University of Bradford • Bradford
Three NMC fields — adult, children’s and mental health — at one of England’s lowest nursing-degree price points.
Our take
Bradford’s nursing BSc offers something rare twice over: a choice of three NMC fields — adult, children’s and mental health — at a fee band (£16,100–£16,890) near the bottom of the English market. The field choice matters strategically: mental-health nursing carries England’s most persistent vacancies and strongest sponsorship arithmetic, and children’s nursing places are scarce nationally. Bradford’s health faculty places students across West Yorkshire’s trusts, the city’s South Asian communities ease arrival, and three years of Yorkshire rents keep the total cost of becoming a UK nurse about as low as it gets. Degree-holders should read our routing note: a two-year pre-registration master’s is usually the better door.
| Duration | 3 years full-time, roughly half in clinical placement |
| Intake | September |
| Accreditation | NMC-approved pre-registration programme (adult, children’s or mental-health field) |
| Tuition | Within Bradford’s 2026/27 international undergraduate band of £16,100–£16,890 per year — among England’s lowest for an NMC degree. Exact fee in your offer; £5,000 deposit deducted. |
Where this leads: Leads directly to eligibility to register with the NMC in your chosen field — the UK-trained route, no CBT or OSCE.
September entry via UCAS; each field’s places are capped separately.
Why Bradford
Adult, children’s and mental-health options under one roof — including the two shortage fields with the strongest job arithmetic.
A band from £16,100 with Yorkshire rents — the lowest total cost to the register we list at BSc level.
Bradford’s established South Asian communities make the three-year relocation gentler for students and visiting families.
Trusts across Bradford and Leeds supply the placement half of the degree — and hire from their own students first.
What you study
Entry requirements
English language
Bradford expects a formal English test from most international applicants. Bradford does not publish a Medium of Instruction (MOI) letter route, so plan for a formal test. It does, however, accept strong school-level English for some markets: typically 70% in English within CBSE/CISCE Class XII for India, and WAEC/SSCE English Language at C6 or better for Nigeria. Pakistani applicants are usually asked for IELTS or an accepted alternative.
Also accepted: PTE Academic 62 (59 in each part), Duolingo English Test 110 (100 in each subscore), TOEFL iBT 80, Oxford ELLT 6 (5 in each sub-test), BASALT — Bradford’s own English test, 6.0 (5.5 in each sub-test). Pre-sessional English is available if you fall short.
Careers
Your country
Bradford publishes clear equivalencies for Pakistani qualifications: HSSC/Intermediate at 60% is treated as roughly 96–119 UCAS points, 65% as 120–135 and 70% as 136+, while for Master’s entry a CGPA of 2.5/4.0 is read as a UK 2:2 and 3.0 as a 2:1. Bachelor degrees of three years or less usually need two years of relevant work experience on top. Budget carefully for the deposit — applicants from Pakistan currently pay £10,000 (not the standard £5,000) before a CAS is issued. On the plus side, the Bestway Foundation funds five full Master’s scholarships worth around £35,000 each for Pakistan-domiciled STEM students, and the city’s long-established Pakistani community makes settling in unusually easy.
Full guide for PakistanClass XII (CBSE, CISCE and most state boards) at around 70–80% maps to roughly 96–136+ UCAS points for undergraduate entry, and a bachelor’s at 60% is typically read as a UK 2:2, with 65–70% needed for a 2:1 or first. Usefully, Bradford accepts 70% in English within CBSE/CISCE Class XII in place of IELTS. Two things to note: applicants to MSc International Business Management from Punjab and Haryana are currently asked to pay the full tuition fee in advance, and India’s CAS and deposit deadline for September 2026 is 21 August.
Full guide for IndiaWAEC/SSCE alone does not qualify for direct undergraduate entry — students typically join via the International Foundation Year at the University of Bradford International College. For Master’s, an honours degree assessed as a UK 2:2 or above is expected. Bradford accepts C6 or better in WAEC/SSCE English Language (and the NABTEB equivalent) instead of IELTS, which saves both money and time. The university also has an in-country representative and a wide agent network across Lagos, Abuja and other cities.
Full guide for NigeriaHolders of the UAE General Secondary Education Certificate usually need a foundation programme before starting a bachelor’s degree, while postgraduate applicants are assessed on the standard GPA scale (2.5/4.0 for a 2:2, 3.0 for a 2:1). Bradford runs a Regional Hub at Dubai Knowledge Park — home of its Executive MBA in Dubai — so you can get face-to-face advice without leaving the Emirates. UAE nationals currently sit in the £2,000 tier of the Global Scholar Award.
Full guide for the UAECompare
FAQ
Employment arithmetic favours mental health — England’s most persistent nursing shortage — with children’s nursing a close second on scarcity. Adult nursing offers the broadest role range but the most competition in popular cities. We match the field to your interests and the 2026 job market honestly.
At BSc level, effectively yes — fees from £16,100 plus Yorkshire living costs. Only the two-year graduate master’s routes (for those who already hold degrees) reach the register for less total spend.
Yes — NMC-approved pre-registration training in your chosen field, with registration eligibility on completion. No CBT or OSCE applies to UK-trained graduates.
Admission commonly asks IELTS 6.5–7.0; the NMC registration standard is 7.0 overall (6.5 writing) or OET B. Start preparing at the higher bar and the final step never blocks you.
Fees, entry requirements, English-language policies and intake dates are correct to the best of our knowledge at the date shown, but universities review them every cycle and immigration rules change. Always treat figures as a guide — we confirm the exact, current requirements with the university before you apply. Facts on this page last checked July 2026.
Intakes shown are for this course specifically; Bradford runs other intakes for other programmes — see the full Bradford profile.
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