There are different levels of nursing education in Europe, including diploma, bachelor’s and master’s level educations. In addition to these levels, there are a range of specialisations and courses for different clinical competencies, such as wound care. This chapter focuses on the structure of bachelor’s level or pregraduate education in wound care and postgraduate level education, including specialisations and master’s level education in wound care. The focus is on European Union directives because most European countries are members of the Union.

In bachelor’s level nursing education, wound care can be taught as a discipline or part of more extensive clinical courses. In bachelor’s level studies, the student nurses also learn wound care during their practical training periods, which may play a more significant role in their learning than university teaching. There are no general recommendations of the extent to which wound care education should be in European bachelor’s level nursing education.

At the postgraduate level, there are courses and study modules in wound care for registered nurses, which may qualify them to work as wound care or tissue viability nurses. Furthermore, certain universities have also offered master’s level qualifications in wound care.