Pacific Western University

California Miramar University

Seal of California Miramar University
Motto	Scientia Potentia Est
Motto in English	"Knowledge is Power"
Type	Private, not accredited
President	Dawn Diskin
Dean	Dr. Kimberly Lobera
Location	San Diego, California, US
Campus	Urban
Colors	Dark red, blue, gold
Website	http://www.calmu.edu

California Miramar University (CMU) is a for-profit higher education institution in San Diego, that offers degree and certificate programs through distance education, a combination of on-line and classroom (hybrid) delivery and traditional classroom delivery. It was formerly nationally accredited through the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS).

The California Post-Secondary Education Commission and California Miramar University list CMU's date of establishment as 2005.

According to California Miramar University's website, CMU purchased the assets of Pacific Western University – California, including its State of California approval status, in late 2005. As part of the asset sale, an institutions transition plan was implemented that called for PWU (California) to relocate to San Diego and teach out all active students over 18 months.

In early 2007 the conditions of the asset transition were complete and the California State Approval was officially transferred to CMU. At that time Pacific Western University (California) ceased operations. Later that year California Miramar University filed for accreditation. As part of the accreditation process the accrediting agency ruled that CMU and PWU California were separate schools that operated under separate academic standards. The accreditation agencies stipulated that graduates of Pacific Western University - California would not be eligible to receive CMU diplomas or transcripts and that the records of the two schools should be held separate. To comply with accreditation requirements, CMU transferred copies of all PWU – California institutional and student records to Education Services, which now serves as the official custodian of records for all PWU students. (For details on Pacific Western University - California prior to 2005 see the Pacific Western University (Hawaii) article.)

On June 6, 2009, California Miramar received accreditation by the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC), and on December 18, 2009, CMU was awarded a second accreditation from the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS). ACICS was formerly recognized by the United States Department of Education as an official accrediting body.