University of Washington School of Medicine

University of Washington
School of Medicine

Type	Public
Established	1946 (1946)[1]
Parent institution	University of Washington
Accreditation	Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
Dean	Tim Dellit
Academic staff	1,800
Students	957
Location	Seattle , Washington , U.S. 47°38′56″N 122°18′25″W / 47.649°N 122.307°W / 47.649; -122.307
Campus	Urban
Website	uwmedicine.org/school-of-medicine

The University of Washington School of Medicine is the medical school of the University of Washington, a public research university in Seattle, Washington. According to U.S. News & World Report's 2022 Best Graduate School rankings, University of Washington School of Medicine ranked #1 in the nation for primary care education, and #7 for research.

The University of Washington School of Medicine is the first public medical school in the states of Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho. The school maintains a network of teaching facilities in more than 100 towns and cities across the five-state region. As part of this "WWAMI" partnership, medical students from Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho spend their first year and a half at the University of Wyoming, the University of Alaska Anchorage, Montana State University, or the University of Idaho, respectively.^[2] In addition, sixty students in each class are based at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington.^[3] Preference is given to residents of the WWAMI states.