National is now part of the University Partnership Center of St. Petersburg College (SPC). This innovative campus-sharing program allows NUHS to offer its Doctor of Chiropractic (DC) degree on site at the St. Petersburg college campus.
When you earn your DC degree from National University of Health Sciences St. Petersburg Campus, you'll experience the same DC curriculum that is taught at National's Lombard, Illinois campus. You will also benefit from National's commitment to excellence in primary care chiropractic medicine.
We prepare you to become a first contact physician with a strong foundation in basic sciences, including hands on full dissection experience in modern gross anatomy laboratory facilities.
We follow up with classes that integrate problem solving strategies while you learn comprehensive medical diagnostic skills. You'll have hours of hands-on practice of the best clinically proven adjustment and manipulation techniques, in addition to a full range of conservative care modalities such as nutrition, lifestyle counseling, rehabilitation, botanical medicine and more.
Dynamic Faculty and Top-Notch Facilities at NUHS-St. Pete
Our St. Petersburg faculty boasts the same top-quality instructors you'd expect from an NUHS program, including shared faculty experts with the highest academic credentials in science and health care. In addition, you will benefit from well-equipped and modern laboratories, classrooms with state-of-the-art technology and all the resources and amenities of SPC's campus locations in Pinellas County. NUHS joins 16 other university partners offering degree programs at SPC, many focusing on health care professions.
Clinical Experience
As a Florida DC student, you will be able to complete your clinical internship either in the NUHS clinic planned for the St. Petersburg area, or through preceptorships with pre-qualified local physicians. In addition, as a NUHS-St. Pete DC student, you may apply for any of our hospital-based clerkships in other states or any of our Illinois-based clinic internship programs.
As a chiropractic physician, you'll need to know how to start and manage a private practice. That's why part of your professional training will include National's business program. We prepare you for all of the many challenges you'll face as a health care professional.
Location
Our St. Petersburg campus enjoys close proximity to three airports and the vibrant city of Tampa. The "bay area" boasts several major sports teams, museums, and aquarium, close proximity to several major amusement parks, and many outdoor and family recreational opportunities.
The campuses of St. Petersburg College offer five student cafes, five bookstores, three libraries, and over 36 student social, athletic, professional, service and religious organizations. You'll also have access to campus "wellness centers" equipped with a variety of fitness equipment.
Perhaps you'd like to take in a concert at SPC's Music Center, or enjoy a new modern art show at SPC's Crossroads gallery or famous Leepa-Rattner Museum. These are just some of the amenities accessible to you as a student of National through the UPC Partnership at SPC.
Admissions Process
We are now accepting applications for our first St. Petersburg DC Class beginning in Fall of 2009. If Fall is too soon for you, you can choose to start your program in January or May.
The NUHS- St. Petersburg program has the same admissions standards, prerequisites, and admissions process as our Lombard DC program. You can start the application process online, or you may call an admissions counselor at 1-800-826-6285 for more information. Your application for admission will be reviewed though our Office of Admissions in Lombard.
DC students in our NUHS - St. Petersburg program are eligible for financial aid under the same guidelines as DC students in our Lombard program. All financial aid programs for NUHS students are administered through our Lombard campus, and NUHS- St. Petersburg students may utilize the same online resources to begin their financial aid application process.
Visit NUHS at SPC
Come and hear more about out exciting program in St. Petersburg at our next Information Session. You'll meet some of our Florida faculty and staff as well as have an opportunity to ask questions and hear more about the program. Click here for a schedule of our St. Pete Information Sessions.
The Dean's office is located at the University Partnership Center, 9200 113th Street North, Seminole, Florida, 33772.
Accreditation
National University of Health Sciences (NUHS) offers a doctor of chiropractic degree program in Lombard, Illinois, which has been accredited by the Council on Chiropractic Education (CCE) since 1971 and by its predecessor, the American Chiropractic Association Committee on Accreditation since 1966. In August of 2009, NUHS received notification from the CCE that it had accepted NUHS' application for a substantive change to extend its accreditation to include an identical program to be offered at St. Petersburg College in September of 2009. The university is continuing all required steps toward final accreditation of the St. Petersburg campus program in accordance with the policies and standards of the Council on Chiropractic Education.
On April 20, 2009, National University of Health Sciences (NUHS), Lombard, Illinois, received approval from the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools to offer the Doctor of Chiropractic Medicine degree at the University Partnership Center at St. Petersburg College in Florida. The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools may be contacted at 30 N. LaSalle, Suite 2400, Chicago, Illinois, 60602-2504, or 1-800-621-7440.