webpages or speaking to nurses. 4. Your personal qualities which you feel are related to mental health nursing, including what motivates you to choose nursing as a career. 5. You must also be able to demonstrate how you meet the NMC Key Competencies through the application process. In your personal statement you must provide examples of how you meet the basic skills required for nursing in numeracy, communications, physicality, relationships and IT skills. Practical Experience: Care experience of working with vulnerable adults with mental health needs or working within mental health settings is desirable but not a mandatory requirement. If you are unable to demonstrate this, you should have experience of engaging with vulnerable people.

Historical entry grades data

This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).

It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.

Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

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

Please see www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk for fee information.

Sponsorship information

From September 2020 new and Existing students studying this course will be eligible to receive a non-repayable grant of at least £5000 each year from the Government. Further information is available on the Government website.

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