Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care at King’s College London | About the University Department

We improve and transform health and care so that people can live better from the start to the end of their lives. We do this through our world-leading research and by educating future leaders across the health and care spectrum. This includes nursing, midwifery, palliative care, rehabilitation, applied, allied and multidisciplinary health and care.

We offer cutting edge postgraduate research, postgraduate taught and undergraduate education programmes. Our pre-registration nursing and midwifery programmes include placements in world-leading health care services. Our postgraduate and interdisciplinary programmes are informed by our excellent research. On our programmes, students are taught and inspired by the leaders of today and tomorrow.

Why study at the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care?

You will be studying at the No.1 nursing faculty in the UK and 1st in the world for Nursing (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025).

Faculty was awarded the Beacon Site Status from the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare, in recognition of its success in embedding sustainability within the curricula.

1st in the world for highly cited research outputs in palliative care and 2nd for nursing and midwifery (SciVal).

Our courses are delivered by internationally renowned clinicians and academics with a strong focus on promoting evidence-based care and appreciation of translational research.

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About the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care

Our Faculty is directly descended from the Nightingale Training School for Nurses which was established at St Thomas’ Hospital in 1860 as part of Florence’s Nightingale's campaign to transform nursing and health care. The Nightingale Training School was the first non-religious institution to provide professional nurse training.

In 1940, Dame Cicely Saunders started her career at the Nightingale Training School, before founding the worlds-first modern hospice and pioneering palliative medicine. Our Cicely Saunders Institute was also the first purpose-built institute for palliative care. It was established by King's College London and Cicely Saunders International in 2010.

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Subjects available at the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care

Change Management

Management Studies

Nursing - Community

Nursing - Palliative Care

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Nursing

Nursing - Adult

Nursing - Mental Health

Clinical Medicine

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Student life at the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care

From the moment you arrive, you’re part of our close-knit community of nurses and midwives. You’ll join societies, meet our alumni and work on placement to create connections that last a life-time. Our graduates work across clinical nursing, midwifery, palliative, rehabilitation and interdisciplinary care. They are also researchers, clinical academics, health and care managers and scholars.

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