Admission Requirements/Transfer Credit
Application to the University.

1. Official transcript from a basic nursing program and all colleges and/or universities attended.
2. Evidence of current Registered Nurse licensure in Massachusetts. (May apply during basic Nursing program, but must be licensed prior to taking Nursing courses.)
3. Transfer credit evaluations are made by the Registrar's Office.Registered Nurses may receive credit for non-nursing courses successfully completed at other institutions of higher learning. Articulation agreements exist between Framingham State University and Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) Programs in the Commonwealth for the awarding of credit for nursing courses.
4. Students may also receive credit through the challenge examination process [National League for Nursing and College Level Examination Program (NLN and CLEP). The policies for acceptable challenge exams and scores are determined by the department offering the courses. The acceptable NLN challenge exams are: anatomy and physiology, and microbiology

Nursing