Offered by Humber College in Toronto, Canada, Honours Bachelor Science - Nursing is a honours degree in Nursing programme. The programme runs for 4 years. Tuition for international students is CAD 25,157 per year (CAD 8,731 per year for local students).
Delivered by Humber Polytechnic's Faculty of Health & Life Sciences at the North campus, this four-year honours degree prepares students for registration as a nurse in Ontario. The curriculum combines nursing theory with evidence-informed, ethical care practice across health-care settings, and frames students' learning around social justice and advocacy for clients and communities at local, national and international levels. Humber is described as the only English-speaking Ontario college with on-campus access to a cadaver lab for nursing students, paired with bioscience and anatomy labs, simulation labs for skills practice, and practicum placements with health-related agencies across the Greater Toronto Area. Graduates are prepared to pursue the registration examination requirements to practise as registered nurses. The program suits students pursuing a nursing career built on both academic study and hands-on clinical preparation.
Requirements
Minimum GPA:75.00 / %
Admission Requirements: Direct entry requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma or accepted equivalent, including Grade 12 English (ENG4U), Grade 12 Mathematics (MDM4U, MCB4U, MGA4U, MCV4U or MHF4U), Grade 12 Chemistry (SCH4U) and Grade 12 Biology (SBI4U), or equivalents, each at a minimum of 75 per cent, plus two further Grade 12 U or M elective courses at a minimum of 60 per cent each, with an overall minimum admission grade point average of 75 per cent. A mature applicant (21 or over, no college/university background) must meet the same 75 per cent course minimums in English, Mathematics, Chemistry and Biology; a college/university transfer applicant must present a postsecondary GPA of at least 75 per cent and the same course minimums. The English-language requirement here is Humber's institution-wide English Language Proficiency Policy at the Bachelor of Science - Nursing band: IELTS Academic overall 7.0 with no band below 6.5, TOEFL iBT 100 with a minimum of 21 in each skill, or CAEL 60 overall with a Writing score of 60. A Canadian citizen or permanent resident schooled outside Canada must first have their credentials assessed - ICAS course-by-course for a secondary transcript, WES for post-secondary study.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants (Canadian citizens, permanent residents, protected persons) apply via ontariocolleges.ca. For Fall 2027 entry, applications open early October 2026, with Humber offers beginning as early as November 2026. Highly competitive programs use an equal-consideration deadline of 1 February 2027: applications received by then are assessed together with no earlier offers; later applications are reviewed first-come, first-served while space remains. Fall 2027 offer acceptance is due 1 May 2027. International applicants apply directly through the Humber Web Application and are reviewed on a rolling basis, up to one year before their intended start term; no fixed international deadline is published, and applying for a study permit 3-5 months before the start date is recommended. No separate Winter/Spring institution-wide dates are published. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
