Mcast will be offering a degree course in nursing studies as from October.

The Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Nursing Studies will be a three year full-time degree programme offered in collaboration with Northumbria University. It will provide students with the competencies and qualifications required to register as a nurse (level 1) in Malta and across all EU member states.  

Students will pursue a minimum of 2,300 hours of theoretical and 2,300 hours of practical work (most of which is carried out on placement) as stipulated by EU directive 2005/36/EC, leading to a clinically skilled nurse with professional values and who is fully capable of taking on accountable responsibility.  

At the end of the course, students will be able to provide patient-centred care focused on values, ethics and patients’ needs, demonstrate professionalism and promote values of caring, dignity, integrity and altruism in nursing practice, Mcast said. 

The degree will meet all of the requirements of the EU Directive for General Nursing; the Malta Council for Nurses and Midwives’ Scope of Professional Practice; and Malta Council for Nurses and Midwives’ Code of Ethics. The first year of the programme will be taught on Mcast facilities, until works on a state-of-the art nurse skilling facility at the St Luke’s Medical site are completed.

Northumbria’s nursing programmes are widely considered the best in the United Kingdom and were the first in the country to be accredited by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), in addition to being approved by the UK Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). 

Further information and personal career guidance can be obtained from the College’s career advisers on careerguidance@mcast.edu.mt or 2398 7135/310. The career advisors will be available (without appointment) till the 4th August, between 8:30hrs to 13:30hrs, at the Student’s House, MCAST Main Campus, Paola to answer any student queries and offer personal career guidance.