The Loewenberg College of Nursing at The University of Memphis offers a PhD degree in Nursing, the highest academic degree for individuals planning to pursue scholarly careers in the nursing discipline. This PhD Program is designed for those who plan to assume a role as nurse researcher/scholar/educator in academic nursing as well as healthcare settings through research experimentation and theory application to generate new knowledge. The program will emphasize health equity in practice, education, and policy locally to globally.
Graduates of the PhD program will be prepared to:
conduct rigorous nursing and interdisciplinary research,
generate new knowledge that guides nursing practice, and
lead educational research in program and course design, clinical education, and the evaluation of learning that prepares nurses of the future.
Program Curriculum:
The Nursing PhD Program is a 60-semester hour degree program beyond the master’s degree and 54-semester credit hours beyond the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree.
Nursing Science Core: 6 credit hours
NURS 8111 - Philosophy of Science Credit Hours: (3)
NURS 8112 - Middle-Range Theories in Nsg Credit Hours: (3)
Research Core: 18 credit hours
NURS 8311 - Doctoral Research Seminar II Credit Hours: (3)
NURS 8312 - Doctoral Research Seminar II Credit Hours: (3)
NURS 8313 - Resp. Conduct of Research Credit Hours: (1)
NURS 8314 - Doctoral Research Practicum Credit Hours: (2-3)
NURS 8211 - Qualitative Methods Credit Hours: (3)
NURS 8213 - Quantitative Methods Credit Hours: (3)
PUBH 7150 - Biostatistical Methods I Credit Hours: (3)
Education Core: 6 credit hours
EDPR 8541 - Stat Meth App Ed I Credit Hours: (3)
ICL 8003 - Curric Design/Evalatn Credit Hours: (3)
Health Equity Core: 6 credit hours
NURS 8113 - Health Equity Research Credit Hours: (3)
PUBH 7160 - Soc/Behav Science Principles Credit Hours: (3)
Electives: 6-12 credit hours
*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please
September 2025
Loewenberg College of Nursing
2502 Community Health Building,
4055 N. Park Loop, University of Memphis Park Avenue Campus,
MEMPHIS,
Tennessee,
38152, United States
A Baccalaureate or Master’s Degree: The applicant must provide an official transcript showing an earned bachelor’s or master’s degree, depending on program requirements. In cases, where a program’s accrediting body allows alternate admissions standards, exceptions may be made. If you are a UofM undergraduate student applying to Graduate School at UofM, you do not need to request that an official transcript be sent to Graduate Admissions. This office has access to your transcript. The degree must have been awarded by an accredited college or university. Only transcripts received directly from an issuing institution are considered official. Personal copies are not acceptable as official documents.
GPA: The applicant must have earned an acceptable grade point average, typically a minimum of 2.5 on a scale of 4.0, but departments may make exceptions for students whose overall GPA does not adequately reflect their ability to succeed in their chosen field.
International students must provide evidence of English Language Proficiency.
English proficiency test scores accepted by the University:
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
A degree from the University of Memphis is much more than a qualification. It is a community and an experience which prepares students for success.
