About OUWB

Oakland University (Oakland) and Beaumont Health (Beaumont) were founded at approximately the same time, half a century ago, in close proximity to each other and in a region of greater Detroit.

Oakland University and Beaumont Health

Today, Oakland is one of 15 public universities in Michigan. Oakland has an enrollment exceeding 20,000 students and a Carnegie classification of doctoral/research university-intensive.

Beaumont is a not-for-profit organization formed by Beaumont Health System, Botsford Health Care and Oakwood Healthcare to provide high quality, efficient, accessible services in a caring environment for southeastern Michigan residents and beyond.

OUWB medical students train at three of the eight Beaumont Health Hospitals: Beaumont, Royal Oak, Beaumont, Troy and Beaumont, Grosse Pointe.

The partnership between Oakland University and Beaumont Health

Following exploratory discussions, including discussions with community leaders, Oakland and Beaumont concluded that the combined faculty, staff and infrastructure resources of their institutions would provide a remarkably strong base on which to build a new medical school.

In January 2007, Oakland and Beaumont submitted a letter of intent to the LCME to initiate the formal process of accrediting a new allopathic medical school. The initiative to fund a new medical school was approved by both the Beaumont Hospital Board of Directors and the Oakland University Board of Trustees on July 31, 2008.

On February 25, 2020 the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine was granted full accreditation for the maximum eight-year term. 

On February 10, 2015, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine was granted full accreditation by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME). 

Why is LCME accreditation important?

Accreditation signifies that national standards for structure, function, and performance are met by a medical school's education program leading to the M.D. degree. LCME accreditation is required for schools to receive federal grants for medical education and to participate in federal loan programs. Students and graduates of LCME-accredited medical schools are eligible to take the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE). These graduates also have eligibility to enter residencies approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). Graduating from an LCME-accredited U.S. school and passing the national licensing examinations are accepted as prerequisites for medical licensure in most states (Source: LCME).

NCA Accreditation

Oakland University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Universities. The university requested a focused visit on OUWB which was conducted in January 2010.

Oakland University

Located on a picturesque 1,441 acre campus of wooded hills and rolling meadows in Southeastern Michigan, Oakland University is a doctoral/research intensive university.

At the center of main campus, OUWB enjoys close access to the Kresge Library, the Hannah Hall of Science Anatomy Lab, the Oakland Center (student union) and the Recreation Center.

The school features wireless access throughout campus, which includes the medical student lounge and locker facilities, and technologically advanced breakout rooms – all designed to complement our innovative curriculum and in close proximity to medical student services. 

The surrounding community offers world-class entertainment, cultural, and social opportunities.

OUWB at Beaumont Health

From its start as a community hospital, Beaumont’s Royal Oak campus has become a major academic and referral center with Level 1 trauma status and Michigan's first Magnet-designated hospital for nursing excellence. The hospital ranks first in the United States for inpatient admissions and second for its number of surgeries. A second Beaumont hospital opened in Troy in 1977 as a 189-bed acute care community teaching hospital. It is now among the nation's highest-volume community hospitals with 520 beds, and is third for its number of admissions and fourth in surgeries among hospitals of its size. In October 2007, Beaumont became a regional health provider when it acquired a third community hospital with 280 beds in Grosse Pointe.

Ninety-one medical and surgical specialties are represented on the Beaumont medical staffs of more than 3,700 physicians. Beaumont’s current medical graduate education enterprise encompasses 40 programs all accredited with the maximum accreditation (19 residencies and 21 fellowships). Beaumont has sponsored M3 clerkships and M4 electives since the mid 1960s. Beaumont physicians and physician-educators have significant experience with the instruction of medical students in a clinical setting for core clerkships (Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, OBGYN, Surgery, Family Medicine and Psychiatry).

Mission

To develop compassionate physicians who are dedicated to improving the health of their communities, collaboration, and lifelong learning.