Nursing, Traditional

The Pre-licensure Nursing program maintains Full Approval Status from the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing.**

Challenge yourself and enjoy a strong competitive advantage in your career in nursing with our bachelor of science program. When you choose our traditional option (2.5-4 years of academic study) pre-licensure program, you'll experience rigorous academic work and a carefully designed plan of study.

You will be mentored by a world renowned faculty, stellar in scholarly achievements, practice, and research. Our professors view nursing as a calling, not a career, and they are committed to reducing healthcare disparities, improving quality of life, and informing health policy.

You will also benefit immensely from clinical placements in Greater Boston's finest health care institutions, such as Brigham and Women's Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Children's Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Good Samaritan-Brockton, and the VA Medical Centers, among many others. 

**The program's curriculum may not meet the State educational requirements for licensure or certification in the State in which you plan to be licensed or certified. Please check link for further information. At this time there are no known RN License conflicts.

Undergraduate Nursing Program Objectives

At the completion of the undergraduate nursing program in the Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Boston, the graduate will be able to:

1. Integrate evidence-based nursing assessments and interventions to coordinate and manage complex health care concerns for chronically ill and acutely ill individuals and families across the life span.
2. Evaluate patient-centered, culturally sensitive care delivered within complex healthcare systems.
3. Analyze effective communication, teamwork, and collaboration strategies to address the concerns of diverse urban populations within complex healthcare systems.
4. Apply knowledge, skills, and attitudes of health promotion and disease prevention for urban populations along the health-illness continuum.
5. Create a culture of quality and safety in nursing practice for chronically ill and acutely ill members of urban populations.
6. Integrate informatics for obtaining and utilizing best evidence and clinical judgment to achieve patient outcomes in contemporary professional nursing practice.
7. Utilize current ethical and legal standards and health care policies to guide nursing practice and professional development.  

Revised Dec 2008 Undergraduate Program; Jan 2009 Department of Nursing; Feb 2009 Faculty Council

• Completed UMass Boston online admission application
• Application fee: $60
• An official high school record, leaving certificate and/or graduation examination results or their notarized copies. All documents in foreign languages must be translated by a certified professional. Records must be sent directly from the institution to be considered official.
• Academic recommendation letter (from a school-based counselor and/or teacher)
• 500-word essay
• Test scores

If you seek admission to UMass Boston as an international student, we strongly encourage you to apply online by submitting either the UMass Boston Web Application or the Common Application

Please be sure to send us your application and all required materials by the posted international application deadline.

If you experience any technical problems with the application, please email us immediately at [email protected].