Ranked 48th by U.S. News & World Report among the nation's best graduate nursing programs, the VCU School of Nursing offers an exciting and dynamic atmosphere for nursing scholars to pursue a doctoral program of study and cutting-edge research in the focus areas of healing, risk and resilience and biobehavioral clinical.

We welcome you to browse the Ph.D. Program to learn more about doctoral programs and courses, resources and policies, and research interests of faculty and current students.

For more information about the philosophy and framework for the curriculum, refer to the School of Nursing Policy and Information Handbook, sections 7.1.1, 7.1.6 and 7.1.9.