Faculty of Nursing (Undergrad)

1. BSc (Hons) Mental Health Nursing

Why study Abertay’s BSc (Hons) in Mental Health Nursing?

Join Scotland’s only undergraduate honours-level nursing degree with a sole focus on mental health. This course is grounded in a commitment to recovery as a guiding principle, with a strong focus on the delivery of research-informed, person-centred care.

This three-year Mental Health Nursing degree provides you with a thought-provoking and contemporary study programme, carefully crafted to equip you with the knowledge, skills and experience you need to practice as a mental health nurse.

Graduate with an honours degree after only three years and explore a fascinating range of topics, including physical health and wellbeing, anatomy, physiology and human biology. This is your journey to becoming a reflective, self-aware and person-centred practitioner.

Throughout your degree, you’ll enjoy a consistently high level of support from a team of tutors and lecturers from a variety of clinical backgrounds, some of whom continue to work in practice. This is complemented by practitioners and colleagues from counselling and nursing.

The degree is recognised by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) for the purpose of registration as a qualified nurse (mental health).

This course scored an impressive 90% for Overall Student Satisfaction in the 2020 National Student Survey. Abertay is widely regarded as THE place to come for high quality teaching. But don’t take our word for it:

• UK University of the Year for Teaching Quality (The Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021).
• Top 10 in the UK for Student Satisfaction with Teaching, Course and Feedback (Guardian University Guide 2021).
• UK Top 10 for Student Satisfaction (National Student Survey 2020).

At Abertay, we’re proud of our students and graduates, and we believe there’s no better place to study if you’re looking for a degree that helps you become an exceptional candidate in an increasingly competitive job market.

So what exactly does this big small city offer our students?

• Affordability – You’ll get the best possible uni experience that’s not on a shoestring budget
• Friends for life – The chance to make loads of memories with a tonne of people. 1 in 6 people here are students!
• An active social life – From Brewdog, to the DCA (Dundee Contemporary Arts), to the Olympia swimming pool, you’ve got plenty of options to unwind from your studies
• Convenience – we’re a compact city that’s well connected. Just a 10 minute drive will land you in the beautiful Scottish countryside or an hour on the train will take you to Aberdeen, Edinburgh or Glasgow
• Vitamin D – Weren’t expecting that one huh? Dundee’s the sunniest city in Scotland so you can stock up on the (cool) Scottish sunshine!

You could be spending up to 4 years with us so it’s important you have all the facts. Have a read through 99 Things to See and Do in Dundee and use it to help navigate the city. These recommendations are from the people who live here and love it – including us.

• State-of-the-art facilities hailed as Abertay ranks best in Europe for videogames education
• Did you know 95% of Abertay students are in work or further education within six months of graduating? We’re focused on the kind of industry-relevant learning that’s going to land you a job after you graduate, with many of our degrees offering built-in work placements.
• the Guardian Good University Guide for 2021, Abertay ranked 3^rd in the UK for student satisfaction with teaching, and 8^th in the UK for overall student satisfaction. With a student population of only 4000, we’re very proud that our students get so much out of our friendly, personal approach.
• a UK top ten university for student satisfaction Not to mention third in Scotland! That’s according to the National Student Survey 2020. The guide ranks universities based on the stuff that’s really important to students like course satisfaction, teaching, academic support and assessment and feedback.

All our student rooms have a bed, desk, drawers and plenty of sockets. Some are en suite, depending on what you choose, and wifi is provided. We’re here to help you every step of the way.

Your room is a great place to start your university journey.

It is a space filled with potential to meet new people, the place to run a movie marathon, learn to cook or share a pizza with your flatmates. It’s your private space where you can study or kick back at the end of a long day. It’s more than your room – it’s your new home.

Check out our rooms

All rooms have a bed, desk, drawers and plenty of sockets. Some are en suite, some are single, some are bedsits – depending on what you choose. Bills like wifi, gas and electricity are included in the rent. Find out more here, or in our Student Accommodation FAQs.

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