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Admissions Requirements for International Students
M.S.N Advanced Practice Admission Requirements
Applicants must provide evidence of the following:
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Graduation with a B.S. degree in nursing from a college or university having an accredited nursing program satisfactory to the School of Nursing and to the Graduate Division. Or, graduation with a B.S. degree in nursing from an international institution with a nursing program satisfactory to the School of Nursing and to the Graduate Division.
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Status as a licensed registered nurse; prior to entry into any clinical practicum, evidence of current licensure as a registered nurse in the State of California is mandatory.
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An approved upper division statistics course or a lower division statistics course with content equivalent to Biostatistics 100A, must be completed before entering the school.
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An approved upper division nursing research course taken at an accredited institution and equivalent to Nursing 173, to be completed before entering the school.
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Applicants for all specialties except Nursing Administration must have completed an approved upper division Physical Assessment course within the past three years. Applicants are asked to provide a course syllabus or outline showing content for a course completed previously.
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Applicants for all specialties except Nursing Administration must have completed an approved upper division Human Physiology course within the past five years. Human Physiology is a prerequisite to Nursing 231, Advanced Pathophysiology.
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Professional and/or academic competence in nursing attested through three personal recommendation forms.
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A scholarship record satisfactory to the Graduate Division and to the School of Nursing (usually a minimum grade point average of 3.0 is required).
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Applicants from countries where English is not the primary language and medium of instruction must complete the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) with a minimum score of 560 on the written test, 220 on the computer-based test or 87 (a score of 84 will be considered for admissions) on the Internet-based test, or complete the International English Language Examination (IELTS) with a minimum overall band score of 7.
- International applicants who are not licensed as registered nurses in the U.S. must achieve a passing score on both English and Nursing sections of the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS) examination.
If you are an International applicant, please contact Rhonda Flenoy-Younger, Director of Recruitment, Outreach and Admissions, at Rflenoy@sonnet.ucla.edu, prior to applying for admissions.
