MS Patient Safety Leadership at University of Illinois Chicago

Programme overview

The MS in Patient Safety Leadership is a 36-hour online-based programme with a three-day onsite residency at UIC and a capstone project.

Faculty: College of Medicine | Duration: 36 semester hours | Study mode: full-time | Location: Chicago, IL, United States

What you will study

Courses include Patient Safety and Quality Care Improvement, Error Science, Risk and Communication, Quality and Performance Improvement, Organizational Leadership in Health Systems, Healthcare Simulation, Team and Applied Leadership, Economics, Policy and Environment, Creating Human and System Change, and a Capstone Project.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Programme: accredited bachelor's degree; at least 2.75/4.00 for the last 60 hours (combined with graduate work); CV; two letters of recommendation; personal statement of up to 700 words with at least three references. International applicants: minimum English scores TOEFL iBT 80 (reading 19, listening 17, speaking 20, writing 21) for exams before 21 Jan 2026 or 4.5 overall on the new scale, IELTS Academic 6.5 (6.0 each section), PTE Academic 54, Duolingo 130.

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 and professional programmes admit for Fall, Spring and Summer terms depending on the programme; applications for Fall 2027, Spring 2028 and Summer 2028 are expected to open on August 1, 2026.

Graduate and professional application deadlines are set per programme, with separate deadlines for domestic and international applicants for most non-online programmes; optional earlier priority, recommended or fellowship dates apply to both. Applications are made through the UIC graduate application or a centralized application service for some professional programmes.

Apply through the official page: https://grad.uic.edu/admissions/

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