Knight Nurses Start Here.
Welcome to UCF’s College of Nursing.
Fueled by excellence, innovation and partnerships, UCF is leading the charge in educating Knight nurses to meet the healthcare challenges of today – and tomorrow.
Be empowered with renowned experts, supportive staff, and a culture embedded in evidence-based practice.
Together we’ll ensure a healthier future for all.
Degrees and Certificates
Answer the call for more nurses, leaders, educators and scientists. Choose from accredited, nationally ranked degree programs with on-campus, online or distance learning options.
We will lead the charge in transforming global health
through innovative education, research, and practice.
Located on UCF’s Academic Health Sciences Campus in Lake Nona, in Orlando, Florida, a hub for healthcare innovation.
Student Success
UCF has prepared me to not only succeed in the classroom and beyond with clinical skills, but to connect and advocate for patients – how to be the kind of nurse that always puts the patient first.
Meet Jenna ’25BSN, Order of Pegasus Awardee
I chose UCF because it’s relatively local, it has an on-campus skills lab and is not solely online, it has professors who are active clinicians and nurse practitioners, and its graduates have a high pass rate on the board certification exams.
Renowned Expertise
At UCF College of Nursing, our faculty are thought leaders, national fellows and world-renowned experts in their respective fields — from aging and cancer to healthcare simulation and technology, and so much more.
Leveraging the strength of one of the nation’s most innovative universities, our researchers are working together across disciplines to solve our world’s most pressing healthcare challenges and to ensure a brighter, healthier future.
Preventing Falls and Enhancing Healthy Aging for the Elderly
Ladda Thiamwong, Florida Blue Endowed Professor for Healthy Communities, focuses her research on an issue that affects 14 million older adults each year.
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Step inside simulations that are preparing students to provide care on @UCF_Health`s Mobile Health Clinic.
Students have been gaining hands-on experience on the mobile clinic, gathering patient history, assisting patients with mobility challenges, and counseling patients on diabetes management thanks to our simulated participants, or patient "actors".
Double the dedication. Double the impact.💛💛
A #SiblingsDay spotlight on twins Brooke and Willow in our #Classof2026 who both plan to pursue pediatrics after graduation. Brooke is interested in NICU or Labor and Delivery, and Willow is passionate about pediatric cardiology.
Growing up in a U.S. Air Force family, Brooke and Willow moved often and chose @ucf.edu after touring the campus and seeing all of the opportunities available.
One opportunity is @snaucforlando where Brooke is the Breakthrough to Nursing Director, inspiring younger generations to pursue a healthcare career, and Willow serves as the chapter Historian and student liaison to the @ucfalumni College of Nursing Chapter Board.
"It`s great going through college and the nursing program together because we`re each other`s best friend," says Willow.
"I know that I always have someone to talk to when I am having trouble understanding a concept or feeling stressed," adds Brooke.
The two aren`t the only ones earning the BSN title this summer. Their older sister will graduate at the same time from an accelerated nursing program across the country.
Happy #NationalSiblingsDay to all of our #KnightNurse siblings who support each another in reaching for the stars and shining bright in our communities! ✨
Educator. Researcher. Advocate. And now Fellow. ✨
Associate Professor Brian Peach has been inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine - the only nursing expert in Florida to receive the honor this year. Congratulations!
His contributions to critical care span nearly two decades, from the patient bedside as an ICU nurse and leader to the classroom to prepare future generations of nurses at @ucf.edu to research labs to advance care for PICS (post-intensive care syndrome) in critical illness survivors.
🔗 Learn more about his contributions and research via link in bio.
A new generation solving healthcare’s challenges.
Undergraduate and graduate students recently presented on topics such as aging, cardiovascular disease, critical care, maternal health, and mental health at @ucf.edu’s Research Week and @SigmaNursing’s Scholarship Day.
Congratulations to Sofia, a BSN student and @UCFBHC scholar, who was a Research Week Judge’s Choice Winner and Sigma Scholarship Day Poster Awardee. Learn about Sofia’s research ➡️
Also congratulations to: Chitra (Research Week Judge’s Choice), Jannah (Sigma Scholarship Day Poster Award), and George (Sigma Scholarship Day Poster Award).
#ChargeOn students and scholars. We’re so proud. 💛
Among the brightest stars. Today these future Knight nurses received @ucf.edu`s highest student honor, the Order of Pegasus, for exceptional academics, leadership and service.
✨ Allyson, a senior in Lake Nona, is president of the Student Nurses` Association at UCF Orlando and conducting an Honors Undergraduate Thesis.
✨ Abrianna, a senior who also received a Founders` Day Award, is a Limbitless Scholar who has presented research nationally and impacted bionic families.
✨ Ilana, a nursing Ph.D. candidate, is advancing nursing science to improve practice for perioperative care and older adults, and is inspiring future leaders.
Congratulations! 🔗 Learn more about their impact via link in bio.
Spring break with @UCFAbroad in The Bahamas. 🌎 On this interdisciplinary opportunity, UCF students and nursing faculty partnered with the University of The Bahamas to share perspectives on healthcare and collaborate on simulation education. #ChargeOn
Celebrating the power of philanthropy. Thanks to the generosity of our partners and donors, UCF awarded $530K+ in scholarships to 163 nursing students across all degree programs and campuses for the 2025/26 academic year.
This incredible generosity is supporting our future Knight nurses who will pay it forward to positively impact lives in our communities. Thank you. 💛
$500K+ in scholarship aid is awarded to @UCF nursing students annually thanks to the incredible generosity of donors and partners. This critical aid provides critical support to students, like Maria.
“I didn’t even know how I was going to pay for school anymore...And then two days after classes started...I received the email saying I had just received the @AdventHealth Scholars Program Scholarship. I couldn’t believe it. To me, it was a miracle because it just came exactly in the right moment where I needed it the most and that to me was just something I’ll forever be grateful for.” 💛
Scholarship applications are currently open. Apply via link in bio by April 1.
