Penn Nursing combines the resources and opportunities of a large university with the intimacy and personal attention of a small college. Our traditional four-year BSN is a direct-entry program for graduating high school seniors.

At Penn Nursing, you will learn from a passionate faculty whose accomplishments are recognized worldwide. You will benefit from the academic opportunities of an Ivy League university while enjoying a fun and fulfilling campus life. You will gain clinical experience in some of the nation’s top hospitals, located just steps from your classrooms. And you will have the chance to participate in faculty-driven research, supported by state-of-the-art technology. Penn Nursing graduates are the leaders shaping the future of health care practice, policy, research, and education.

The nursing program integrates science, nursing, and liberal arts education to prepare future nurses with skills necessary for caring for diverse, complex patients, families and communities. Students are encouraged to take advantage of the many educational opportunities at Penn that intersect with the four undergraduate schools. For traditional students, clinicals begin in the spring of your sophomore year, and students have experiences in primary care, acute care, women’s health, and mental health settings working with patients from newborns to older adults.