The University of Edinburgh has been a pioneer in nursing education and has established a long tradition of preparing graduate nurses for impactful careers in healthcare and shaping the future of the nursing profession. Nursing offers a profound sense of purpose and fulfillment as it involves caring for and making a positive difference in the lives of others. As one of the first universities to offer a nursing degree in the UK, the University of Edinburgh has a long tradition of preparing graduate nurses for impactful careers in healthcare. As one of the top ten universities in the UK to offer Nursing, we provide our students with an experience that is second to none. Find out what it's like to join our close-knit community of international students and staff at the University of Edinburgh. Nursing Studies is a small and friendly subject area within the School of Health in Social Science. The staff are committed to nursing, care about their students, and support you to develop from an anxious new student into a first-class nurse. The best decision I ever made was to study nursing at Edinburgh. BN Nursing Graduate Track Record of Excellence Nursing Studies at the University of Edinburgh is consistently ranked highly and this year we celebrated taking 1st place again in the Guardian UK University League Table 2023. Find out more An Insight into our Nursing Research HTML Nursing Highlights We take great pride in all the great work our students and staff do in health and care both in Scotland and around the world. Every two years we produce a “Nursing Studies Highlights” report that showcases some of the wonderful contributions our students and staff make to nursing. Below are the most recent reports that you can download and read. Nursing Highlights 2013 Nursing Highlights 2015 Nursing Highlights 2017 Nursing Highlights 2020 Image Shaping the Future Our Vision: To meet the needs of the local and global nursing workforce across high and low and middle income countries, to enable them to lead high quality healthcare solutions to the health challenges that arise in their local contexts. Our Mission: To provide accessible education and development for the global and local nursing workforce and deliver ambitious research to work for social justice and improve health and wellbeing for diverse communities. Through education and research, contribute to high quality healthcare experiences, effective healthcare systems and intervention development and evaluation. The conversations I took part in at Edinburgh expanded my world-view, both generally and within the healthcare arena. This type of knowledge would not have been accessible to me elsewhere. Msc Advanced Nursing Graduate Our values Compassion Diversity and inclusion Evidence-based Innovation Interdisciplinarity Person-centredness Respect and dignity Social justice Sustainability Learn more about what we are doing to elevate and strengthen the influence and impact of nurses and nurse communities around the world through the Edinburgh Global Nursing Initiative: Edinburgh Global Nursing Initiative Elsie Stephenson Our School hosts a biannual event to celebrate the life and work of the first Director of the Nursing Studies, Elsie Stephenson. In her post as Director, Elsie oversaw a new training scheme that expected students to graduate in an arts or humanities discipline before taking their nursing qualification. In 1964 a degree programme in nursing was established, as well as a school for overseas students, which was supported by the World Health Organisation. Find out more about the University's inspiring women in history Celebrating 60 Years In 2016 the Department of Nursing Studies celebrated 60 years of world-class nurse education with a focus on two key events: Royal College of Nursing International Nursing Research Conference Leaps in the Dark Alumni Conference
