Study nursing, midwifery and public health

Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Gold award

Our commitment to high quality teaching has been recognised with a TEF Gold rating. The University has received an overall rating of Gold, as well as securing a Gold award in the framework's two new student experience and student outcomes categories.

Nursing

We excel in teaching nursing; we're ranked:

No. 1 in London for Children's Nursing*
Top 5 in London for Mental Health Nursing*
Top 10 in the UK for General Nursing*

You'll benefit from learning in our award-winning simulation suite, which offers a wide range of realistic environments, including hospital wards and community settings, with service users who play patients or relatives.

You'll have the opportunity to apply your learning in a wide range of placements, including London's leading NHS hospitals as well as in community settings.

Once you graduate, you'll be recommended to the Nursing and Midwifery Council for professional registration.

* The Guardian University Guide League Tables 2025

Our courses

Midwifery

We are ranked No.1 in London for midwifery (The Guardian University Guide League Tables 2025).

Midwifery students have the use of the new Simulated Learning and Clinical Skills suite, and a dedicated Midwifery Skills space. This flexible learning space can be adapted to be a home-from-home or hospital environment, enabling students to gain confidence in a variety of settings.

You'll graduate with a professional midwifery qualification, ready to enter the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and register as a qualified midwife.

Our courses

Nursing and midwifery at Kingston

Our state-of-the-art nursing and midwifery skills labs and simulation suites at Kingston Hill replicate a hospital ward, GP practice and birthing room.

They enable students to gain and practise their skills in preparation for placements and careers.

Future Skills

Knowledge to give you the edge

Embedded within every course curriculum and throughout the whole Kingston experience, Future Skills will play a role in shaping you to become a future-proof graduate, providing you with the skills most valued by employers such as problem-solving, digital competency, and adaptability.

As you progress through your degree, you'll learn to navigate, explore and apply these graduate skills, learning to demonstrate and articulate to employers how future skills give you the edge.

At Kingston University, we're not just keeping up with change, we're creating it.

Learn employability enhancing Future Skills

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Virtual Experience

Discover more about Kingston with our virtual experience.

Take a self-guided tour through our facilities, campuses and the surrounding area of Kingston upon Thames. You can also view the different accommodation options available and hear from current students about their course, experience at Kingston and more.

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