Ph.D. of Nursing

1. Specialties:

College of Nursing offers a variety of Ph.D. specialty as the following:

• Ph.D. of Adult Care Nursing.
• Ph.D. of Community Health Nursing.
• Ph.D. of Pediatric Nursing.
• Ph.D. of Maternity and Neonatal Care

1. Number of Seats:

The number of seats for a Ph.D. study is annually announced based on the plan of College of Nursing, and University of Raparin.  All applicants should be applied to postgraduate admission office at the presidency, they should be passed the preliminary examination, those who passed in the examination and eligible based on the MHE rules for a Ph.D. study will be the candidate to study at College of Nursing.

• III. Interest Area:
• Care of Chronic Conditions
• Palliative Care
• Wound Care
• Health care system; Administration
• Specialist care
• Pediatrics
• Infant & Maternity care.
• Infection Control
• Transcultural Nursing

1. Study Plan:
2. Obligatory Courses;

   Module Code	Title of Modules
   PNC101	Advanced Applied Research Methodology
   PNC102	Advanced Applied Biostatistics
   PNC103	Nursing Subspecialty
   	Subspecialties Module (Elective)

2. Specialty Courses:

1. Credit Distributions

• Semester

             Two accessory courses + One or Two Specialist course = 15 Credits; is delivered in one semester

• Doctoral Dissertation, or Thesis = 45 Credits

Total Credits = Courses Credit (15) + Dissertation Credit (45) = 60 Credit

1. General rules and requirements for enrollment:

Enrollment for the Ph.D. program in the College of Nursing at University of Raparin is based on the rules, which is issued by the Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research