Health professionals looking to advance their career and further their education will find great opportunities to do so in the URI College of Nursing Ph.D. program.
Anyone potentially interested in pursuing a Ph.D. from the College is welcome to learn more about what the program has to offer during an upcoming virtual information session on Tuesday, Oct. 24 at 6 p.m. Hosted by Associate Dean Susan Desanto-Madeya, the session gives potential applicants the chance to explore the esteemed graduate program, and ask questions of the College’s senior leaders.
Join the virtual info session here
Applications for the Ph.D. program are being accepted now through Nov. 15 for a spring 2024 start. Visit the program’s website for more information and to apply.
The College of Nursing Ph.D. program prepares outstanding and compassionate nurse researchers and scholars to advance knowledge through the conduct of research and the development and testing of theory to influence health and nursing practice. The program cultivates inquiry and stimulates collaborative relationships with professional colleagues both in nursing and other disciplines.
Program Outcomes:
- Knowledge and Inquiry – Expand the scientific knowledge base within and beyond the discipline through generation and dissemination of relevant theoretical knowledge and independent and/or collaborative research.
- Nursing Practice – Produce knowledge that has relevance for nursing and health care.
- Professionalism – Develop knowledge while upholding ethical and social responsibility.
- Communication and Collaboration – Disseminate knowledge generated from individual and/or team science.
- Societal and Global Influences – Provide leadership in generating and disseminating nursing knowledge to guide research and/or policy related to societal and global health and health care.
- Leadership – Assume leadership in conducting and disseminating high impact, translational and innovative research and scholarship that addresses health and health care challenges.