Accreditation

 

The State University of New York - Downstate Health Sciences University is an accredited institution and a member of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE or the Commission). DHSU’s accreditation status is Accreditation Reaffirmed. The Commission’s most recent action on the institution’s accreditation status on November 17, 2016 was to reaffirm accreditation. MSCHE is recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education to conduct accreditation and pre-accreditation (candidate status) activities for institutions of higher education including distance, correspondence education, and direct assessment programs offered at those institutions. The Commission’s geographic area of accrediting activities is throughout the United States. For more information, please see SUNY Downstate's Statement of Accreditation Status https://www.msche.org/institution/0398/ .

For more information about SUNY Downstate’s accreditation, including the accreditation of individual academic programs, see our Office of Evaluation, Outcomes Assessment & Accreditation Services page on Accreditation.

 

Last Updated: July, 2024