Application Process
Clinical Positions
Each year, Mayo School of Health Sciences accepts up to 20 students in its Nurse Practitioner Clinical Residency at Mayo Clinic in Rochester on a competitive basis.
The program begins in August depending on enrollment.
Application Cycle
Submit application and all supporting documentation between January 1 and March 1 of the year you wish to begin classes. Classes begin in August of each year. Applicants considered for an appointment will be invited for a personal interview.
How to Apply
Appointment to the Nurse Practitioner Clinical Residency is made through your nursing program advisor at the college or university you are attending.
Step 1: Discuss participation in the residency with you nursing program advisor.
Step 2: Complete the online Application for Admission
After you create an account and/or log-in, please select Application for Admission. Upload your goal statement into the online application. The suggested essay questions do not need to be answered.
Step 3: Please submit the following required documents:
- Official transcript of Masters and Bachelors credits.
- Three letters of professional and academic recommendation (if not submitted electronically).
Please send the materials listed above to:
Mayo School of Health Sciences
Siebens-11 Nurse Practitioner Clinical Residency Program
200 First Street SW
Rochester, MN 55905
Step 4: Appointment letters are mailed at the end of May. Your reply is requested within two weeks.
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