Graduate Non-Matriculated (GNM) status allows individuals who already hold a bachelor’s degree to take graduate-level, non-clinical nursing courses without being admitted to a full degree program. Once admitted as a GNM student, you’ll be assigned a GNM adviser who will support your course selection and instructor permission process each quarter.
Before You Apply
Prior to submitting your GNM application, you must reach out to the appropriate faculty or track adviser to:
- Confirm whether GNM status is permitted for your target track.
- Review which courses are open for GNM enrollment and instructor permission requirements.
- Determine whether your academic preparation and goals align with the track.
- Understand any fee-based or tuition-exemption limitations under GNM status.
Contact details for each track’s adviser are listed below — please connect with the correct adviser before you begin your application.
To be eligible for GNM status, applicants must:
- Hold a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
- Meet track-specific requirements (e.g., BSN from a CCNE- or NLN-accredited program when required).
- Have a minimum 3.0 GPA for the last 90 graded quarter credits (or 60 semester credits).
- Understand that international students on F-1 or B-1/B-2 visitor visas are **not** eligible.
Waivers for GPA may be granted at the discretion of the GNM adviser.
- Instructor permission is required for every class, and availability is not guaranteed.
- GNM students may not enroll in clinical (NCLIN) courses.
- Up to 12 credits earned as a GNM student may be applied to a future graduate degree (DNP, MS, or PhD), but cannot be applied toward graduate certificate programs.
- If you are also transferring graduate credits from another institution, the total combined maximum (UW GNM + transfer) is still 12 credits.
- The GNM application fee is non-refundable and cannot be transferred to a later quarter if you do not enroll after being admitted.
Contact the appropriate adviser below for course availability before submitting a GNM application.
An ‘*’ indicates that the degree program or track is fee-based.
While many courses offered to GNM students are not eligible for state employee tuition exemption, there may be exceptions. Ask your track adviser if you can use a state tuition waiver benefit under GNM status.
Master of Science*
| Clinical Informatics & Patient-Centered Technologies* | Sarah Iribarren sjiribar@uw.edu |
Doctor of Nursing Practice
DNP course enrollment is limited to some track-specific courses only and at the track’s discretion.
| Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner, Acute Care* | Ben Hoisington benh99@uw.edu Chelsea Miller cbmiller@uw.edu |
| Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner, Primary Care* | Paula Cox paulac@uw.edu |
| Advanced Practice Pediatrics (Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist, Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner) | Sarah Agtarap sarj@uw.edu |
| Family Nurse Practitioner | Track courses not open to GNM status |
| Nurse-Midwifery*, Women’s Health Nurse Leader* | Ellen Solis ecsolis@uw.edu |
| Population Health & Systems Leadership | Mayumi Willgerodt mayumiw@uw.edu |
| Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner | Jean Tang jeantang@uw.edu |
Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing Science
Contact the PhD student adviser at phdadv@uw.edu for the appropriate faculty contact.
- Complete and submit our online application
- Apply via the UW Grad School
- Pay a non-refundable application fee
- Order transcripts from each college or university you have ever attended
- We accept unofficial transcripts, but you must submit official transcripts if you are admitted and enroll in the DNP program
- If you earned a degree from a school, that degree must appear on the transcript with the date it was conferred
- If you earned a degree from a school outside of the United States, upload an official transcript translated to English and include a detailed credential/transcript evaluation
- You do not need to include a foreign transcript if you attended a foreign university through a study abroad program and the credits appear on your school’s transcript
- Resume
- GNM goal statement
- Autumn Quarter: May 1
- Winter Quarter: November 1
- Spring Quarter: February 1
- Summer Quarter: May 1