Dual admission is the biggest blessing. Having NSU there—knowing they want me in their medical school—is the best comfort any pre-med student could have.
Sara R. | Biology, Chemistry
YOU’RE LASER-FOCUSED ON YOUR CAREER. STAY THAT WAY WITH A DUAL DEGREE.
If you know your career plans require graduate or professional school, why wait until you’re done with undergrad to plan for the future? With Nova Southeastern University’s Dual Admission program, you’re reserved a seat in one of NSU’s graduate or professional programs while you complete your bachelor’s degree.
The Dual Admission program was pioneered for a select group of highly motivated students who have known their career path from an early age. If this sounds like you, be sure to apply early at the start of your high school senior year to prepare and meet all necessary requirements and deadlines.
Why You Should Enroll in Dual Admission at NSU
You're already aware that a dual degree gives you a head-start into your future career, but did you know that many students say it helps decrease their stress levels? NSU Dual Admission students get to enjoy their undergraduate experience and focus their efforts on academic success, rather than stress about competing with other students for limited seats in graduate school. That's one way to get an edge.
Unique research opportunities
only found at NSU
One-on-one connections to professors
that advise you throughout your studies
Structured and secure path
to an NSU graduate program
Become a part of NSU's
best and brightest students
Reach new academic
and professional heights
before graduation
Is the Dual Admission Program Right for You?
You know what career you want to pursue upon graduation
You meet all of the requirements for the program
You’re driven and thrive in a fast-paced learning environment
You're ready to begin growing your personal and professional network
Explore Dual Admission Programs
NSU offers 30+ options for dual degrees. Your first step is to choose the one that will help you reach your goals. Each program is unique and has its own eligibility requirements. You may apply for and be admitted into only one Dual Admission program for your first semester.
Choose from an array of dual degree programs in the health and medical professions, business, computer science, law, oceanography, psychology, education and criminal justice and humanities and social sciences.
35 Programs
Earn your bachelor's and Master of Accounting degree in 5.5 years. Prepare for an in-demand career as a highly trained accountant. With an internship and an experienced faculty mentor, you’ll be ready to guide organizations through today’s global economy, report financial positions, and create economic value.
Academic College
H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship
Location(s)
Fort Lauderdale/Davie, FL
Earn your bachelor's and Master of Science degree in Anesthesia in 4 years and 27 months. Be prepared to develop and implement anesthesiology patient care plans and monitoring by being trained in our state-of-the-art facilities.
Academic College
Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences
Location(s)
Fort Lauderdale/Davie, FL
Receive your bachelor’s and Doctor of Audiology Degree in an eight-year combined program. Prepare for clinical practice with coursework and clinical training experiences serving a variety of patient populations. Learn to apply the latest technologies and current scientific research in diagnostic assessment, treatment, and management across the spectrum of auditory and vestibular disorders.
Academic College
Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences
Location(s)
Fort Lauderdale/Davie, FL
Earn your bachelor’s degree and M.B.A. in 5.5 years. Get a competitive edge by learning from established business leaders, gaining real-world experience, and developing a professional portfolio in one of the concentrations available.
View Business Administration (M.B.A.) - Dual Admission Program
Academic College
H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship
Location(s)
Fort Lauderdale/Davie, FL
Earn your bachelor’s and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology in 8-9 years plus a 1-year internship. Advance your applied clinical research skills and produce clinically relevant scientific research while training to become a health service psychologist in a variety of scientist-practitioner roles.
Academic College
College of Psychology
Location(s)
Fort Lauderdale/Davie, FL
Earn your bachelor’s and Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology in 8 years plus a 1-year internship. Using evidence-based assessment and intervention methods, train to enter a career focused on the direct delivery of psychological services and professional practice informed by research. Gain practicum, internship, and research experience with faculty mentorship, as you prepare for licensure as a doctoral-level psychologist.
Academic College
College of Psychology
Location(s)
Fort Lauderdale/Davie, FL
Earn your bachelor’s and Master of College Student Affairs degree in 4 years and 22 months. Learn best practices in conflict analysis and resolution and organizational administration for today’s diverse college and university settings.
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Academic College
Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice
Location(s)
Fort Lauderdale/Davie, FL
Earn your bachelor’s and Master of Composition, Rhetoric, and Digital Media degree in 4 years and 22 months. Become prepared for a career in publishing, copywriting, editing, technical writing, education, research, or web design and development.
