Post-MSN certificate applicants are strongly encouraged to meet with a graduate nursing advisor prior to applying to the program to obtain a draft individualized plan of study based on prior graduate coursework completed. Applicants can self-schedule an online advising appointment or email nuadmit@iu.edu to schedule an in-person appointment. Please email an unofficial copy of your graduate nursing transcripts to nuadmit@iu.edu prior to your appointment. 

Your resume should include (if applicable):

• Clinical RN and APRN experience - be sure to include employment dates (month & year) and hospital unit, if applicable
• Other healthcare-related work experience
• Significant prior careers
• National certifications (please spell out certification & organization names - do not use acronyms)
• Professional development
• Leadership and/or committee roles in your place of employment (examples: charge nurse, shift leader, committee member, committee chair)
• Awards, nominations, or other recognition within the field of healthcare (or academics for recent grads)
• Preceptor experience
• Healthcare-related volunteer experience
• Membership to nursing organizations - denote any leadership roles held

There is no page limit - please feel free to use as much space as you need to in order to convey to the admission committee who you are as a nurse and potential graduate student. The IU School of Nursing does not provide a resume template. You may use whatever resume format you prefer.

Using your computer or phone, take a screenshot (not a photo) from the state licensing board website showing your full name, license number, and license expiration date. If you have current prescriptive authority, please include that as well.

The following are examples of appropriate professional references:

• Current or former nurse/APRN manager or other clinical supervisor
• Clinical nurse specialist who has supervised/worked closely with you
• Physician who has supervised/worked closely with you
• Clinical nurse educator
• Nursing faculty member

References from co-workers who are peers, close friends, or relatives are not appropriate. 

You will enter your reference contact information into the application. Please be sure to include your reference's job title and to use your reference's professional email associated with their workplace, and not a personal account such as Gmail. If we are unable to verify the identity of your reference, the reference may not be considered as part of your application.

Electronic evaluation requests will be sent to your references once you submit their information into the application. 

Complete and submit an IU graduate application for the certificate program by the application deadline. We recommend using Google Chrome to complete your application.

Be sure to upload the required supplemental materials to your application before submitting:

• Resume/CV
• License

You do not need to upload unofficial transcripts to your application. There are optional places in the application to do so, but you may skip those.

The application fee is $70 per application and is non-refundable. The application fee is waived for alumni of the IU School of Nursing.

If you have questions about your application submission, please contact Graduate Nursing Admissions at nuadmit@iu.edu.

Request official transcripts be sent from ALL colleges and universities that you have previously attended (including IU). Only transcripts sent directly from the institution to the IU Indianapolis Graduate School are considered official.

IU Student Transcripts: Applicants must request their IU transcripts through the Office of the Registrar (How to Order). There is no charge to the student/applicant for electronic delivery. 

• Current or recently enrolled students with active IU computing accounts request transcripts here (One.IU login required). 
• Former students request transcripts here (FireForm).

Mailing address for printed transcripts:
IU Indianapolis Graduate School
University Library 1170
Indianapolis, IN 46202

Official transcripts must be received no later than 7 days after the application deadline.