Entry requirements for Advanced Practice PGCert

School of Health Sciences

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Entry requirements

A UK Ordinary (non-honours) degree

You also need to:

  • be on a healthcare professional register (from a range of disciplines)
  • be working in a clinical area
  • have a suitable clinical mentor
  • have the opportunity in the clinical setting to develop your skills and knowledge, and complete the required competency

We operate a flexible Recognition for Prior Learning (RPL) system by which students who do not have a degree may be eligible for entry. We recognise that students applying for this course may have acquired significant learning from previous educational and life/work experience. We can offer potential students the opportunity of having such learning assessed for credit. This credit would go towards your application for this course.

English language requirements

You do not need to prove your knowledge of English if you are a national of certain countries.

IELTS Academic

Overall

6.5

Writing

6.0

Listening

6.0

Reading

6.0

Speaking

6.0

Other English language qualifications

We also accept other English language qualifications. Choose from the list of English language tests for your country below.

Overall

B2, minimum 38

Writing

B2, minimum 36

Listening

B2, minimum 36

Reading

B2, minimum 36

Speaking

B2, minimum 36

Further information on English language qualifications

Don’t meet the English language requirements?

Pre-sessional English for international students

If you hold a conditional offer and have not yet met the English entry requirements for a degree course at the University, we can help you with our pre-sessional English courses.

Learn more about our pre-sessional English courses.

Questions? Need help?

Contact our Nursing enquiry team

healthsciences-postqualifying@dundee.ac.uk

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