View Composition, Rhetoric, and Digital Media (M.A.) - Dual Admission Program
Academic College
Halmos College of Arts and Sciences
Location(s)
Fort Lauderdale/Davie, FL
Complete the combined bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Computer Science in 5.5 years. Learn about programming languages, the design and analysis of algorithms, operating systems, and database management, and prepare to solve complex, real-world problems.
Academic College
College of Computing and Engineering
Location(s)
Fort Lauderdale/Davie, FL
Complete your bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Conflict Analysis and Resolution in 5.5 years. Advance in a diverse profession that promotes nonviolent, non-litigious solutions for conflicts that arise in many personal, organizational, and social environments.
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Academic College
Halmos College of Arts and Sciences
Location(s)
Fort Lauderdale/Davie, FL
Earn your bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Couple and Family Therapy in 4 years and 6 semesters. As an evidence-based therapist, you will use empirical knowledge and real-world experience to serve diverse, marginalized populations in individual, couples, family, group, and organizational therapy settings.
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Academic College
Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine
Location(s)
Fort Lauderdale/Davie, FL
Earn your bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Criminal Justice in 5 years. Get the training and credentials to enter professional roles including police officer/sheriff, detective, FBI agent, DEA agent, Federal air marshal, ICE agent, and pre-trial officer.
Academic College
Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice
Location(s)
Online
Earn your bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Cybersecurity Management in five years. With your M.S. degree in Cybersecurity Management, you can lead the charge in minimizing the business impact of an attack. Gain both the soft and technical skills that make you stand out to hiring managers.
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Academic College
College of Computing and Engineering
Location(s)
Fort Lauderdale/Davie, FL
Earn your bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Data Analytics in 5 years. You’ll build skills to mine, analyze, and learn from large amounts of data that can help unlock new solutions and transform lives.
Academic College
College of Computing and Engineering
Location(s)
Fort Lauderdale/Davie, FL
Earn your bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Dental Medicine in a seven- or eight-year program. Prepare for a rewarding career as a dentist. Develop technical competence and master your skills during mentored training with patients in our on-campus and local clinics.
Academic College
College of Dental Medicine
Location(s)
Fort Lauderdale/Davie, FL
Earn your bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Developmental Disabilities in a 5.5 year program. Make a lasting impact by empowering children and adults with developmental disabilities to reach their full potential.
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Academic College
Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice
Location(s)
Tampa Bay, FL
Online
Hybrid
Earn both your bachelor's and masters in health informatics in five and a half years. The unique combination of computer science and clinical applications gives you futuristic skills to apply today.
Academic College
Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine
Location(s)
Fort Lauderdale/Davie, FL
Earn your bachelor's and master’s degrees in Information Systems in five years. This program is perfect for students who like solving problems, using technology strategically, managing projects, and communicating with people at all levels of business.
Academic College
College of Computing and Engineering
Location(s)
Fort Lauderdale/Davie, FL
Earn your bachelor's and your Master of Science in Information Technology in five years. Differentiate yourself from other candidates in a competitive technology market by gaining advanced knowledge of organizational information systems, application and security technologies, and systems infrastructure.
Academic College
College of Computing and Engineering
Location(s)
Fort Lauderdale/Davie, FL
The Law influences and impacts every major field offered at NSU. This unique program leads to you earning bachelor’s and juris doctor (J.D.) degrees in a 3+3 or 4+3 program tailored to your interests and goals.
Academic College
Shepard Broad College of Law
Location(s)
Fort Lauderdale/Davie, FL
Earn your bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Marine Science in 6 years. Gain field, lab, classroom, and online learning experiences that enable you to conduct advanced research in your chosen areas of interest.
Academic College
Halmos College of Arts and Sciences
Location(s)
Fort Lauderdale/Davie, FL
Earn your bachelor’s and master’s degrees in National Security Affairs and International Relations in 4 years and 18 months. Gain the theoretical, research, and applied skills you need to contribute to the growing field of national security.
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Academic College
Halmos College of Arts and Sciences
Location(s)
Fort Lauderdale/Davie, FL
Earn your bachelor’s and Doctor of Occupational Therapy degree in 7.5 years. Study best practices in prevention, consultation, rehabilitation, and wellness promotion. Serve as a skilled interdisciplinary health care team contributor across diverse practice settings.
Academic College
Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences
Location(s)
Fort Lauderdale/Davie, FL
Earn your bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Optometry in a seven- or eight-year program. Focus on practical experience through labs, externships, and specialty clinical rotations. Develop expertise in ocular anatomy, psychophysics, physiology, microbiology, and neuroanatomy.
