Nursing at Mohawk College in Hamilton: BScN with McMaster, Practical Nursing and RPN-to-BScN
Mohawk College lists three nursing routes on its official program pages: a collaborative BScN with McMaster University, a Practical Nursing diploma, and a bridge from the RPN diploma to the BScN. Which one fits depends on the credential you want and your starting point.
What the school offers (nursing)
- Nursing (BScN), collaborative with McMaster. The page describes a four-year program that leads to a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from McMaster University, with classes at the Institute for Applied Health Sciences at McMaster (IH) in West Hamilton.
- Practical Nursing (Ontario College Diploma). Program 715 runs 16 consecutive calendar months over four semesters, in a hybrid format. Theory courses have in-person midterm and final exams, and all labs are in person. The listed campuses are the IH in Hamilton and Six Nations Polytechnic in Brantford. The page says the program is approved by the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO). Clinical placements take place in Hamilton, Brantford, Halton, Niagara and nearby areas, with pre-placement requirements such as a police records check and immunizations.
- Diploma RPN to BScN. A three-academic-year route to the McMaster BScN for registered practical nurses, delivered at the same Hamilton campus. Mohawk also lists a PSW-to-Practical-Nursing bridging stream.
Becoming licensed after graduating
Mohawk says graduates of the BScN are eligible to write the NCLEX-RN, which is administered through the College of Nurses of Ontario, and that Practical Nursing graduates are eligible to apply for RPN registration. The CNO's own page says Ontario RN graduates take the NCLEX-RN and RPN graduates take the REx-PN. Registration decisions belong to the CNO.
How to apply
Mohawk's pages route domestic applicants to different services depending on the program. The BScN uses the Ontario Universities' Application Centre (OUAC) with program code MNM. Practical Nursing is applied for through the Ontario College Application System (OCAS), code 715. The RPN-to-BScN page lists OUAC code MRM. Deadlines are listed on each page and change every cycle.
How Fiabita's Study Lab can help students here
Mohawk offers both the RN and the RPN route on one campus, so Study Lab can serve both: practise medication and assessment questions from your own notes, and rehearse SBAR handoffs before your Hamilton-area placements. Fiabita is independent of Mohawk College and McMaster University, has none of their materials, and AI output can contain errors, so check it against your course content.
Sources
- ↗ Mohawk: Nursing (BScN) 731
- ↗ Mohawk: Practical Nursing 715
- ↗ Mohawk: Diploma RPN to BScN 755
- ↗ College of Nurses of Ontario: becoming a nurse
Last checked October 2026. Programs, dates and requirements change, so the official pages above are the authority.