When you graduate, you’ll be ready to make a real difference in the lives of your clients and communities and work as a valuable member of a healthcare team.
Saskatchewan Polytechnic and the University of Regina collaboratively offer five (5) pathways to complete your Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree:
Quick Entry & Experience
Our After Degree Nursing Program ( ADNP) and LPN to BScN option allows students to enter a two-year program, which maximizes their previous post-secondary education.
Early Exit Options
Students will have the opportunity to complete their 4-year degree in three or three and a half years, by completing an early exit option. Early exit options allow students to complete full-time studies over the spring/summer term to shorten their program and enter the workforce earlier.
Highest Success Rates
You will also be set up to successfully pass your National Nursing Licensing Exam (NCLEX-RN), as our program currently has the highest pass rates in Saskatchewan.
The University of Regina and Saskatchewan Polytechnic jointly offer the Saskatchewan Collaborative Bachelor of Science in Nursing (SCBScN). Students are prepared to become an entry level nurse with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
Join the only bilingual registered nursing program in Saskatchewan and complete half your degree in English and half in French.
The RPN to BScN pathway is designed for Registered Psychiatric Nurses currently registered within Saskatchewan.
The LPN to BScN pathway is designed for Practical Nurses currently registered within Saskatchewan.
Intake for this pathway is currently suspended for Fall 2026.
The After Degree Nursing Program (ADNP) provides applicants who hold a degree in another field to complete the Saskatchewan Collaborative Bachelor of Science in Nursing (SCBScN) program.
Applicants who have withdrawn from the SCBScN program or have been required to discontinue (RTD) from the SCBScN program and wish to petition for readmission.
International applicants on a study permit can apply to this program. Saskatchewan Polytechnic and the University of Regina have extensive services in place for international students. There are 8 seats in the program for international students in year one. Like all other applicants, international applicants must meet admission requirements.
All admitted students are required to complete and submit several risk management certificates by August 1. These certificates must be completed in Canada. Therefore, international students must be prepared to be in Saskatchewan prior to the August 1 deadline. International students should start the process to obtain a criminal record check in their home country and submit it by the August 1 deadline.
International students on a study permit are required to apply for a co-op work permit upon admission. The SCBScN program includes clinical/practice education placements, where a co-op work permit is required. Once admitted to the program, international students will be supplied with a co-op work permit letter. This must be submitted to Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) along with the application for a co-op work permit. Students unable to obtain a co-op work permit by August 1, will be removed from clinical/practice education placements.
Unfilled designated seats will become available to other applicants.
If you have been educated as a nurse outside of Canada, please visit to the Internationally Educated Nurses page.
If an applicant has attended another approved post-secondary institution, they may be eligible for transfer credit. Transfer credit will only be assessed after a student is admitted to the program. If the post-secondary institution is not declared on the application for admission, it will not eligible for transfer credit and admission may be revoked.
Applicants who have completed Advanced Placement (AP) courses or International Baccalaureate (BI) courses may also be eligible for transfer credit. Minimum grades are required and can be found under General Information on the Transfer Credit page noted below.
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The Saskatchewan Collaborative Bachelor of Science in Nursing (SCBScN) program and After Degree Nursing Program (ADNP) acknowledges the land upon which we live, work and learn as Treaty 4 and Treaty 6 territories and homelands of the Métis. We pay our respect to all Indigenous and Métis ancestors. In doing so, we affirm our relationship with one another in the spirit of reconciliation. In those places where learning occurs, may there be safe, enlightening and respectful encounters.
