Oregon Health & Science University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

Oregon Heath and Science University, also known as OHSU, is located in Portland, Oregon, United States. It was established in the year 1887 as the University of Oregon Medical School. The university also has a smaller campus in Hillsboro. OHSU offers degrees in areas such as orthodontics, diagnostic radiology, and dermatology through the following schools:

• School of Dentistry
• School of Medicine
• School of Nursing
• School of Pharmacy
• School of Science and Engineering

There are many student clubs and organizations available on the main campus. Some of them are the Club Pedo, Christian Medical and Dental Association (CMDA), American Medical Students Association, Delta Sigma Delta, and Global Health Alliance.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in medicine, nursing and emergency medicine, and science.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• High faculty salary.
• Large number of programs of study offered.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Quarter.
• Carnegie classification: Medical schools and medical centers.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There is a hospital on campus.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 2,424 in 2009-2010 (2,247 full-time equivalent).

Undergrads are 25% of enrolled students and graduate students are 75%.

Students under 25 years old represent 21% of the student body. About 13% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Room and Board

On-campus housing is not available.

Graduate School Focus

Oregon Health & Science University offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship & Professional Practice).

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education and medical degrees.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (23 awarded)

• Business Administration and Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (6 awarded)

• Computer Engineering
• Computer Software Engineering

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (1 awarded)

• Environmental Science

ENGINEERING (12 awarded)

• Biomedical/Medical Engineering
• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (7 awarded)

• Health/Health Care Administration/Management
• Medical Informatics

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (44 awarded)

• Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist
• Physician Assistant

MEDICINE (270 awarded)

• Dentistry (DDS, DMD)
• Endodontics/Endodontology (Cert, MS, PhD)
• Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences
• Medicine (MD)
• Neuroscience
• Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery (Cert, MS, PhD)
• Orthodontics/Orthodontology (Cert, MS, PhD)
• Pediatric Dentistry/Pedodontics (Cert, MS, PhD)
• Periodontics/Periodontology (Cert, MS, PhD)
• Public Health, General (MPH, DPH)

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (290 awarded)

• Family Practice Nurse/Nurse Practitioner
• Nurse Anesthetist
• Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery
• Nursing Science (MS, PhD)
• Nursing
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
• Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (28 awarded)

• Clinical Nutrition/Nutritionist
• Dietetics/Dietitian (RD)

SCIENCE (58 awarded)

• Biochemistry/Biophysics and Molecular Biology
• Bioinformatics
• Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology
• Microbiology
• Molecular Genetics
• Pharmacology