Address: 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, 97239 Portland, Oregon, United States
Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Public Health, Biomedical Engineering, Cancer Research
Oregon Health and Science University was founded on 16 June 1887 as the University of Oregon Medical Department. Its earliest predecessor, the Willamette University School of Medicine, began in Salem in the 1860s and moved to Portland in the 1870s. In 1915 Willamette and the University of Oregon merged their medical programmes to form the University of Oregon Medical School. In 1974 it became the University of Oregon Health Sciences Center, in 1981 Oregon Health Sciences University, and in 2001 it took its present name when it merged with the Oregon Graduate Institute.
The main campus is on Marquam Hill, nicknamed Pill Hill, in the Homestead neighbourhood of south-west Portland, and the school moved there in 1919. The campus covers about 400 acres. The South Waterfront site, with the Collaborative Life Sciences Building opened in 2014, is another important location, and OHSU left the former Oregon Graduate Institute campus in Hillsboro in 2014.
In total 4,123 students are enrolled. The School of Medicine, which has 2,480 faculty members, awards the MD, the PhD, the master of science, the master of physician assistant studies and the master of public health, and it is the only school in Oregon that awards an MD. The School of Dentistry admits 75 students a year to its DMD programme, and the School of Nursing offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programmes. A joint PharmD programme is run with Oregon State University.
OHSU Hospital is a Level I trauma centre, and Doernbecher Children’s Hospital treats young patients. The Portland VA Medical Center stands next to the campus but is run by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Portland Shriners Hospital for Children is on the OHSU campus.
The Oregon National Primate Research Center has been controlled by OHSU since 1998. The OHSU Knight Cancer Institute carries the name of Phil and Penny Knight, who gave 100 million dollars in 2008. In 2020 the first use of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing inside the body of a patient was performed at the Casey Eye Institute, to treat a form of inherited blindness. Brian Druker, a physician at OHSU, is credited as a co-developer of Gleevec. Tuition is lower for residents of Oregon. Check the current tariff. Teaching is in English.
Domains taught:
Bioengineering, Bioinformatics, Data Analytics, Life Sciences, Microbiology and Genetics, Statistics
Diplomas*:
Bachelor, Certificate, Doctor, Master
Status:
Public
Partnerships:
OHSU Hospital, Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, Portland VA Medical Center, Shriners Hospital for Children, Oregon State University for the joint PharmD, and the Oregon National Primate Research Center.
Research:
Cancer at the Knight Cancer Institute, eye disease at the Casey Eye Institute, primate research, science and engineering, and clinical translation.
Famous Alumnis:
Brian Druker
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
N/A
Current students***:
4123
Foreign students***:
N/A%
Cumulative former students***:
N/A
Pros
Academic health centre on a hillside overlooking Portland, strong cancer and eye research, many clinical sites, the only MD-awarding school in Oregon.
Cons
Health sciences focus, high cost of living in Portland, competitive admission.
Best For
Students in medicine, dentistry, nursing and biomedical research who want a public academic health centre in Portland.
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Most Similar Schools Locally
On content, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and this university are close, as both teach bioinformatics, microbiology and genetics and statistics; it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's, doctoral and certificate, and is slightly larger, at about 5,241 students against roughly 4,123 here.
University of California, San Francisco takes a similar route through bioinformatics, microbiology and genetics and bioengineering, and it is also a public institution and also offers graduate certificate programmes.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center shares the core fields of this university, namely bioinformatics, microbiology and genetics and bioengineering; it also offers graduate certificate programmes, and has almost the same size, at about 3,900 students.
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science offers a comparable education in bioinformatics, microbiology and genetics and bioengineering: it does not run the bachelor's programmes found here, and has almost the same size, at about 4,200 students.
Anyone who wants a second school in the same country with a similar spread of bioinformatics, microbiology and genetics and bioengineering can consider MD Anderson Cancer Center, and it does not run the bachelor's programmes found here and is also a public institution.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
The closest overseas parallel on bioinformatics, microbiology and genetics and bioengineering is Karolinska Institute, located in Sweden; it does not run the certificate programmes found here, and is larger, enrolling about 6,500 students against roughly 4,123 here.
Medical University of Vienna in Austria pursues a similar profile in bioinformatics, microbiology and genetics and bioengineering, and it is larger, enrolling about 8,000 students against roughly 4,123 here, and is also a public institution.
Hannover Medical School in Germany is the nearest foreign match on bioinformatics, microbiology and genetics and bioengineering; it does not run the certificate programmes found here, and has almost the same size, at about 3,997 students.
Medical University of Innsbruck in Austria pursues a similar profile in bioinformatics, microbiology and genetics and life sciences, and it has almost the same size, at about 3,800 students, and is also a public institution.
Capital Medical University, based in China, is built around microbiology and genetics, bioengineering and life sciences much like this university, and it is also a public institution and does not run the certificate programmes found here.
*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.
FAQ
Where is OHSU?
On Marquam Hill in south-west Portland, Oregon.
When was it founded?
On 16 June 1887, as the University of Oregon Medical Department.
When did it take its present name?
In 2001, when it merged with the Oregon Graduate Institute.
How many students does it have?
4,123.
Which schools does it have?
Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing, along with a joint PharmD programme with Oregon State University.
How many dentistry students are admitted each year?
75.
Which hospitals are on the campus?
OHSU Hospital, Doernbecher Children's Hospital and the Portland Shriners Hospital for Children.
What is the Knight Cancer Institute?
An institute named after Phil and Penny Knight, who gave 100 million dollars in 2008.
What happened at the Casey Eye Institute in 2020?
The first use of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing inside the body of a patient, to treat inherited blindness.
What does it cost?
Tuition is lower for residents of Oregon. Check the current tariff.
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*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.
**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:
known locally
known locally and internationally
is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications
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