Graduate Nursing Programs in Canada

University of Windsor

• The University of Windsor, located in Windsor, Ontario, offers two graduate nursing programs: the Master of Science degree, and the Master of Nursing degree. The M.Sc. requires nursing students to complete six courses as well as a thesis, while the M.N. consists of six courses, plus four electives in place of a thesis. The two areas of specialization that students in either program may choose from are advanced clinical nursing or nursing leadership.

  University of Windsor
  401 Sunset Avenue
  Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4
  519-253-3000
  uwindsor.ca

University of British Columbia

• The University of British Columbia school of nursing offers graduate students a Master of Nursing-Nurse Practitioner degree. The two-year program combines theory courses with clinical practice and aims to give students the eligibility they need to become licensed nurse practitioners in British Columbia. The University of British Columbia is located in Vancouver, B.C.

  University of British Columbia School of Nursing
  T201-2211 Wesbrook Mall
  Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 2B5
  604-822-7420
  school.nursing.ubc.ca

Dalhousie University

• Dalhousie University, located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, offers a two-phase Master of Nursing program. The first phase consists of practice-based required courses and electives with specializations in adult health, community health, mental health, maternal child health and nursing families with ill children. In the second phase of the program graduate students choose one of three program options: thesis, health policy practicum or nurse practitioner.

  Dalhousie University
  6299 South Street
  Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 4H6
  902-494-2450
  nursing.dal.ca

University of Toronto

• The University of Toronto, located in Toronto, Ontario, offers three graduate nursing programs: the Master of Nursing degree, the combined Master of Nursing and Master of Health Science (Health Administration) degree and the Doctor of Philosophy degree. The three areas of specialization that M.N. students can choose from are nursing administration, clinical nursing or nurse practitioner. The combined M.N./M.H.Sc. (Health Administration) is a two-and-a-half-year, integrated program of study for students who wish to pursue both nursing and health administration.

  The Doctor of Philosophy program allows students to choose from one of three research areas: nursing science of healthy individuals, families and communities; nursing science of individuals and families experiencing acute and chronic illness; or science of nursing administration.

  University of Toronto
  27 King's College Circle
  Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A1
  416-978-2011
  gradschool.utoronto.ca

University of New Brunswick

• The University of New Brunswick Faculty of Nursing offers a Master of Nursing program that has three separate research areas: thesis/report, nurse practitioner or nurse educator. These areas aim to prepare nurses to be advanced practitioners in the areas of research/leadership, clinical practice or providing education. The University of New Brunswick is located in Fredericton, N.B.

  University of New Brunswick
  3 Bailey Drive
  PO Box 4400
  Fredericton, NB, Canada E3B 5A3
  506-453-4864
  unbf.ca