Academic College
College of Optometry
Location(s)
Fort Lauderdale/Davie, FL
Earn your bachelor’s and D.O. degrees in Osteopathic Medicine in a seven- or eight-year program. Advance your experience with clinical rotations, including three months in a rural setting. Pursue medical, surgical, and obstetric specialties in professional internships and residencies.
Academic College
Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine
Location(s)
Fort Lauderdale/Davie, FL
Tampa Bay, FL
Earn your bachelor’s and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees in a nine-year combined program. Develop expertise in pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, and administration. Create and test new drug molecules and develop new dosage forms.
Academic College
College of Pharmacy
Location(s)
Fort Lauderdale/Davie, FL
Earn your bachelor’s and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees in a six-, seven- or eight-year combined program. Contribute to pharmaceutical research and patient care in the evolving global health care environment. Participate in leadership training and develop inter-professional relationships.
Academic College
College of Pharmacy
Location(s)
Fort Lauderdale/Davie, FL
Earn your bachelor’s and Doctor of Physical Therapy degree in a seven-year program. Study clinical reasoning, differential diagnosis, evidence-based practice, radiology and pharmacology, prevention, and client management to optimize patient movement and function.
Academic College
Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences
Location(s)
Fort Lauderdale/Davie, FL
Earn your bachelor’s and Master of Physician Assistant degree in 4 years and 27 months. While in the program, you’ll receive instruction using the latest, state-of-the-art educational technologies and methods. Gain the knowledge and hands-on skills you need to provide patient-focused, comprehensive health care in a variety of settings.
Academic College
Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences
Location(s)
Fort Lauderdale/Davie, FL
Earn both your bachelor's and master’s of Public Health degree in five years. You’ll be exposed to research and community projects in mental health, genetics, oral health, health disparities, and global health, among other topics.
Academic College
Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine
Location(s)
Fort Lauderdale/Davie, FL
Earn your bachelor’s degree and M.S. in Real Estate Development in as little as 4 years. Advance your career in development, entrepreneurship, finance, investment, or asset management. Study urban/suburban redevelopment, economical and environmentally sustainable real estate, and entrepreneurship. Learn from case studies of actual South Florida projects.
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Academic College
H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship
Location(s)
Fort Lauderdale/Davie, FL
Earn your bachelor’s and Psy.D. in School Psychology in 8 years plus a 1-year internship. Prepare to serve the educational, social, and emotional health needs of individuals and families. Engage in assessment, consultation, and intervention in our on-campus psychology clinic, center for human development, and pre-K-12 prep school.
Academic College
College of Psychology
Location(s)
Fort Lauderdale/Davie, FL
Earn your bachelor’s and Psy.S. in School Psychology in 8 years plus a 1-year internship. Gain the expertise in mental health, learning, and behavior to help children and adolescents succeed–academically, socially, behaviorally, and emotionally.
Academic College
College of Psychology
Location(s)
Tampa Bay, FL
Earn your bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Speech-Language Pathology in 6.5 years. Gain the scientific knowledge and clinical experience you need to provide a full range of SLP services to communicatively disordered clients in a variety of settings.
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Academic College
Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences
Location(s)
Fort Lauderdale/Davie, FL
Earn your bachelor’s and Master of Science in Sports Science degree in 5.5 years. Get the tools you need to work and excel in public, private, or government settings, including sport performance centers; college and high school athletics; professional sports; military organizations; and sport science laboratories.
Academic College
Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences
Location(s)
Fort Lauderdale/Davie, FL
Currently enrolled at NSU?
You may still be eligible for dual admission.
If you’re interested in a dual degree but didn’t gain admission before your freshman year, you could still be eligible for the Dual Admission Program for Enrolled Students.
Dates and Deadlines
Ready for the Next Step?
Here's how to apply.
Dual Admission is just one of NSU’s distinctive Premier Programs. These programs are designed to help highly motivated students accelerate their success, and most offer at least $19,000 in annual scholarships.
You can apply for just about any combination of the following Premier Programs:
• Dual Admission
• The Fischler Academy of Education
• Huizenga Business Innovation Academy
• Razor’s Edge Scholars
You may apply for and be admitted into only one Dual Admission program for your first semester. Each program is unique and has its own eligibility requirements.
Apply for Undergraduate Admission
You can use the Shark Select Application or the Common App to apply to Nova Southeastern University.
Submit a Supplemental Application
Complete the supplemental Premier Program Application.
Interview During Shark Preview
If you’re admitted to NSU and submit the supplemental application, you will be invited via email to choose which Shark Preview Weekend works for your schedule.