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Application deadlines at Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston vary by program. Please review the list below.

Please note that we are unable to process applications with missing or incomplete documents. If application materials have not been received by the program's deadline date, your application will not be forwarded for faculty review and decision. Application and fees cannot be deferred.

Admission decisions for some graduate programs are made on a rolling basis, meaning that applicants to those programs may receive notifications earlier than the approximate notification dates indicated below. Applications received after the deadline are reviewed on a space-available basis. 

 

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

  • Pacesetter BSN

    Term

    Application deadline

    Status

    Decision notification*

    Fall

    March 15

    Open

    June 15

    Summer

    January 15

    Closed

    April 15

    Spring

    Sept. 1

    Open

    Nov. 15

  • RN to BSN

    Term

    Application deadline

    Status

    Decision notification*

    Fall

    March 15

    Open

    June 15

    Summer

    January 15

    Closed

    April 15

    Spring

    Sept. 1

    Closed

    Nov. 15

Master of Science in Nursing

Doctor of Nursing Practice

  • BSN to DNP - Nurse Practitioner Tracks

    Term

    Status

    Priority Deadline

    Interviews

    Notification Date

    Fall

    Open

    May 15

    Rolling basis

    Rolling basis

    Spring

    Open

    Sept. 15

    Rolling basis

    Rolling basis

  • BSN to DNP - Nurse Anesthesia

    Term

    Status

    Deadline

    Interviews

    Notification

    Summer 2024

    Open

    July 1, 2023

    Sept. 11-15 (tentative)

    Sept. 25

  • DNP (Post-master's Entry)

    Term

    Status

    Early Decision

    Application deadline

    Fall

    Open

    Apply by December 1 of preceding year for early decision notification in February.

    April 1 of term year

    Spring

    Closed

    Apply by July 1 of preceding year.

    October 1 of preceding year

PhD in Nursing (BSN-PhD and Post-master's Entry)

  • Primary Application Deadline

    Term

    Status

    Deadline

    Interviews

    Notification

    Fall admission only

    Open

    April 1

    April 18

    Following interviews

  • Late Application Deadline

    Term

    Status

    Deadline

    Interviews

    Notification

    Fall admission only

    Open

    June 1

    June 20

    Acceptance and notification on a space-available basis.

Post-graduate Completion Program