Oregon Health & Science University
Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) is a public research university focusing primarily on health sciences with a main campus, including two hospitals, in Portland, Oregon. The institution was founded in 1887 as the University of Oregon Medical Department and later became the University of Oregon Medical School.[1] In 1974, the campus became an independent, self-governed institution called the University of Oregon Health Sciences Center, combining state dentistry, medicine, nursing, and public health programs into a single center.[1] It was renamed Oregon Health Sciences University in 1981 and took its current name in 2001, as part of a merger with the Oregon Graduate Institute (OGI), in Hillsboro.[8] The university has several partnership programs including a joint PharmD Pharmacy program with Oregon State University in Corvallis.
Former names
Willamette University College of Medicine (1867-1913)[1]
University of Oregon Medical Department (1887-1915)[1]
Tacoma College of Dental Surgery (1892-1899)
Oregon College of Dentistry (1898-1899)
North Pacific College of Dentistry (1899-1908)
North Pacific College of Oregon (1908-1945)
University of Oregon Medical School (1915-1974)[1]
University of Oregon Health Sciences Center (1974-1981)[1]
Oregon Health Sciences University (1981-2001)[1]
Oregon Graduate Center of Science and Technology (1963-1989)[1]
Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology (1989-2001)[1]
"Where Healing, Teaching and Discovery Come Together"
June 16, 1887[1]
$829.7 million (2020)[2]
$3.93 billion (2019)
Danny Jacobs[3]
4,123 (total)[5]
Large city[6], 400 acres (1.6 km2)
Horizon
Marquam
Terwilliger
Charcoal[7]
The university's programs are highly ranked nationally, with the School of Medicine ranking in the top 5 for primary care and family medicine residency ranking #1 by U.S. News & World Report, as well as the ophthalmology residency under Casey Eye Institute ranking in the top 10 by Ophthalmology Times in 2020.[9][10] It is designated as a "Special Focus - Research Institution" according to the Carnegie Classification.
Academic rankings
201-300
251–300
