At University of Calgary in Calgary, Canada, Nursing (Master of Nursing) is offered as a master's degree in Nursing programme. The programme runs for 1 year, delivered fully online. Tuition for international students is CAD 2,724 per credit (CAD 980 per credit for local students).
This is a course-based Master of Nursing at the University of Calgary, delivered fully online with no supervisor requirement. The program consists of four courses covering quantitative and qualitative research methods and nursing leadership. Full-time completion of the master's-level coursework is expected within about one year, with two years allowed as the standard maximum; the program page separately states that course-based students have a total of six years to complete the program. It is designed for registered nurses who already have an expert knowledge base and complex decision-making skills, preparing them for advanced practice in focused areas such as direct clinical practice, education, or health policy and leadership. Admission requires current registration as a Registered Nurse or Registered Psychiatric Nurse holding a baccalaureate degree, typically in nursing, prior completion of the Advanced Nursing Practice I and II graduate certificates with a minimum 3.0 GPA, one undergraduate statistics course completed with a grade of C or better, a minimum 3.0 GPA over the final two years of undergraduate study, and active nursing registration in Alberta or another applicable province or territory. The program is based in the Faculty of Nursing on the University of Calgary's Calgary campus.
Requirements
Minimum GPA:3.00 / 4.0
Admission Requirements: Admission requires current registration as a Registered Nurse or Registered Psychiatric Nurse, in Alberta (CRNA) or an equivalent provincial body, holding a baccalaureate degree normally in nursing, with a minimum GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale over the past two years, plus one undergraduate statistics course completed at a grade of C or better. Applicants must first complete the Advanced Nursing Practice I and II graduate certificates with a minimum GPA of 3.0 before admission to this Master of Nursing. The programme page defers language testing to the Faculty of Graduate Studies' general standard: IELTS Academic 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0), TOEFL iBT 86 overall (no section below 20), PTE Academic 59, or Duolingo English Test 125 (no sub-score below 105); a degree taught in English at a recognised institution may exempt applicants. No references or work-experience statement are required beyond the nursing registration.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:For Fall 2027 entry, the University of Calgary opens undergraduate applications for domestic applicants on 1 October 2026 and for international applicants on 15 August 2026, both closing on the same firm application deadline of 1 March 2027, with supporting documents due by 15 March 2027 and offers accepted by 1 May 2027. International applicants follow the identical March 1 deadline; the university publishes no separate, later international closing date. Applications are not accepted on a rolling basis after the deadline for most direct-entry programmes, though a small number of programmes (e.g. Nursing) run further selection rounds into the summer while space remains. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
