AdventHealth University

AdventHealth University is a private health sciences university located in Orlando, Florida. Affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church and the AdventHealth hospital system, the institution focuses on educating health care professionals in a faith-based environment. The university offers associate, bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral programs in fields such as nursing, radiologic sciences, occupational therapy, diagnostic medical sonography, and nurse anesthesia. Its main campus sits adjacent to AdventHealth Orlando, providing students with direct access to clinical training opportunities within a major hospital setting. AdventHealth University also operates additional locations in Tampa, Florida, and Denver, Colorado. The university attracts students seeking careers in health professions and whole-person care within a clinically integrated academic setting.

AdventHealth University was founded in 1992 in Orlando, Florida, as Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences, established to educate health care professionals for the Florida Hospital system. Its roots trace back to a nursing program begun in 1913 at Florida Sanitarium, now AdventHealth Orlando. In 1983, a two-year associate degree in nursing operated under Southern College before plans for a standalone institution were developed in 1990 under founding president David Greenlaw. After its 1992 founding, the college earned regional and programmatic accreditations throughout the 1990s and 2000s. In 2012, the institution changed its name to Adventist University of Health Sciences, reflecting expanded degree offerings. In 2019, it rebranded as AdventHealth University to align with the AdventHealth system. In the 2020s, AdventHealth University expanded partnerships, opened additional campuses in Tampa and Denver, and developed new clinical and simulation facilities to support health sciences education.