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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

    Extended to May 15

    Open

    June 15

    Spring 2025

    September 1

    Open

    Nov. 15

    Summer 2025

    January 15    

    Open

    April 15

    Note: Top students who accept their offer of admission to Cizik School of Nursing’s accelerated Pacesetter BSN program within 10 days of receipt will be eligible for a $1,000 scholarship.

  • RN to BSN

    Term

    Application deadline

    Status

    Decision notification*

    Fall

    March 15

    Extended to May 15

    Open

    June 15

    Spring 2025

    September 1

    Open

    Nov. 15

    Summer 2025

    January 15    

    Open

    April 15

Master of Science in Nursing

Doctor of Nursing Practice

  • BSN to DNP - Nurse Practitioner Tracks

    Term

    Status

    Priority Deadline

    Interviews

    Notification Date

    Fall 2024

    Open

    May 15, 2024

    Rolling basis

    Rolling basis

    Spring 2025

    Open

    Sept. 15, 2024

    Rolling basis

    Rolling basis

    Note: New student admissions to the BSN to DNP Adult/Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner track are on hold effective for the Fall 2023 semester.

  • BSN to DNP - Nurse Anesthesia

    Term

    Status

    Deadline

    Interviews

    Notification

    Summer 2025

    Open

    July 1, 2024

    Sept. 9-13, 2024 (tentative)

    Sept. 23, 2024

  • DNP (Post-master's Entry)

    Term

    Status

    Priority Deadline

    Notification Date

    Fall 2024

    Open

    May 15 

    Rolling basis

    Spring 2025

    Open

    Sept. 15

    Rolling basis

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

  • Primary Application Deadline

    Term

    Status

    Deadline

    Interviews

    Notification

    Fall admission only

    Closed

    March 1

    April 9

    Following interviews

  • Late Application Deadline

    Term

    Status

    Deadline

    Interviews

    Notification

    Fall admission only

    Open

    June 1

    June 18

    Acceptance and notification on a space-available basis.

Post-graduate Completion Program