Bachelor of Nursing
The Bachelor of Nursing seeks to train generalist nurses who can provide safe, high-quality, person-, family- and community-centred nursing care throughout all stages of life.
The Bachelor of Nursing is evaluated and accredited by the AQUA (Andorran Agency for the Quality of Higher Education), which ensures its quality and European recognition. Students who pass these courses can obtain a Bachelor of Nursing, a state qualification issued by the Andorran Government.
Distinctive Features
Study programme adapted to the educational model of the UdA, based on competencies and active learning methodologies, with students at the centre of their learning process.
The academic content is structured into three full-time academic years, divided into six semesters, and organised into 23 teaching units or modules.
The students have laboratories with cutting-edge technology to carry out high-fidelity clinical simulations. The robotic dummies enable the students to interact with each other and learn to act in the most common cases, as well as more complex ones, making them better prepared and more secure in the periods with practical work, in real situations. The simulations are recorded on video in order to subsequently analyse the performance of each student.
International dimension with a minimum of 3 clinical internships outside Andorra, allowing students to gain experience in different healthcare systems, develop their ability to adapt to different care settings, and acquire intercultural competences.
The UdA offers grants to cover some of the costs resulting from the compulsory internships completed abroad.
It includes 5 credits taught in English to reinforce the student’s communicative skills in this language and to encourage international mobility.
Evidence-based research and practice, with the Bachelor’s Thesis as the culmination of the programme.
The employability rate of first-cycle degrees at UdA is 94% within the first six months (according to graduate employment surveys conducted by AQUA).
European level:
EHEA’s first cycle
Modality:
on-campus
Credit load:
180 European credits
Duration:
6 semesters
Languages:
Catalan and some credits in English
Calendar:
from September to June
Contact:
Judith Garcia Expósito (jgarciaes@uda.ad)
The study programme of the Bachelor of Nursing includes 180 European credits divided into:
- 103 European theory credits
- 77 European practical credits (clinical internships). The practical credits are distributed throughout semesters 2, 4, 5 and 6 to facilitate the application of the knowledge, skills and attitudes in real situations.
The bachelor is structured in six semesters, and each one is divided into different modules, in which the student has to solve a challenge through guided work, personal work and seminars. The learning outcomes that lead to the acquisition of specific and transversal skills are thus being achieved.
Conditions to enrol for a module
Students may pursue their studies on a part-time or full-time basis, depending on the number of credits they enrol in each academic year.
- Full-time students must enrol in 60 credits per academic year, 30 credits per semester.
- Part-time students enrol in 10 or 20 credits per semester.
- In exceptional cases, students may apply to enrol in additional credits. Such applications are assessed by the competent body of the higher education institution.
To enrol for a module, the student must consult its requirements. It will also be necessary to consider the number of calls and permanence in the study programmes published in the Student Guide.
Applicants may be admitted to the Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing if they hold one of the following qualifications or meet one of the following admission pathways:
- Andorran high school diploma
- Andorran Advanced Professional Diploma
- Access test to higher education for people aged over 25
Or an equivalent qualification, recognised by Government of Andorra.
Admission
Each year, 35 new places to study Nursing become available. If the number of applications exceeds the number of available places, places will be allocated according to a set of criteria established and reviewed each year. For the 2026–2027 academic year, the following criteria were established:
- 50% of the score from the POB (Official Baccalaureate Exam) or equivalent.
- 25% of the score from the Human Anatomy and Physiology test conducted at UdA.
- 25% of the score from the French test conducted at UdA.
Students who obtain the Bachelor of Nursing at the University of Andorra will be able to obtain the following competences, among others:
CROSS-DISCIPLINARY COMPETENCES
- Demonstrate proficiency in communicating in different languages to express and understand messages in a range of personal, social and professional contexts and situations.
- Work as a member of a team, collaboratively and with shared responsibility.
- Manage information and communicate knowledge, solving problems in a constantly evolving society.
- Act ethically and with social responsibility as a citizen and as a professional.
- Design and develop entrepreneurial projects and processes from a sustainable balance perspective to contribute to the transformation of the surrounding environment.
SPECIFIC COMPETENCES
- Master the different stages of the nursing process.
- Promote healthy lifestyles through health promotion, disease prevention and health education activities.
- Effectively and efficiently integrate evidence-based practice.
- Master the scientific foundations of the health sciences required for nursing practice.
- Apply the nursing profession’s code of ethics.
- Apply a person-centred model to nursing care.
