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Ranked as the best nursing school in the world, Penn Nursing advances the entire profession, from research & education to practice & policy. 

Undergraduate and Transfer Programs

The undergraduate and transfer program uses hands-on, mentored education to transform what happens in the classroom to what happens in the clinical and beyond.

Accelerated Programs

The accelerated program suits students with ambition to expedite their education in order to enter a chosen career path as soon as possible.

Master’s Programs

The masters program offers the opportunity to step to the forefront of nursing science and practice in a wide range of specialties. 

Doctoral Programs

Our doctoral programs are committed to producing leaders in the field of nursing science, both in scholarship and research (PhD) and clinical scholarship and practice (DNP).

Welcome to the Spring Semester 2021 from Dean Antonia M. Villarruel

Good-bye to 2020—and welcome to 2021! We are all hopeful that this new year will bring good luck and good health for us all. Certainly, with several COVID-19 vaccines now approved in the United States, we see a path out of the global pandemic that has influenced every aspect of our lives over the last year. It is particularly gratifying to welcome freshman and sophomores back to campus—and, of course, to welcome all of you to spring semester.

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How Can the World Allocate COVID-19 Vaccines Fairly?

It’s an ethical question that experts like Alison Buttenheim of the School of Nursing, Harald Schmidt of the Perelman School of Medicine, and Kok-Chor Tan of the School of Arts & Sciences are contemplating. One fact is certain, they say: Distribution must not exacerbate persisting disparities.

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Matthew D. McHugh

New Director for Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research

Matthew McHugh, PhD, JD, MPH, RN, FAAN, the Independence Chair for Nursing Education and Professor of Nursing, has been appointed the Director for the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing’s Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research (CHOPR). The appointment was effective as of January 1, 2021. CHOPR was established in 1989 by Dr. Linda Aiken as one of the first centers to scale up rigorous research on the impact of nursing on patient outcomes. It uses evidence to inform policy and produces the next generation of nurse scientists.

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