Accreditation

The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is approved by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and is a member of the Alliance for Higher Education, the Association of Academic Health Centers, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, and the Council of Graduate Schools.

The University of North Texas Health Center at Fort Worth is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097; telephone number 404-679-4501) to award master's and doctoral degrees.

Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine is fully accredited by the Bureau of Professional Education of the American Osteopathic Association, which is recognized by the U.S. Office of Education. TCOM is approved by the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners and is a member of the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine.

The Master of Public Health Program is fully accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health.

The Physician Assistant Studies Program is accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, and program graduates are eligible to sit for the national certifying examination.

The health science center is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to award continuing medical education to physicians and is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. The health science center's Office of Continuing Medical Education is also approved as a provider of continuing education in nursing by the Texas Nurses Association, which is accredited as an approver of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

For further information regarding the institution's accreditation and state approval or to review related documents, contact the Office of Educational Affairs, Medical Education Building 1-864, 817-735-2510.