The School of Medicine was established in 1969 on the Reno campus as a two-year basic sciences program and was authorized to convert to a four-year, M.D. degree-granting school in 1977 by the state legislature. In 1981, the school graduated the first class of physicians trained completely in Nevada.
The goal of the school is to graduate students who are knowledgeable, caring, skillful, responsible physicians capable of entering any specialty training program and delivering high quality health care to the individual, the family and the community.
Classes, laboratories and clinical activities take place in a combination of on-campus buildings and community health facilities in both urban and rural Nevada. Affiliation agreements with hospitals located throughout the state provide students with access to clinical facilities.
The School of Medicine is fully accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education.
The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med) program objectives for medical education are located on our website at https://med.unr.edu/ome/curriculum/2017-objectives

