Regents' Approval
Getting the Go-Ahead
The Regents of the University of California in July 2008 approved establishment of the UCR School of Medicine, paving the way for California's first new public medical school in more than four decades.
The first incoming class of 50 medical students is projected to enroll in the UCR School of Medicine in fall 2012. Concurrently, the medical school will launch residency programs to offer the required training for postgraduate medical students to achieve board certification and medical licensure. Enrollment will ramp up gradually to a total of 400 medical students, 160 residents and 160 graduate students.
Development of the medical school will proceed in two phases spanning 12 years.
Start-up Phase
From 2008 to 2012, UCR will strengthen its foundations for a four-year school of medicine by:
- Recruiting a founding dean
- Establishing residency programs
- Initiating accreditation for the curriculum and residency programs
- Accelerating non-state support
- Renovating existing health sciences facilities and building new ones
- Recruiting the first students
- Expanding the building program
Growth Phase
From 2012 to 2020, UCR will expand the school by:
- Hiring additional faculty
- Recruiting additional students
- Completing construction of new facilities