Western University of Health Sciences - Campus

Campus

The downtown Pomona, California campus consists of 19 major buildings on 22 acres (8.9 ha). A portion of the campus was extensively renovated from an outdoor shopping mall. In 1992, the university received the option to buy the Pomona Buffum's department store, which was built in 1962. The university subsequently acquired the building, which now houses the Health Professions Center. The University Research Center was once a JCPenney. The Health Science Center, a two-story 72,000 square-foot building, was formerly a Nash Department Store.

In August 2001, the university opened the Health Sciences Library on west edge of campus (3rd street). The 35,000 square-foot building was originally constructed in 1929, and previously housed a switching station for the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph company. In 2010, two additional buildings opened on campus, the Health Education Center and the Patient Care Center, along with a parking structure. The concrete parking structure has 7 levels and 600 parking spaces.

In June 2009, groundbreaking took place for the first building on the new medical school campus in Lebanon, Oregon. The new 55,000-square-foot (5,100 m2) building cost about $15 million to build, and opened for classes in August 2011.

In August 2012, the Center for Oral Health, a non-profit organization focusing on promoting oral health, moved its headquarters from the bay area of California to Western University of Health Sciences' campus, and established an affiliation with the university.