You must submit:

• A Completed Application: We prefer that you submit your application form online. You may also download an application form to:
  
  
  Graduate & Professional Enrollment Management
  820 N. Michigan Ave., suite 800
  Chicago, IL 60611
   
• Official Transcripts: Applicants must submit official transcripts for all undergraduate and any graduate work. To eligible for admission, your transcript must show an earned bachelor's degree in nursing. Certified copies of transcripts are acceptable; faxed copies of transcripts are not considered official. If you attended Loyola University Chicago previously, you do not need to request transcripts; we have them on record.
   
• Current Illinois Nursing License: Students, including international students, must hold a current license from a U.S. state and be eligible for endorsement in Illinois. A license is not required for those who are not nurses and will take HSM and PICES courses.
   
• Personal Statement: Your statement should be double-spaced and should respond to the following topics:
  
  1. Provide a statement describing how your work experiences and professional interests have prepared you to be successful in the certificate program to which you have applied.
  2. Discuss how completing the certificate program you have selected will help you meet your professional goals.
   
• Application Fee: A $50 application fee is required for applications submitted by mail. If you complete the online application form, the application fee is waived.

Please Note: We have suspended admission, indefinitely, to our Post-MSN Adult NP and Family NP programs, due to a very limited number of preceptors.

For all other programs, applicants must submit:

• A Completed Application: We prefer that you submit your application form online. You may also download an application formand mail the completed form to:
  
  
  Graduate & Professional Enrollment Management
  820 N. Michigan Ave., suite 800
  Chicago, IL 60611
   
• Official Transcripts: Applicants must submit official transcripts for all undergraduate and any graduate work. To eligible for admission, your transcript must show an earned bachelor's degree in nursing. Certified copies of transcripts are acceptable; faxed copies of transcripts are not considered official. If you attended Loyola University Chicago previously, you do not need to request transcripts; we have them on record.
   
• Current Illinois Nursing License: Students, including international students, must hold a current license from a U.S. state and be eligible for endorsement in Illinois. A license is not required for those who are not nurses and will take HSM and PICES courses.
   
• Personal Statement: Your statement should be double-spaced and should respond to the following topics:
  

  1. Provide a statement describing how your work experiences and professional interests have prepared you to be successful in the graduate program to which you have applied (i.e.: the specialty track such as FNP, Adult CNS, HSM).

  2. Discuss how completing the graduate program you have selected (i.e.: the specialty track such as FNP, Adult CNS, HSM) will help you meet your professional goals.

  3. If you are applying to a Nurse Practitioner program, describe how you see yourself working specifically in the advanced practice Nurse Practitioner role.

• Application Fee: A $50 application fee is required for applications submitted by mail. If you complete the online application form, the application fee is waived.
   
• Special Note about Experience: If you are applying to a Nurse Practitioner program, the amount and types of RN experience that you have had weighs into the admission decision. If you are applying to the FNP program, preference is given to RN clinical work experience across the lifespan. If you are applying to the FNP/ENP or ACNP/ENP program, recent experience as a RN in the Emergency Department is required.

DNP, MSN, Certificate, and Post-Master’s Certificate application deadlines:

PhD application deadlines: