Accreditation

Website: oir.ucsf.edu/accreditation

UCSF is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) Senior College and University Commission (together known as WSCUC), one of six regional accrediting associations in the United States. Review full accreditation information.

Individual schools and programs may have additional accreditations.

School and Program Specific Accreditations

UCSF as a whole is accredited by WASC, but the schools and some programs have additional accreditations as follows (also listed here).

School of Dentistry

All programs: American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation

School of Medicine

MD program: Liaison Committee on Medical Education

Medical residencies and fellowships: Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)

Dept. of Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology Training Program: Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Intership Centers

School of Nursing

The Doctor of Nursing Practice program and the Master of Science degree program with a focus in nursing, both at UCSF, are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.

The Nurse-Midwifery/WHNP specialty at UCSF is fully accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education (ACME), 8403 Colesville Road, Suite 1550, Silver Spring, MD 20910-6374. For information about accreditation, please contact ACME directly by calling 240-485-1802 or by email at acme@acnm.org.

The UCSF School of Nursing graduate programs meet requirements set by the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN):

The Nurse Practitioner specialties conform to the Board’s “Standards of Education for Nurse Practitioner Programs” (California Code of Regulations Section 1484) and have been approved by the BRN.
The Clinical Nurse Specialist specialties conform to the Board’s requirements for Clinical Nurse Specialist Certification but are not formally approved by the BRN.
The Certified Nurse-Midwifery specialty conforms to the Board’s “Standards for Nurse-Midwifery Programs” (California Code of Regulations Section 1462) and has been approved by the BRN.