The School of Nursing offers
- career-oriented education and outcomes
- pre-licensure preparation
- graduate nursing education in a variety of specialties
In all of our innovative programs, students obtain a breadth of complex healthcare knowledge, clinical reasoning skills, and technological expertise that enable them to deliver high-quality population-oriented healthcare from prevention to end of life. Our nurses complete our program prepared as population health experts in acute care and settings.
Graduate and doctoral students in practice and research work closely with individual faculty to gain in-depth clinical specialty knowledge or research expertise in several specialty areas, including aging, mental health, community engagement and health disparities, and symptom and data science.
ACME Accreditation Third Party Comments
The Nurse-Midwifery track of the Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program of the University of Delaware School of Nursing will be undergoing review for preaccreditation by the Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education (ACME). A site visit is scheduled for November 19-21, 2025 and the program will be reviewed for preaccreditation at the February 2026 ACME Board of Review Meeting.
In accordance with ACME Policies and Procedures, ACME is seeking third-party comments concerning the qualifications for preaccreditation of the nurse-midwifery education programs at UD. We invite interested parties to submit written third-party comments using the ACME Third-Party Comments form, we invite you to submit written comments to Angela Smith, ACME Executive Director by email support@theacme.org, or via postal mail to ACME/Attn: Angela Smith at 2000 Duke Street, Suite 300, Alexandria, Virginia 22314. Comments can be submitted prior to the site visit date or 45 days before the Board of Review meeting.
Comments are due by no later than 1/9/2026.
EXPLORE OUR PROGRAMS
The baccalaureate degree program in nursing, master's degree program in nursing, Doctor of Nursing Practice program and post graduate APRN certificate program at the University of Delaware are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (http://www.ccneaccreditation.org).
Why choose University of Delaware's School Nursing?: youtube.com/watch?v=Y8oIuyrkPiA
Our Impact in Numbers
100%
Clinical Placement
94%
NCLEX Pass Rate
96%
Employed After Graduation
OUR RESEARCH
Interdisciplinary research in the School of Nursing focuses on aging, symptom science and healthcare innovations including technology and big data analysis. External funding from NIH and other R01-level funded grants put our faculty on the forefront of the science behind healthcare’s toughest challenges.
UD's Center for Simulation Innovation Interdisciplinary Education and Entrepreneurship: youtube.com/watch?v=O4c91kH9Lao
SIMULATION
The UD Center for Simulation Innovation, Interdisciplinary Education, and Entrepreneurship is a cornerstone of the School of Nursing experience. Innovative programs and state-of-the-art facilities enrich the learning environment for our students, giving them a deeper understanding of patient care.
CLINICAL CARE
UD Health’s Nurse Managed Primary Care Center provides a wide range of healthcare services for adults, and gives students the opportunity to put classroom theory into practice.
STAY CONNECTED
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Stronger together
October 28, 2025 | Written by Amy CherryDelaware school nurses unite at UD to find solutions to student mental health crisis -
$31.3 million for biomedical research
October 23, 2025 | Written by Karen B. RobertsThe National Institutes of Health (NIH) has renewed its investment in the Delaware IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (DE-INBRE), the University of Delaware and its partners. This marks the program’s fifth renewal, bringing $21.3 million from the National Institutes of Health to Delaware, with an additional $10 million in State of Delaware support, for biomedical research over the next five years. -
Next-gen pediatric oncology nurses
October 13, 2025 | Written by Amy CherryTwo UD nursing seniors were awarded Flynn Fellowships and spent their summer in pediatric oncology units at leading cancer hospitals.
ADDITIONAL LINKS
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