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UCF’s Academic Health Sciences Center is educating the healthcare leaders of tomorrow. Using innovation and high-tech learning modules, our outstanding faculty teach students to provide evidence-based, compassionate care and to research new cures and treatments for disease.  

Academic Health Colleges

UCF College of Health Professions and Sciences

UCF educates future health researchers and healthcare providers through its programs in athletic training, health sciences, communications sciences and disorders, social work, kinesiology and physical therapy.

UCF College of Medicine

The UCF College of Medicine is a founding member of Orlando’s Medical City at Lake Nona. In addition to the MD program, the medical school has 3,000+ undergraduate and graduate students in the biomedical sciences.

UCF College of Nursing

UCF College of Nursing educates Knight nurses through accredited and nationally ranked undergraduate and graduate programs to be providers, leaders, educators, and researchers our communities need to ensure a healthier future for all.

Caring For Our Community

AHSC students studying to be tomorrow’s health leaders provide care to underserved residents across our community. See how they’re making a difference.

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Academic Health Colleges News

Research
Research in 60 Seconds: A Tiny Technology to Neutralize Radiation
Professor of Medicine Melanie Coathup’s research examines how nanotechnology can be used to prevent injuries due to radiation.
Health & Medicine
UCF Health Sciences Researcher Embraces Florida as Her Living Lab
Curiosity led Qianxia Jiang from Asia to America and eventually to UCF, where she believes her research around the environmental influences on healthy lifestyles can…
Student Life
TRiO at UCF: Empowering First-gen Knights
Biomedical sciences alum and future doctor Giuliano Lobos ’19 is one example of how TRiO Programs empower first-generation, income-eligible students with academic support, resources, and…