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2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Accreditations



The University at Buffalo is accredited by the following associations:

  • Middle States Commission on Higher Education
  • New York State Board of Regents

The university is a member of the following associations:

  • American Council on Education
  • Association of American Colleges and Universities
  • Association of American Universities
  • Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities
  • Council of Graduate Schools

In addition, the following schools and departments are accredited by the indicated associations:

School of Architecture and Planning

  • M.Arch. (Architecture) - National Architectural Accrediting Board
  • MUP (Urban Planning) - Planning Accreditation Board

College of Arts and Sciences

  • BS (Chemistry) - American Chemical Society
  • MA (Communicative Disorders and Sciences), AuD (Audiology) - Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology
  • BS (Psychology Internship), PhD (Clinical Psychology) - American Psychological Association

School of Dental Medicine

  • Advanced Certificates (Advanced Education in General Dentistry, Endodontics, Orofacial Pain, Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Orthodontics, Pediatric Dentistry, Periodontics, Prosthodontics and General Practice Residency), DDS (Dentistry), MS (Orthodontics) - Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA)

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

  • BS (Aerospace, Biomedical, Chemical, Civil, Computer, Electrical, Environmental, Industrial, Mechanical) - Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of ABET
  • BS Computer Science - Computing Accreditation Commission (CAC) of ABET

Graduate School of Education

  • MLS (Library Studies), MS (Information and Library Science) - American Library Association
  • PhD (Counseling/School Psychology) - American Psychological Association
  • MS (Rehabilitation Counseling) - Council on Rehabilitation Education
  • Advanced Certificates (Adolescence Education (Grades 7-12) in: Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, English Language Arts, Mathematics, Physics, Social Studies, Chinese, French, Latin, Spanish; Bilingual Education; English for Speakers of Other Languages; School Building Leadership; School District Leadership), EdM (Literacy Specialist, Music Education (All Grades), Biology, Chemistry, Chinese, Earth Sciences, English for Speakers of Other Languages, English Language Arts, French, Latin, Mathematics, Physics, Social Studies and Spanish Education (Grades 7-12), Childhood Education (Grades 1-6), Early Childhood Education (Birth-Grade 2) and Early Childhood/Childhood Education (Birth-Grade 6)– Alliance for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation (AAQEP)

School of Law

  • JD (Law) - American Bar Association

School of Management

  • BS, MBA (Business Administration), BS (Accounting), BS (Information Technology & Management), MS, MBA, PhD (Management) - Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

  • MD (Medicine) - Liaison Committee on Medical Education
  • MS (Biotechnology), BS (Medical Laboratory Science) - National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences
  • BS (Nuclear Medicine Technology) - Joint Review Committee on Educational Programs in Nuclear Medicine Technology

School of Nursing

  • DNP (Nurse Anesthesia) - CCNE and Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthetist Educational Programs (COA)
  • Advanced Certificate (Family and Psychiatric-Mental Health), BS (Nursing) and DNP (Adult-Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist, Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner, Child Health Nurse Practitioner, Family Nurse Practitioner, Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner) - Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education

School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

  • Certificate (Residency Training Programs) - American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists
  • PharmD (Pharmacy), CE Credit (Pharmacy CE Provider) - American Council for Pharmacy Education

School of Public Health and Health Professions

  • School of Public Health and Health Professions - Council on Education for Public Health
  • DPT (Physical Therapy) - Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education
  • Advanced Certificate (Dietetic Internship with Nutrition Advanced Certificate) and MS (Clinical Nutrition) - Accreditation Council on Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND)
  • MS (Athletic Training) - Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE).
  • MPH/combined (Preventive Medicine Residency Program)–Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education
  • BS, MS (Occupational Therapy) - Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education

School of Social Work

  • MSW (Social Work) - Council on Social Work Education