About Us

Established in 1972, Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston is ranked in the top five percent of nursing schools in the country. Our campus is located in the Texas Medical Center, and Cizik School of Nursing (CSON) students enjoy the resources of a distinguished health science center combined with the expertise of the world’s largest medical center. The School offers a broad range of coursework resulting in both undergraduate and graduate degrees, and provides a wide variety of settings in which students and faculty can study, conduct research, and participate in clinical practice. Cizik School of Nursing is one of six academic units of UTHealth Houston. The other units, in chronological order of establishment, are: School of Dentistry (1905), MD Anderson UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (1963), UTHealth Houston School of Public Health (1967), McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston (1970), and UTHealth Houston School of Biomedical Informatics (2000). The CSON offers an undergraduate program leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a graduate program leading to the degrees of Master of Science in Nursing, Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing, and Doctor of Nursing Practice.