Overview
The Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care at King's is a world-leading centre for applied and allied healthcare, clinical research and education. Our focus is on training the healthcare leaders of the future, with a strong commitment to providing post-qualification programmes of the highest quality.
Diabetes is a long-term condition affecting over 460 million adults worldwide, and its prevalence is predicted to increase to 700 million in 2045; posing further health and economic challenges globally.
The overall aim of the Diabetes - Clinical Care and Management programme is to equip health professionals with advanced applied skills in formulating diabetes care to improve patient outcomes.
The programme is delivered via an interactive online learning process that will enable students to acquire advanced practice skills in the assessment and management of diabetes. The emphasis throughout the programme is on learning as a means to improve care outcomes for people living with diabetes and in the prevention and management of diabetes complications. The specific aims of the programme are:
- To equip students with critically developed advanced practice skills for diabetes clinical care and management.
- To develop students into independent learners who are able to identify and synthesise clinical problems and issues at both the patient and care system levels.
- To provide an educational framework to enable students to acquire and demonstrate both generic transferable competencies in formulating diabetes management plans.
The programme is suitable for health professionals from a variety of disciplines particularly those in primary care settings (non-specialist physicians, GPs, practice nurses, pharmacists, dietitians and podiatrists) or those working in specialist or intermediate diabetes settings.
Key benefits
- You will be studying at the #1 nursing faculty in the world (2025 QS World University Rankings).
- Our diabetes MSc and PG Cert programmes are delivered by highly experienced diabetes academic clinicians and researchers who are experts in the field of diabetes with a strong focus on promoting evidence-based care and improving healthcare practice.
- The diabetes MSc and PG Cert programme are focused on improving diabetes outcomes by engaging students in addressing clinical problems of relevance to their area of practice.
- King’s College London offers exciting opportunities with two world-class academic health science centres and renowned teaching hospitals providing general and specialist care.
Course essentials
The online MSc and PG Cert programmes are suitable for health professionals with a responsibility for the management of diabetes. This postgraduate programme will provide students with an advanced applied knowledge of diabetes assessment, interventions and care organisation relevant to both specialist and primary health care settings.
On completion of the programme students will have demonstrated a critical understanding of applied diabetes management processes; including:
- identifying individualised care management plans for people with diabetes;
- analysing and optimising diabetes care delivery systems; and
- how to manage common psychological problems.
You may apply to complete the full MSc programme (180 credits) over two years, or to the PG Cert (60 credits) over one year.
Course aims
- To equip students with critically developed advanced practice skills for diabetes clinical care and management.
- To develop students into independent learners who are able to identify and synthesise clinical problems and issues at both the patient and care system levels.
- To provide an educational framework to enable students to acquire and demonstrate both generic transferable competencies in formulating diabetes management plans.
Key Information
Course type:
Single honours
Delivery mode:
Online
Study mode:
Part time / Distance Learning by eLearning / Blended learning
Duration:
Two years MSc, One year PG Cert
Application status:
Open
Start date:
September 2026
Administrative bodies
Regulating body
Application closing date guidance
We encourage you to apply as early as possible so that there is sufficient time for your application to be assessed. We may need to request further information from you during the application process.
- Our first application deadline is on 9 March 2026 (23:59 UK time)
- The final application deadline is on 25 August 2026 (23:59 UK time).
After the first application deadline in March:
- if the programme is not yet full, we will continue to accept applications until all available places are filled up to the final application deadlines above.
- if the programme becomes full before the final application deadlines stated above, we will close the programme to further applications.