King's College London

Seminars discussing the latest thinking with leaders in the field. Simulation sessions to practise your skills on advanced manikins. Clinical placements at renowned hospitals dealing with everything from cancer to major trauma. A nursing degree at King’s is packed full of opportunities for you to develop as a professional and a person.

Our strong partnerships with leading London hospitals mean you gain invaluable skills and practical experience that set you on the path to becoming a future leader in healthcare. We prioritise your development, equipping you with the expertise and confidence to excel in any professional challenge. 

After you graduate, you’ll be able to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as an adult nurse. Our course follows the standards set by the NMC and also offers you option modules so you can tailor the content to your own interests.

King’s nurses are highly sought after thanks to their professionalism, intelligence and competence. That’s why you can find our graduates in top clinical positions and leadership roles across the country and around the world.

Adult nursing is a dynamic and rewarding career that focuses on caring for adults with a wide variety of health needs, from short-term illnesses to long-term and complex conditions. As an adult nurse, you will develop strong clinical skills while also providing emotional support, advocacy, and guidance to patients and their families. The role offers opportunities to work in hospitals, community settings, and specialist services, giving you the chance to make a real difference in people’s lives every day. Studying adult nursing equips you with the knowledge, practical experience, and professional values needed to deliver safe, compassionate, and evidence-based care—preparing you for a fulfilling career at the heart of healthcare.

When you graduate, you’ll meet the academic and clinical standards you need to register as an adult nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

We want you to feel confident in your practice, and able to deliver safe, effective and compassionate person-centred care to your patients. We’ll also help you develop the tools to refine your skills throughout your career.

We’re a mixed community. People of all ages, cultures, and backgrounds join us because nursing at King’s will give them a great start to their careers. That diversity means you’ll always fit in, and always have something new to learn.

Throughout the course you’ll experience a huge range of environments – both simulated and real. Whether it’s through primary healthcare, an ambulance service, or a voluntary organisation, you’ll gain a thorough understanding of the sector. Students typically experience one placement from each key area of nursing, such as older persons, out of hospital care, and critical care.

Each year of the course, you’ll have an option module where you can pick a subject that interests you. These cover a wide range of topics across adult, child and mental health nursing, and midwifery, such as cancer, diabetes, addiction, or end of life care.

We also offer an interprofessional experience each year. Here, you’ll join students from other courses to look at various challenges from different perspectives. This might mean looking at medication errors alongside pharmacy students or studying pain with mental health nursing students.