Regents' Approval
Getting the Go-Ahead
The Regents of the University of California unanimously authorized the campus to continue planning for a new school of medicine at UC Riverside in November of 2006, setting into motion a two-phase, 15-year process.
Phase I
From 2007 to 2012, UCR will strengthen its foundations for a four-year school of medicine by:
- Developing partnerships with regional hospitals to:
- Establish third- and fourth-year rotations
- Form UCR-affiliated residency programs
- Recruiting a founding dean and initial clinical faculty
- Developing a third- and fourth-year curriculum, currently under review by the UCR Academic Senate
- Finalizing the business plan
- Accelerating non-state support
- Renovating existing health sciences facilities and building new ones
- Hiring additional faculty
- Recruiting first students
- Expanding the building program
Phase II
From 2012 to 2020, UCR will expand the school by:
- Hiring additional faculty
- Recruiting additional students
- Achieving accreditation
- Completing construction of new facilities