University of Nebraska Medical Center
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The University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) in Omaha is a world-renowned academic health science center celebrated for its highly ranked programs in primary care medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and public health. Students benefit from a collaborative, interprofessional campus culture that integrates rigorous academics with immediate hands-on clinical training at the adjacent Nebraska Medicine hospital. What truly distinguishes UNMC is its global leadership in infectious diseases—anchored by housing one of the nation’s premier federal biocontainment units—as well as its state-of-the-art Davis Global Center, which provides students with cutting-edge clinical simulation and virtual reality training.
Wikipedia:The University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) is a public academic health science center in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Founded in 1869 and chartered as a private medical college in 1881, UNMC became part of the University of Nebraska in 1902. Rapidly expanding in the early 20th century, the university founded a hospital, dental college, pharmacy college, college of nursing, and college of medicine. It later added colleges of public health and allied health professions. One of Omaha's top employers, UNMC had an annual budget of $1.066 billion for 2025 to 2026 and an economic impact of $5.9 billion.
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