MSN Systems Leadership at University of Cincinnati

Programme overview

Health care is more complex than ever, and that complexity requires nurse leaders to have a solid, evidenced-based practice and decision-making framework to lead the design, implementation and evaluation of health care services offered to individuals, populations, and/or communities. Unlike non-clinical-based graduate administration programs, our Systems Leadership MSN online program prepares graduates to leverage evidence-based practice and decision-making to:

Faculty: College of Nursing | Duration: 2 years | Study mode: online | Location: Cincinnati, OH, United States

What you will study

All courses are fully online.

Career pathways

Graduates of this specialty meet educational requirements to take exams for national certification by the American Nurses Credentialing Center or American Organization of Nurse Leaders as a Nurse Executive (NE-BC), Nurse Executive, Advanced (NEA-BC) or Certified Nurse Manager and Leader (CNML), or in Executive Nursing Practice Essentials (CENPE).

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants must have a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from an accredited nursing program and one year of work experience as a registered nurse. For more details, visit our Admissions page.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate applicants select an entry term (semester) when applying; not all programmes start every term, and each programme sets its own start terms.

Graduate application fee: $65 domestic and $70 international for most degree programmes; $75 domestic and $80 international for the College of Engineering & Applied Science; $140 for the MS Physiology.

Graduate applications: programmes set their own deadlines and decision schedules. Most programmes use the UC Graduate Admissions Application; Nursing uses NursingCAS, Occupational Therapy OTCAS, Physical Therapy PTCAS, Athletic Training ATCAS, Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology CSDCAS, and Public Health SOPHAS.

Apply through the official page: https://nursing.uc.edu/academic-programs/msn/admissions.html

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