As a leader in the education of chiropractic and acupuncture/oriental medicine, Southern California University of Health Sciences, with its Los Angeles College of Chiropractic (founded 1911) and College of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (founded 2000), is where you need to be in order to secure your degree and turn your passion into a fulfilling career.

Our curriculum, the renowned ADVANTAGE Program, offers hands-on experience in the first trimester, enhanced throughout the educational process with instruction and training that has been recognized around the world as innovative and exciting. For example, the Standardized Patient Program places students in a variety of one-on-one interactions with "faux" patients to perfect both interpersonal and practice/care skills before they become practitioners serving real patients with real problems.

Our educational philosophy is based on our mission - to educate and train students to confidently assume the role of the first contact, primary care provider. This is accomplished through a scientific, evidence-based process that focuses on three standards for health care training. At SCU, we believe in a competency-based, problem-oriented and patient-centered curriculum. We've decreased the number of classroom lecture hours and increased small group sessions, with an emphasis on labs, discussions, tutorials and computer exercises.

For nearly a century SCU has trained men and women for successful and significant careers in patient care. Our rigorous, hands-on approach to education has led to unparalleled recognition by accrediting agencies and tremendous success for alumni in their careers. We have the curriculum, faculty, and facilities necessary to help you evolve into the natural healer you long to be. SCU is located on a beautiful 38-acre campus in Whittier, California, about 20 miles Southeast of Los Angeles and on the border of Orange County. Students enjoy a quiet suburban atmosphere and the advantages of being near a large city.

What sets SCU apart?

• Offering a dual degree program in chiropractic and acupuncture/oriental medicine
• With 10-year accreditation by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)
• With a College of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine accredited by both the
• Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (ACAOM) and the
• Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).
• With a radiology residency program
• With a chiropractic sports medicine residency program
• Only school of acupuncture/oriental medicine offering an on-campus anatomy lab and extensive hands-on experience in that lab
• Only on-campus student-tended herb garden