The University of California has 16 health professional schools. In addition, UC regents have approved a medical school at UC Riverside, whose opening has been delayed a year until 2013, and UC Merced is developing plans that could lead to a medical school. Also, UC Irvine has a program in nursing science (for more information, view a fact sheet on UC nursing programs). For more background information, read the 2007 UC report “A Compelling Case for Growth” by the President’s Advisory Council on Future Growth in the Health Professions.

UC health professional schools:

Medicine
UC Davis
UC Irvine
UCLA
UC San Diego
UC San Francisco

Dentistry
UCLA
UC San Francisco

Nursing
UC Davis
UCLA
UC San Francisco

Optometry
UC Berkeley

Pharmacy
UC San Diego
UC San Francisco

Public Health
UC Berkeley
UCLA

Veterinary Medicine
UC Davis