Loma Linda University

Loma Linda University is a private health sciences institution located in Loma Linda, California. Affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church, it focuses primarily on medical and health-related education. The university comprises multiple professional schools, including medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, public health, behavioral health, and allied health professions. Loma Linda University operates as part of Loma Linda University Health, which integrates education, clinical care, and research. The institution emphasizes whole-person care and service-oriented learning, reflecting its religious heritage. Students are typically drawn to its specialized healthcare programs, faith-based environment, and opportunities for clinical training within an academic medical center setting.

Loma Linda University was founded in 1905 in Loma Linda, California, when Seventh-day Adventist leaders established the Loma Linda Sanitarium to promote health and medical missionary work. In 1906, the Loma Linda College of Evangelists was organized to train physicians, nurses, and religious workers. The institution gradually expanded its academic offerings, and by 1910 it was listed as Loma Linda College. Over the following decades, professional schools in medicine, nursing, dentistry, and public health developed, reflecting a growing emphasis on formalized health sciences education. In 1961, the institution adopted the name Loma Linda University, unifying its various schools under one structure. Through the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, Loma Linda University expanded its clinical facilities and research programs, becoming a comprehensive academic health sciences center closely integrated with its medical system.