MEETING THE NEEDS OF MODERN HEALTHCARE

MSc Advanced Healthcare and Clinical Practice

Queen's University Belfast

Ranked in the top 100 in the world for Nursing

(QS World Rankings by subject 2025)

This taught Masters programme nurtures talented and innovative professional practitioners, placing practice at the forefront.

The programme is designed for experienced nurses and other professional practitioners, with practice placed at the core. It supports health and social care professionals from diverse backgrounds to reflect upon, refresh, and advance their practice, while learning together across specialisms.

Specialist Pathways

The programme offers the following specialist pathways:

Critical & Acute Care
Cancer Nursing: Supportive and Palliative Care
Leadership & Management
Mental Health Care
Care of Older People
Care of Children & Young People
Intellectual Disabilities
Practice Education
Maternal & Family Health

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Advanced Professional and Clinical Practice

This Master’s programme is taught by experienced academic and clinical experts who are ideally placed to help you advance your professional skills and career. We work in close partnership with local Health and Social Care providers to design bespoke clinical experiences for our students, ensuring that practice remains at the heart of the programme. Each student completes 225 hours of clinical experience in a setting relevant to their studies to allow them to develop their ideas to completion. Students work within regional centres of excellence and often develop professional networks and friendships that continue throughout their careers.

Student Experience

Students undertake six taught modules delivered through a blend of face-to-face teaching and online learning, reflecting the flexible and collaborative philosophy of the programme. This approach supports local, national and international applicants, promoting shared learning across a range of professional backgrounds.

Why Choose Queen's

Top 200 in the world

(QS and THE World University Rankings 2026)

World-class university

Every school in our Faculty is recognised among the global top 200 in the QS World Rankings by Subject 2025.

Affordable Student Destination

Ranked 3rd in the UK for Value for Money (StudentCrowd University Awards 2025).

Employment potential

Queen's offers opportunities for work placements, industry-led programmes and ground breaking research projects. Queen’s is first in the Russell Group for employability and further study (HESA Graduate Outcomes, 2022/23).

State-of-the-art facilities

Be taught by world-leading researchers and experts in their field in state-of-the-art facilities. 21 Queen’s subjects in the top 200 in the world (QS World Rankings by subject 2026)