This comes after years of strategic planning, such as funding, partnerships and legislative and regents’ authorization.
TYLER, Texas — The UT Tyler School of Medicine has reached another milestone in the accreditation process, allowing leaders to begin recruiting the school’s first class of students for summer 2023.
The Liaison Committee on Medical Education granted preliminary accreditation to the medical school, which will be the first for Northeast Texas and the seventh for the University of Texas System.
This comes after years of strategic planning, such as funding, partnerships and legislative and regents’ authorization, the university said in a statement Monday.
“Many individuals have worked for years with relentless determination to make this medical school a reality. We have celebrated milestones along the way, and this is another significant one, because it means we are now ready to open the doors to medical students in Tyler,” said Kevin P. Eltife, chairman of the UT System Board of …