The College of Nursing offers entry into the PhD program for students holding a bachelor’s degree in nursing or health-related field from a professionally accredited or approved program. The BS to PhD in Nursing option is designed to promote knowledge development for reflective, theory-based, and research-guided nursing practice.
About UWM College of Nursing
As the largest College of Nursing in the state, UW-Milwaukee partners with over 160 agencies to prepare nurse scientists, researchers and educators. Go beyond the bedside and make an impact on the world around you with a PhD in nursing from UWM.
About the BS to PhD in Nursing
The PhD in Nursing Program is a research–intensive program that prepares nurse scientists for roles in research, education, practice, health policy and leadership.
The BS to PhD in Nursing Program is a campus–based program that prepares baccalaureate nurses as scientists. Under the guidance of world-renowned professors and mentors, students will work with professors to define success early. They will develop a plan of study that prepares them to devise and conduct independent and collaborative interdisciplinary research.
September 2025
College of Nursing
Cunningham Hall 135, 1921 E. Hartford Avenue,
MILWAUKEE,
Wisconsin,
53211, United States
A bachelor’s degree or master’s degree in Nursing or health related field from a professionally accredited program with a cumulative grade point average of at 3.2 (4.0 scale) for all previous graduate course work;
English proficiency requirement: TOEFL IBT - 79 – 120; IELTS - 6.5 - 9.0; Cambridge English Advanced/Cambridge English Proficiency - C1 level or higher.
Deadlines: February 1 for a Fall start; October 1 for a Spring start.
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
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