About Us

Quick Facts

Founded
1955 with preliminary in 1951

Dean
Terri Weaver, PhD, RN, FAAN

Departments
Department of Biobehavioral Science
Department of Health Systems Science
Department of Women, Children and Family Health Science

Regional Campuses
Peoria
Quad Cities
Rockford
Urbana

Programs of Study
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), including RN/BSN option for registered professional nurses with an associate degree

Master of Science (MS)

• Nurse Practitioner Options: acute care, adult, adult/geriatric, family, geriatric, mental health, occupational health/family, pediatric, school/family, women’s health
  
• Clinical Nurse Specialist Options: acute care, geriatric, mental health, pediatric, perinatal
  
• Health Systems Leadership Options: administrative nursing (can be combined with MBA or MS in health informatics), advanced community health nurse specialist (can be combined with MPH), occupational health/advanced community health nurse specialist, school/advanced community health nurse specialist
  
• Nurse midwifery

Graduate Entry Program (GEP) - Master’s level study for individuals with a bachelor’s degree in another field, leading to RN licensure and culminating in MS degree in one of the master's specialties listed above

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Certificates

• Administrative Nursing Leadership
• Advanced Practice Cardiometabolic Nursing
• Advanced Practice Forensic Nursing
• Advanced Practice Palliative Care Nursing
• CNS and NP/Midwifery Post-master's Certificate
• School Nurse (Type 73)
• Teaching/Learning in Nursing and Health Sciences

Students
BSN: 314
MS: 700
DNP: 43
PhD: 93
Certificate: 63

Faculty
170 (including part-time)

Alumni
11,000

Points of Pride

• Ranked 6th in NIH funding for nursing
• 1st U.S. World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Nursing and Midwifery Development
• In 2011, US News & World Report ranked the UIC College of Nursing 11th nationally for graduate programs, 6th nationally for community/public health clinical nurse specialist program, 7th nationally for nursing service administration program, 15th nationally for pediatric nurse practitioner program, and 16th nationally for family nurse practitioner program