Health Sciences
Direct Entry Nursing is a four-year BScN for students with no previous nursing education and no prior university study, approved by the College of Nurses of Ontario to lead to the Registered Nurse designation. An accelerated three-year option (eight terms, summers included) is also available. Optional streams cover High Acuity and Critical Care, Mental Health, and Nursing Leadership and Care of the Older Adult.
Faculty: Faculty of Health (School of Nursing), Keele Campus | Duration: 4 years (accelerated 3-year option, eight terms including summers) | Intake: Fall (first year only) | Study mode: full-time | Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Health assessment, pathophysiology, episodic and common health challenges, trends in health care and leadership. Clinical placements begin in second year in hospitals and community health centres across the GTA, rotating through medical-surgical, paediatrics, maternity, mental health, community health, critical care, emergency and long-term care.
Registered Nurse; home and primary health care nurse; specialty nurse (oncology, paediatric, cardiology, ICU, emergency); mental health nurse; public health nurse; global health care provider; nurse practitioner (with further post-graduate training).
Ontario high school applicants: Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) ENG4U 4U math SBI4U SCH4U or SPH4U And two additional 4U or M courses No prerequisite below 70% Applicants with averages in the high-80s or higher may be considered for admission. Maintaining your offer of admission to this program requires a final academic average of 86%. This program has strict eligibility requirements beyond the minimum admission requirements. Please visit our Direct Entry Nursing website for more details. Requirements for other curricula are listed on the programme page.
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.
Undergraduate classes begin in Winter (January), Summer (May) and Fall (September); Fall 2027 (September) is the main intake with the January 2027 and May 2027 starts also listed.
Application deadlines for most programmes: Winter 2027 (January) entry November 18, 2026; Summer 2027 (May) entry April 1, 2027; Fall 2027 (September) entry January 15, 2027 for Ontario high school students and March 24, 2027 for out-of-province high school, international and university/college transfer and mature applicants. Applications are accepted until each programme is full.
Exceptions: Direct Entry Nursing and Nursing Second Entry apply by February 1; Nursing Post-RN for Internationally Educated Nurses by June 1; Schulich BBA and Social Work (BSW) accept no applications after January 15. Supplementary application deadlines for Fall 2027: Schulich BBA February 1, 2027; Creative Writing February 5, 2027; AMPD BFA/BDes programmes February 5, 2027; Concurrent Education March 19, 2027; Glendon International Studies & Business Administration March 31, 2027; Social Work February 16, 2027.
Applications are made through OUAC, or through the York University application for mature, international and transfer applicants, visiting students and certificate applicants; the York University application fee is $140 (non-refundable, Visa, Visa Debit or MasterCard). AMPD BFA/BDes programmes require a $20 supplementary application fee within the OUAC application.
Apply through the official page: https://futurestudents.yorku.ca/requirements/apply
Health Sciences
York University, Canada
Health Sciences
York University, Canada
Health Sciences
York University, Canada
Health Sciences
York University, Canada
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