Discover the power of people-centered healthcare.
The Center for Health Sciences
The Center for Health Sciences—the anchor of Northeastern’s Charlotte campus—is focused on improving healthspan for all, while championing a people-centered approach to health, well-being, and a continuum of care.
With our deep roots in the Charlotte region, we work with organizations looking for innovative ways to develop healthcare talent and collaborate on R&D and community-based healthcare solutions. Together, we can build the next generation of sharp, experienced, compassionate healthcare leaders and providers.
From a one-of-a-kind nursing degree completion program to healthcare administration and public health, you’ll find a program that matches your career goals and your passion for people. Through our degree programs you’ll be able to:
- Make an impact in a healthcare-focused field.
- Jump into a fast-growing sector.
- Choose a flexible format and learn at a pace that fits your life.
- Gain invaluable real-world experience.
As a student, you’ll be an integral part of this dynamic center, learning alongside our leading faculty experts as they collaborate with industry, government, and other academic institutions to solve pressing challenges in the healthcare sector.
Join the next generation of healthcare leaders and providers.
Academic Programs
Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Launch your nursing career through our bachelor’s degree completion program—the only one of its kind in Charlotte. You’ll build top-caliber nursing skills through online coursework and real-world practice in labs and at Charlotte-area healthcare providers.
See everything Charlotte has to offer
Our metropolitan area hosts 2.5 million people and is a hub of human and intellectual capital—a perfect place to start or build a career. In Charlotte, you’ll experience:
- A thriving economy with innovation and rapid growth in high-demand sectors such as healthcare, financial services, and information technology.
- Low cost of living with vibrant neighborhoods that are far more affordable than in other states.
- A healthcare hub that offers an ecosystem of superior healthcare providers and companies.
About Northeastern University in Charlotte
Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experiential lifelong learning. Our approach of integrating real-world experience with education, research, and innovation empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create worldwide impact.
Our global university system provides our community and academic, government, and industry partners with unique opportunities to think locally and act globally. The system—which includes 13 campuses across the U.S., U.K., and Canada, 320,000-plus alumni, and more than 3,800 partners worldwide—serves as a platform for scaling ideas, talent, and solutions.
Northeastern’s personalized, experiential undergraduate and graduate programs lead to degrees through the doctorate in 10 colleges and schools across our campuses. Learning emphasizes the intersection of data, technology, and human literacies, uniquely preparing graduates for careers of the future and lives of fulfillment and accomplishment.
Our research enterprise, with an R1 Carnegie classification, is solutions oriented and spans the world. Our faculty scholars and students work in teams that cross not just disciplines, but also sectors—aligned around solving today’s highly interconnected global challenges and focused on transformative impact for humankind.