Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU) is a public

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located in

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. It was created as a partnership between

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and

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in 2009 by

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. CMSRU opened in summer 2012. It is the first medical school to be opened in

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in over 35 years and the only four-year MD-granting institution located in

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. Rowan University and The Cooper Health System partnered in June 2009 to establish CMSRU to help address the

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locally and nationally and to improve

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throughout the region. New Jersey

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and

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presidential candidate

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spoke at the school's opening. Its charter class was admitted in May 2012 and a second class

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in the fall of 2013. By August 2015, CMSRU had matriculated all four years of students.

Facilities

The Cooper Medical Education Building, a LEED Gold certified building, is located on South Broadway on the Cooper Health Sciences campus. It opened in July 2012 and contains a 260-seat

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, a 140-seat multipurpose room, 25

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rooms, a clinical simulation center, and a satellite

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Accreditation

Cooper Medical School of Rowan University is fully

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by the

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. Rowan University is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the

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Recognition

In November 2019 Cooper Medical School of Rowan University was awarded the Spencer Foreman Award for Outstanding Community Engagement from the

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. The award is given for outstanding service in the community. This service includes CMSRU's service learning program and its pipeline program called Pre-Medical Urban Leaders Summer Enrichment Program (PULSE). In 2019, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University was voted one of the top ten most difficult medical schools to attain acceptance by incoming medical students in the US. In April 2019, CMSRU was named in U.S. News’ list of “10 Med Schools With the Lowest Acceptance Rates”

References

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