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Adult Nursing to your shortlist
Will my grades get me in?
We compare your grades with the typical offer above. Offers can change, so always check the university’s course page.
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Nursing at Bournemouth University
Bournemouth University is ranked 78th of 92 universities for nursing on our measures. 76% of students are positive about the course, and graduates earn a median £29.9k after 15 months, rising to £29.8k after five years.
Typical offer ABB–BBCEngland8 courses
How it compares with other nursing courses
The marker shows the typical (median) nursing course. How we measure
Who gets in
UCAS points of students who started, with the A-level grades worth the same points. These totals include every qualification students had (a fourth A-level, EPQ, AS levels and so on), so many people here had a lower offer than their total suggests.
- Under 96 ptsbelow CCC53%
- 96–111 ptsCCC–BCC12%
- 112–127 ptsBBC–BBB13%
- 128–143 ptsABB–AAB9%
- 144–159 ptsAAA–A*AA9%
- 160+ ptsA*A*A or more4%
What graduates earn
The 15-month figure comes from the Graduate Outcomes survey and covers graduates in full-time work. The 3 and 5-year figures come from tax records and include everyone in work, including part-time, so they can be lower than the 15-month figure.
Compare the 8 nursing courses here
Each course has its own satisfaction, drop-out and entry figures where enough students answered. Add your grades above to see your fit for each one.
- Typical offers range from BBC (Adult Nursing) to ABB (Adult Nursing).
- Highest student satisfaction: Children's and Young People's Nursing (86%).
- Least competitive entry: Adult Nursing (with Foundation Year). Half of the students who started had more than 71 UCAS points, against 130 on the most competitive course here.
- Most students stay on: Adult Nursing (91%).
- Foundation year: Adult Nursing (with Foundation Year) and Mental Health Nursing (with Foundation Year) offer one.
- Courses last between 2 and 4 years.
Adult Nursing
BSc · 3 years
Typical offerABB–BBC
- Satisfied
- 75%
- Stay on
- 91%
- Entry points
- 118
- Graduate jobs
- 96%
- Salary
- £30k*
Accredited: Nursing and Midwifery Council
Adult Nursing (Advanced Standing)
BSc · 2 years
Estimated offer~BBB–BBC
Not published where we could read it. Estimated from similar courses: check the course page for the real offer.- Satisfied
- 76%*
- Stay on
- 85%*
- Entry points
- 87*
- Graduate jobs
- 96%*
- Salary
- £30k*
Accredited: Nursing and Midwifery Council
Children's and Young People's Nursing
BSc · 3 years
Estimated offer~ABB–BBC
Not published where we could read it. Estimated from similar courses: check the course page for the real offer.- Satisfied
- 86%
- Stay on
- 85%
- Entry points
- 122
- Graduate jobs
- 100%
- Salary
- £29k*
Accredited: Nursing and Midwifery Council
Children's and Young People's Nursing (Advanced Standing)
BSc · 2 years
Estimated offer~ABB–BBC
Not published where we could read it. Estimated from similar courses: check the course page for the real offer.- Satisfied
- 86%*
- Stay on
- 85%*
- Entry points
- 122*
- Graduate jobs
- 100%*
- Salary
- £29k*
Accredited: Nursing and Midwifery Council
Mental Health Nursing
BSc · 3 years
Typical offerABB–BBC
- Satisfied
- 76%
- Stay on
- 85%
- Entry points
- 130
- Graduate jobs
- 85%
- Salary
- £30k*
Accredited: Nursing and Midwifery Council
Mental Health Nursing (Advanced Standing)
BSc · 2 years
Estimated offer~ABB–BBC
Not published where we could read it. Estimated from similar courses: check the course page for the real offer.- Satisfied
- 74%*
- Stay on
- 85%*
- Entry points
- 115*
- Graduate jobs
- 85%*
- Salary
- £30k*
Accredited: Nursing and Midwifery Council
Adult Nursing (with Foundation Year)
BSc · 4 years
Typical offerABB–BBC
- Satisfied
- 79%
- Stay on
- 74%
- Entry points
- 71
- Graduate jobs
- 96%*
- Salary
- £30k*
Accredited: Nursing and Midwifery Council
Mental Health Nursing (with Foundation Year)
BSc · 4 years
Typical offerABB–BBC
- Satisfied
- 74%*
- Stay on
- 80%
- Entry points
- 75
- Graduate jobs
- 85%*
- Salary
- £30k*
Accredited: Nursing and Midwifery Council
* When a course is too small to publish its own figure, we show the figure for similar courses at this university. Highlighted figures are the best of this university’s own course figures. Entry points are the middle UCAS score of students who started, counting all their qualifications, so they’re usually higher than the offer.
Typical offers are taken from each university’s own course page (checked October 2026). Offers change each year and some courses ask for specific subjects, so always check the course page before you apply.
Estimated offers (marked ~) are our estimate, not the university’s published offer. They come from courses whose students had similar grades, and are right to within one grade for about 84% of courses where we can check. Always check the course page.
Links go to the university’s own course pages, where you’ll find current entry requirements and fees.
Similar ranking
- Liverpool John Moores UniversityRanked 76
- University of SouthamptonRanked 77
- Birmingham City UniversityRanked 79
- Teesside UniversityRanked 80
Nearby
- University of Southampton26 miles away, ranked 77
- Southampton Solent University26 miles away, ranked 82
- University of Portsmouth36 miles away, ranked 63
- University of Winchester38 miles away, ranked 42
Living in Bournemouth
Most first-year students live in university halls, and many universities guarantee a place if you apply on time. Start with Bournemouth University’s own accommodation page for halls, prices and deadlines.
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