Galen College of Nursing is adding a new nursing school campus in Richardson near President George Bush Turnpike.
A special permit for the nursing school, which will be run by Medical City Healthcare, was approved unanimously by Richardson City Council during a March 27 meeting. The Richardson campus, which is expected to be Galen’s fourth college in Texas, was first discussed for the city at a March 7 City Plan Commission meeting.
The 41,000-square-foot campus will be located at 1301 W. President George Bush Hwy. and is projected to have a maximum enrollment of 1,000 students. However, the Richardson campus is expected to have a maximum of 300 students in person at one time because students are expected to be off-site at clinical rotations and taking online courses.
As part of the terms of the special permit, the campus will have 381 available parking spaces specifically for the university. Galen officials said the new campus will feature advanced patient simulation labs and classroom environments to encourage hands-on, practice-based learning.
