UC Irvine School of Medicine

URL: www.ucihs.uci.edu/som/index.html

Type of Institution: Medical School

University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, situated in Orange County, California has a faculty of 550 members, a medical student body of approximately 400, a resident physician population of 600 and 120 graduate students. The University of California, Irvine is located in the gentle rolling hills of Southern California and has a strong academic reputation.

Research and education are critical to the mission of the School of Medicine. Thus, major programs have been built focusing on neurosciences, cancer and genetics. The School of Medicine consists of 24 different departments with individual training programs situated in each area. There are 42 ACGME accredited Residency Programs within the School of Medicine, 92 medical students and 120 new residents are admitted each year. Graduate Training Programs exist in the Departments of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Physiology, Pharmacology, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Community and Environmental Toxicology, and Biochemistry. A Master's Degree Program has been established in Genetic Counseling.