UCSF as a whole is accredited by WASC, but the schools and some programs have additional accreditations as follows.
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 [email protected].
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.
School of Pharmacy
School accreditation, PharmD program: Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education
Pharmacy residencies: American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Physical Therapy Program
Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE)