UC Davis School of Medicine
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1966 |
| Dean | Julie Freischlag |
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Academic staff
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583 full-time faculty and 1,800 volunteer clinical faculty |
| Students | ~360 |
| Location |
Sacramento, California, U.S. 38°33′11″N 121°27′09″W / 38.553147°N 121.452528°WCoordinates: 38°33′11″N 121°27′09″W / 38.553147°N 121.452528°W |
| Website | medschool |
The University of California Davis School of Medicine is one of six University of California medical schools in the state of California, and is associated with University of California, Davis.
Founded in 1966, the UC Davis School of Medicine graduated its first class of physicians in 1972. The school maintains research facilities on the Davis campus while the majority of the school's teaching and clinical space is located in Sacramento, 17 miles to the east of the Davis campus. With the December 2006 opening of its new Education Building, the school recently transitioned all medical school classes to the Sacramento campus. Research activities will continue in the same capacity at both campuses for the foreseeable future.
The school gained national attention when an applicant challenged the school's affirmative action admissions policy. The Supreme Court of the United States, in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, 438 U.S. 265 (1978), ruled that the applicant had unconstitutionally been denied admission, and Bakke was admitted.
As a result of UC Davis School of Medicine's reputation for excellence in education, small class size, and desirable location in Northern California, admissions is highly competitive. In 2011, the school received 4,792 applications, offered interviews to 460 applicants of which 100 matriculated. The acceptance rate for applicants to UC Davis School of Medicine is approximately 5%. For 2014, US News and World Report ranks UC Davis School of Medicine #16 based on primary care methodology and #40 based on research methodology.
UC Davis Medical Center, located in Sacramento, is one of five teaching hospitals in the University of California system. It ranks among the top 50 hospitals in America, according to an annual survey published by U.S. News and World Report. Other hospitals affiliated with UC Davis school of medicine include:
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