Nursing
Perform nursing techniques and care for patients in health facilities and the community.
About the programme
Students become nurses with technical skills: performing basic nursing procedures, caring for and rehabilitating patients, preventing disease, and helping communities detect health risks early and care for patients at home.
Admission information
| Programme | Nursing (Code 5720301) |
|---|---|
| Level | Intermediate (vocational secondary) – full-time |
| Admission | Review of academic records |
| Schedule | Classes on every day of the week, including Saturday and Sunday, between 06:00 and 22:00 under the intermediate training regulations; Day, evening and weekend classes for working learners; exact timetable per class |
Study length by applicant background
| Length | Applicants |
|---|---|
| 1.5 years (3 semesters) | Upper-secondary graduates or equivalent |
| 1 year (second qualification) | Holders of a health-sector intermediate, college or university degree |
| 1.5 years (second qualification) | Holders of an intermediate, college or university degree in other fields |
| 2.5 years (5 semesters) | Lower-secondary graduates, studying the upper-secondary curriculum in parallel |
Career opportunities
- Hospitals, medical centres, clinics, elderly-care facilities
- Home-care nursing, school and company health units