Welcome new students

Welcome to a new academic year at the University of Kansas School of Nursing!

We are honored to have a new group of undergraduate students at the KU School of Nursing. Gaining admission to our School is not easy, so you should be proud of your accomplishments. You have demonstrated academic achievement, community commitment and personal integrity. With nursing as a career -- you have chosen a challenging path and an important life’s work.

The start of a new academic year also brings a new group of graduate students. For those of you choosing to enhance your careers with an advanced degree, you have met rigorous standards of academic, professional and community achievements.

Learning at the KU School of Nursing means you will interact with excellent administrators and dedicated faculty. Our School also emphasizes the science of nursing because nurses make significant contributions to research in the health sciences. KU faculty are dedicated to educating you for a professional career in a variety of clinical practice settings, and our graduates are highly sought after for their clinical expertise and their leadership abilities.

The KU School of Nursing is at the forefront in the use of state-of-the-art educational technology from communications on the Internet to clinical information systems in the care of patients to computer laboratories that enhance your work. We have experienced successes in distance education and use the World Wide Web to reach out to students and your classmates, throughout Kansas, the region and beyond.

Becoming a KU nurse requires academic excellence and commitment to the caring essence of the profession. Your patients will count on you for your informed judgment and your clinical expertise from the very first day you begin life as a professional person. And so begins your nursing education at the University of Kansas – a history of learning and a future of discovery.