About Us

SCU Value Statement

SCU’s Vision is to transform and redefine health and healthcare education. Our mission is, in part, to educate students as competent, interprofessional and evidence-based trained, caring, culturally proficient healthcare professionals dedicated to integrative and whole-person care. As reflected by the SCU value of Health Equity, we value people’s health equally and want all individuals and communities to have a fair and just opportunity to be healthy. Therefore, we empower our students to impact determinants of health and reduce health disparities.

Our focus on inclusivity and cultural proficiency supports the need to attract and retain diverse students and employees. This focus also cultivates medical practitioners equipped to serve a complex, evolving, and diverse populace, including those most vulnerable.

We work collectively to identify and remove obstacles to the recruitment, retention, and advancement of students, faculty, and staff, including those from historically underrepresented populations to maintain a community where people choose to grow, develop, and excel.

It is our belief that inclusivity broadens perspective in reasoning, leading to innovative solutions and greater equity in our care. This provides SCU with a competitive advantage and solidifies our reputation as one leading the charge in health science education, patient care, and health equity. Southern California University of Health Sciences (SCU) is committed to maintaining a community of students and employees that reflect, embrace, and value the breadth of human diversity consistent with our core value of Inclusivity.