Miami trustees authorize additional site for BSN program
The university announced its partnership with NEOMED earlier this year after introducing its 24-month nursing curriculum intensive program for students pursuing a BSN.
Miami University is planning to open a site for its Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program in northeast Ohio, pending approval by the Ohio Department of Higher Education.
The Miami Board of Trustees authorized the establishment of the new site on the second floor of 6700 Euclid Ave. in Cleveland, with a proposed implementation date of Aug. 1, 2027. The address is geographically positioned between Cleveland HeartLab, Inc., and the Center for Community Health Integration, School of Medicine, at Case Western Reserve University.
According to the request form sent to the Ohio Department of Higher Education for the new site, the university’s reasoning for the program is “to address documented critical workforce shortages in registered nursing and to strengthen the nursing pipeline for major regional healthcare employers.”
“The Northeast Ohio Nursing Program operates through a strategic partnership with Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) and University Hospitals and related healthcare providers and leverages existing institutional and programmatic approvals while expanding geographic access to Miami’s accredited BSN curriculum,” Miami said in its request.
The university announced its partnership with NEOMED earlier this year after introducing its 24-month nursing curriculum intensive program for students pursuing a BSN.
According to the request approved by trustees, this would establish the curriculum at the designated location in Cleveland that is equipped with a simulation center, classrooms, office space, study areas, breakrooms and technology infrastructure with “no additional build-out of core space” required.
Miami, in collaboration with NEOMED, will fund and procure the simulation and technology resources during the 2026-27 academic year if approved by the Ohio Department of Higher Education.
Students who enroll in the program will study in the Cleveland metro area and complete clinical rotations with healthcare providers in the region.
An inaugural cohort of 30 students will be accepted in fall 2027, and the student body is expected to scale to 90 by year three of the program, according to the request.
