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Nursing seats now open at KPU

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 10 Oct, 2023 05:19 PM
  • Nursing seats now open at KPU

115 new nursing seats are now open to students at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, increasing the program size by nearly 50 per cent.

A new nursing lab and technology upgrades are now complete at the Langley campus.

Minister of State for Workforce Development Andrew Mercier toured the facility today. 

The university now offers 364 seats annually across four programs.

Photo courtesy of Instagram (@KPU)

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