The School of Nursing at the University of Andorra has agreements with an extensive network of hospitals, healthcare and social care centres, and primary care centres, both in Andorra and abroad. These agreements allow students to undertake the clinical placements included in the study plan. The map shows the centres with which the University has agreements:
Clinical internships are progressively integrated throughout the Bachelor’s Degree, allowing students to apply the knowledge, skills and attitudes acquired during their studies in real healthcare settings. Their weighting increases particularly during the third year, progressively fostering greater autonomy and decision-making skills.
Throughout the programme, students undertake clinical internships in different healthcare settings, enabling them to acquire the competences required to provide nursing care to individuals, families and communities at different stages of life and in different health situations.
One of the distinctive features of the Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing at the University of Andorra is its international dimension. All students undertake a minimum of three clinical internships outside Andorra, allowing them to gain insight into other healthcare systems, develop their ability to adapt to different healthcare settings, acquire intercultural competences and broaden their professional perspective.
Clinical internships follow the same learning outcomes, competences and assessment criteria, regardless of the centre where they take place. The University of Andorra coordinates the planning, monitoring and assessment of clinical internships together with its partner centres.
During each clinical internship, students receive support and guidance from a tutor at the centre or service and an academic tutor from the University. This support facilitates the integration of theory and practice, reflection on the clinical experience and the progressive development of professional competences.
To facilitate the completion of compulsory clinical internships outside Andorra, the University offers a financial support programme for international mobility.
- Clinical internships guide (in Catalan)
- List of partner centres (in Catalan)
- Study Abroad
Simulation is an artificial representation of a real process through which the student acts and makes decisions, allowing them to acquire the necessary skills for appropriate professional practice and to provide quality care to the patient and their family in a specific context, following safety standards.
Simulation has become established as a fundamental teaching and learning methodology in competency-based training. It promotes the active participation of students in their own learning process, thus achieving more meaningful and competency-driven education.
Clinical simulation is essential in the training of future healthcare professionals, as it improves skills (technical, procedural, and communication-related), attitudes, and teamwork. It also allows the application of knowledge in specific contexts and contributes to decision-making.
Simulations vary depending on their level of fidelity or complexity, as follows:
Low-fidelity simulations:
- These are particularly suitable for a first contact with clinical practice.
- They are useful for the initial practice of basic technical skills of low complexity.
- They take place in spaces equipped with materials such as anatomical models, simple supplies, and static simulators for medication preparation and administration, wound care, etc.
Medium-fidelity simulations:
- These allow the practice of more complex technical skills that require greater interaction between the student and the simulator.
- They are conducted in spaces equipped with simulators that interact with the student and with anatomical models that offer a greater sense of visual and tactile realism.
- They also include role-playing activities, which enhance immersion in clinical situations and interaction with other professionals.
High-fidelity simulations:
- These offer a greater sense of realism and allow the practice not only of technical skills but also of non-technical skills such as critical thinking, decision-making, teamwork, interprofessional communication, and leadership.
- The spaces are equipped with highly complex and functional technological simulators that recreate real, complex scenarios, such as intensive care, emergency rooms, operating theatres, and also out-of-hospital care.
- Simulations are also considered high-fidelity when real people act out the scenario.
Director of the College of Health Sciences: Virginia Larraz Rada
Head of the School of Nursing: Judith Garcia Expósito (jgarciaes@uda.ad)
The teaching staff of the Bachelor of Nursing is made up of lecturers with extensive academic and professional experience.
The list of lecturers of the Bachelor can be viewed in the teaching plans of each of the modules, which have links on the study programme list.
In addition, the Directory of the University of Andorra enables students to search for and access the contact information on the UdA’s teaching, technical and administrative staff.
Graduates of the Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing acquire the professional competences required to work as generalist nurses, performing the four core functions of the profession:
- Assistance: provision and management of nursing care aimed at promoting health, preventing illness, restoring health and supporting individuals throughout the different stages of life.
- Education: participation in health education, training and professional development activities.
- Research: participation in research projects and in the generation, transfer and application of scientific knowledge to nursing practice.
- Management: participation in the planning, organisation, coordination and evaluation of nursing care and services.
This profile enables graduates to work in a range of healthcare and social care settings, as well as in education, research and management.
As a regulated profession, the study programme of the Bachelor of Nursing is adapted to the current European guidelines, with 77 credits for clinical internships. The degree is recognised in France in accordance with the provisions of the Code de la Santé Publique, art. L4311-3.
The Bachelor of Nursing provides access to second cycle studies (master’s degrees) in the countries in the European Higher Education Area.
It also allows access to the specialised Bachelor of Obstetrical and Gynaecological Nursing (midwifery) taught at the UdA.
In addition, each year the University of Andorra designs a wide range of lifelong learning courses related to the health sciences area to meet the training needs of the profession.
Study programme publication (Official Gazette of the Principality of Andorra):
Andorran Agency for the Quality of Higher Education accreditation:
