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Collaborative Nurse Practitioner Program (CNPP) at University of Regina

University of Regina, Canada

Programme overview

The CNPP is an online graduate programme offered jointly by Saskatchewan Polytechnic and the University of Regina, leading to a Master of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner) degree. It prepares graduates for the Canadian Nurse Practitioner Examination and has 7-year CRNS approval and CASN accreditation.

Faculty: Faculty of Nursing  |  Duration: 2 years  |  Intake: September (one intake per year)  |  Study mode: online  |  Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

What you will study

Study runs across fall, winter and spring-summer semesters with asynchronous online courses, a mandatory one-week on-campus residency in MNUR 802 Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning, and 702 hours of clinical practice in primary care settings. Courses include MNUR 800 Foundations for Advanced Practice Nursing, MNUR 801 Research for Nurse Practitioners and MNUR 803 Advanced Pathophysiology and Pharmacology I.

Career pathways

Graduates are eligible for RN (NP) licensure in Saskatchewan after passing the Canadian Nurse Practitioner Examination and work in primary care clinics, nursing stations and long-term care.

Official programme page

Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants must meet the University of Regina Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research admission requirements, demonstrate English proficiency as required by the University, and a comprehensive curriculum vitae is encouraged. Entry is competitive; the application deadline is January 31 and the application fee is $125 CAD. Preference is given to Saskatchewan applicants; other Canadian applicants are accepted except from Quebec and British Columbia, which do not accept out-of-province clinical placements. Designated equity seats exist for Indigenous applicants.

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

Graduate terms: Fall (September-December), Winter (January-April) and Spring/Summer (May-August). The application portal opens in the first week of August for Fall, the first week of February for Winter and the first week of April for Spring/Summer, in the year before the start.

Undergraduate terms: Fall (September-December), Winter (January-April) and Spring/Summer (May-August). Indigenous Education and Nursing do not admit to the spring/summer term; Bachelor of Social Work admits to the fall term only.

Faculty of Graduate Studies programmes without their own deadline: Spring/Summer March 1, Fall July 1, Winter November 1. Some programmes have their own deadlines, for example Aging Studies March 31, History March 31, Anthropology January 31 (Fall) and September 30 (Winter), English February 15 (Fall) and October 15 (Winter). Applications are made online through the application portal.

The graduate application fee is $125, paid online before documents can be uploaded.

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