The University of Massachusetts Boston plans to build a five-story building to unify consolidate its nationally ranked nursing program and consolidate classes now spread across three buildings.

The project will expand the program’s space for future growth.

The university filed plans this month with the state’s environmental permitting office, describing the new five-story, 285,500-square foot facility, to called the Beacon.

Currently, classes in the Manning College of Nursing and Health Science — the 9th-largest nursing program in the country, according to its website — are spread across the Dorchester campus.

The project, still in the planning phase, includes renovations to the Quinn and Service and Supply buildings, plus a small addition. While no start date is set, state filings i

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