Nursing and Midwifery

Why choose the Master of Science in Nursing and Midwifery at Ghent University?

The Master of Science in Nursing and Midwifery at Ghent University is a 120 ECTS credit academic master’s degree designed to prepare nurses and midwives for the evolving challenges of healthcare. It equips students with the competencies needed for professional and clinical leadership. The programme combines a common core (truncus communis) with the option to specialise in one of three specialisations:

• Advanced Practice Nurse: Focuses on specialist nursing roles in general and mental health nursing.
• Implementation Science in Healthcare: Prepares students for roles in quality management, healthcare innovation, and policy implementation.
• Researcher in Care and Health Sciences: A specialisation that focuses on research in healthcare settings and academia.

Developed in close collaboration with national and international stakeholders in the field, the programme offers students the opportunity to develop advanced knowledge, skills and attitudes in research, (clinical) leadership, advanced practice roles, and implementation of innovation in healthcare. Through a combination of coursework, a supervised internship, and intensive collaboration with healthcare institutions, students will gain both theoretical and practical experience.

The master’s degree provides a rigorous grounding in research methods (quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods design), statistics, nursing and midwifery theories and models, critical analysis, leadership and theoretical perspectives that inform nursing and midwifery practice, education and research. Graduates will be well prepared for advanced practice roles, research, education, management, and leadership positions in healthcare. Whether you wish to pursue a career as a specialist nurse, quality coordinator, researcher, or healthcare innovator, this master’s programme will provide you with a strong academic foundation and practical experience.

Possibilities in Internationalization

Complete programme of the Master of Science in Nursing and Midwifery is available on Study guide

• Courses taught in English: Most of the courses are taught in Dutch. Some specific courses are taught in English, including Economic Aspects of Health Care, Advanced Academic English, Management of Information Systems in Healthcare.
• Language courses at the University Language Centre (English or Dutch, 3 ECTS, evening course, NOT part of the Master in Nursing and Midwifery curriculum, application through uct@ugent.be). The credits will not appear on the Transcript of Records, the University Language Centre provides a separate certificate. For more information, visit the website of the University Language Center.
• Master dissertation: We offer the possibility of completing a master dissertation within the Master of Nursing and Midwifery (15 credits = 12 weeks of staying abroad). Contact Prof. dr. Dimitri Beeckman (Dimitri.Beeckman@UGent.be) if you have interest in completing a master dissertation within the programme.

Requirements

Bachelor in Nursing and Midwifery: Students who previously obtained professional bachelor's degree in nursing or midwifery can pursue this 2- years master’s programme. Degree students who would like to follow a master programme after they have obtained a Bachelor in nursing or midwifery, need to have their diploma approved. Students holding a Non-Belgian Diploma also need to have their diploma approved. Information, requirements and application can be found on the ‘Admission Requirements’ page of Ghent University

B2 level in English. If a student is unable to communicate properly with other students or stakeholders in practice, the student will not be allowed to start the course or master dissertation.

As stated on the Study guide webpage, the other courses are taught in Dutch and require a B2 level of proficiency.

Practical information

Procedures and practical information can be found on the international pages of Ghent University.

The Ghent University does not offer accommodation, as a consequence, the incoming student is responsible for finding his/her own residence.

• Deadline for application for courses in semester 1 and/or master dissertation: 15 May
• Deadline for application for courses in semester 2: 15 November

Contact

• Internationalization coordinator of the Master of Science in Nursing and Midwifery is Prof. dr. Dimitri Beeckman (Dimitri.Beeckman@UGent.be).
• For questions about your application in Oasis, please contact Ellen Goossens (ellegoos.goossens@ugent.be).