Nursing Ph.D. Program

Florida A&M University is proud of its glorious past and long tradition of excellence in nursing education. Close student-faculty relationships prepare graduates who possess clinical reasoning skills, are technologically proficient, grounded in principles of social justice, and able to practice professionally in a variety of medical/health care delivery systems. The faculty, grounded in their understanding of the realities of delivering services, is focused on the many contemporary community-based health promotion and disease prevention nursing and health care challenges that face rural and urban population across the lifespan.

This cooperative program permits you access to the University of Florida's (UF) doctoral program via 2-way video-interactive approaches to distance learning on the campuses of Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University (FAMU) and Florida State University (FSU). The University of Florida is the degree granting institution. Consequently you must meet the admission and graduation criteria of the UF Graduate School and College of Nursing. The program builds on the advanced practice of nursing at the master's level and develops researchers committed to enhancing nursing's knowledge base.