Bachelor of Nursing (Direct Entry Program)

Bachelor of Nursing Science (Direct Entry Program: Duration 4 years)

National Students

To be eligible for direct entry into the BNS program, a candidate must have;

• Passed Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) with at least credit passes in: Biology, Chemistry, mathematics English, and physics.
• Passed Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) with  Two (2) principal passes in Chemistry and Biology or a Higher Education Certificate in Health Sciences with at least a credit obtained from an accredited program.

International students

• Must have a qualification equivalent to two principal passes of Biology and Chemistry of UACE. Satisfied copies of academic documents from their previous school/ Institutions, which are equated by the Uganda National Examination Board (UNEB).
• Students speaking other international languages should have a certificate of English competence test
• International students whose education system allows them to join the university directly but are not eligible to join universities in Uganda, must do Higher Education Certificate before admission.

The duration of the BNS degree program extends over a period of not less than four (4) academic years excluding the mandatory supervised integrated practice (Internship 1 Year) of the Ministry of Health. Each academic year is divided into two (2) semesters. A semester consists of a period of instruction lasting for sixteen (16) weeks and examination of two (2) weeks. Therefore, the duration of the BNS programme is equivalent to eight (8) semesters. At the maximum, the programme does not extend beyond twelve (12) uninterrupted semesters i.e. without counting officially approved “dead” semesters.
This program enables the graduates to be registered as nurses after a successful one year of the mandatory internship pre-registration training organized by the Ministry of Health.