Nursing and Midwifery at UWS
UWS is the largest provider of nursing and midwifery education in Scotland. Our graduates and staff are making an immense contribution to improving the health of the nation and are also making their mark across the world to improve health and wellbeing internationally.
Our pre-registration nursing programmes are 50% work-based learning, where you’ll put theory into practice in a real-life environment. When you are on-campus with us, you will have access to state-of-the-art facilities that will prepare you well for your future career.
Apply for September 2025
The UCAS equal consideration deadline may have passed, but we're still accepting applications to our courses starting this September.
If you’ve yet to apply for 2025 entry, you can do this now through UCAS. You can also apply through UCAS if you applied already but did not use all five choices, and have yet to accept or decline any offers.
If you’ve already used your five choices, but aren’t holding any offers, you can add one extra choice using UCAS Extra. This service is open now until Friday 4th July.
Apply through UCAS
UWS Nursing and Midwifery programmes
We offer the following pre-registration programmes in Nursing and Midwifery:
Summer Open Days 2025
Join us at our Summer Open Days this June to experience #LifeAtUWS. If you already hold an offer or are considering applying for September 2025 entry, we'd love to welcome you to our campuses. And if you're just starting to think about university study in 2026 and beyond, these events provide the perfect opportunity to find out everything there is to know about studying at UWS.
Register your interest in studying at UWS
Sign up to keep up to date on our courses and events at UWS, while our friendly team can get in touch if you have any questions.
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Funding your studies
If you are ordinarily resident in Scotland, you may be eligible to receive £10,000 worth of funding in each of the first three years of your BSc programme, and £7,500 if you study an honours year, for tuition and living costs.
This funding is available through the Paramedic, Nursing and Midwifery student bursary scheme (PNMSB) which comes from the Scottish Government Health Directorate but is administered by the Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS).
You can find out more:
FIRST-CLASS FACILITIES AT UWS
All our campuses are equipped with state-of-the-art clinical simulation facilities and contemporary healthcare technologies to replicate the provision of care across a person’s lifespan in hospital, primary care and domestic environments.
Investment in the Domus Initiative – a simulated home life environment – provides students with experience of caring for older people living with dementia.
Our Lanarkshire Campus’s birthing room, complete with maternal simulator and birthing pool, allows you to develop knowledge of good practice in a safe, supportive and authentic environment.
How else can we support?
Our friendly team are here to support you with any questions you might need answered. We also have a number of students who can give first-hand experience of what it is like to study at UWS.
Register your interest in An Undergraduate course
Alternatively you can contact us by email: ask@uws.ac.uk or phone: 0800 027 1000 (UK) / +44 (0) 141 849 4101 (out-with UK).
