Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine

What Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine does

Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine (OUWB) is an LCME-accredited medical school operating as a unit within Oakland University, a public doctoral university in Rochester, Michigan. Founded in 2009 as a partnership between Oakland University and Beaumont Health (now Corewell Health), the school delivers a four-year MD degree and, in partnership with Corewell Health, supports graduate medical education including residency and fellowship programs. Clinical training takes place at Corewell Health facilities across southeast Michigan, providing the practice-based portion of the medical curriculum.

The school is embedded in Oakland University's broader academic infrastructure, which spans eight schools and colleges, more than 250 degree and certificate programs, and a 1,443-acre campus that serves approximately 16,000 students across undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels. Operational technology consists of standard higher-education administrative platforms, including Canvas (learning management), Technolutions (admissions), PeopleAdmin (HR/recruitment), Maxient (incident reporting), Google Analytics, and PerfectForms (internal forms). Research assets include the Eye Research Institute and other faculty-led research centers.

As a public institution, OUWB is funded through state appropriations, tuition, research grants, and partnership-related revenue from Corewell Health. The customer base consists primarily of prospective and enrolled MD students, with secondary stakeholders including graduate medical education trainees, faculty, staff, and the broader southeast Michigan healthcare workforce that the school supplies. The school does not operate as a commercial enterprise; it functions as a public higher-education and physician-training asset within the State of Michigan system.

Name

Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine

Legal name

Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine

Website

https://oakland.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine is an LCME-accredited public medical school in Rochester, Michigan, offering a four-year MD degree and graduate medical education in partnership with Corewell Health. It serves approximately 16,000 students within Oakland University.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (611310)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAHAGAB

Medical Schools (MD/DO Granting)

Education/Higher Education (Colleges & Universities)/Medical & Health Sciences Universities

SECONDARYEDAHAAAC

Public Research Universities with Academic Medical Centers (AMCs)

Education/Higher Education (Colleges & Universities)/Public Research Universities

SECONDARYHLAFAAAA

Academic Medical Centers (AMCs) & Teaching Hospitals

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Healthcare Providers & Systems/Acute Care Hospitals & Health Systems

Keywords

• Medical education
• Medical school
• Graduate medical education
• Clinical training
• Physician education

Headquarters

HQ city

Rochester

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine (OUWB) is the medical school of Oakland University offering an LCME-accredited four-year Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree program. The school delivers medical education combining classroom instruction with clinical training through its partnership with Corewell Health, and also offers residency and fellowship programs in Graduate Medical Education.

Product overview

Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine (OUWB) is a medical school within Oakland University offering MD degrees with LCME accreditation. The institution operates as part of a comprehensive public university with over 250 degree programs. OUWB provides four-year medical education with clinical training through a partnership with Corewell Health. The university supports its academic mission through technology platforms including Canvas LMS for course delivery, Technolutions for admissions processing, and PeopleAdmin for HR systems. The institution serves approximately 16,000 students on a 1,443-acre campus spanning Auburn Hills and Rochester Hills in southeast Michigan.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• OUWB Doctor of Medicine (MD) Program Four-year LCME-accredited Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree program providing medical students with classroom instruction, clinical rotations, and research opportunities in partnership with Corewell Health.
• Graduate Medical Education (Residency and Fellowship Programs)

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Integration8 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Corewell HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine operates in partnership with Corewell Health (formerly Beaumont Health) for graduate medical education and clinical training in southeast Michigan. The partnership provides clinical rotation sites, residency programs, and collaborative healthcare education at Corewell Health facilities.
• Michigan Community Colleges (26 institutions)coreOthersOakland University has reverse transfer agreements with 26 Michigan community colleges including Alpena Community College, Bay College, Delta College, Glen Oaks Community College, Gogebic Community College, Grand Rapids Community College, Henry Ford College, Jackson College, Kalamazoo Valley Community College, Kellogg Community College, Kirtland Community College, Lake Michigan College, Lansing Community College, Macomb Community College, Mid-Michigan College, Monroe County Community College, Montcalm Community College, Mott Community College, Muskegon Community College, Northwestern Michigan College, North Central Michigan College, Oakland Community College, Schoolcraft College, Southwestern Michigan College, St. Clair County Community College, Washtenaw Community College, Wayne County Community College, and West Shore Community College. These agreements facilitate credit transfer and degree completion.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Michigan State University College of Human Medicine: Public, LCME-accredited MD program within a Michigan public research university. Comparable in structure (medical school embedded in a large public university) and competes for state funding, applicants, and community-based clinical partnerships across Michigan.
• Central Michigan University College of Medicine: A newer, public MD-granting medical school in Michigan. Highly comparable in lifecycle stage, mission to train physicians for Michigan, and dependence on community-based clinical partnerships.
• Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine: Public osteopathic medical school at a Michigan public research university. Directly comparable in mission to train Michigan physicians, in applicant overlap, and in structure as a medical school within a large public university system.
• Wayne State University School of Medicine: A public, LCME-accredited MD-granting medical school in Detroit, Michigan. Closest direct peer to OUWB in mission, geography, and clinical-training model, and competes for the same applicant pool and clinical faculty in southeast Michigan.
• Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine: A relatively new MD-granting medical school in Kalamazoo, Michigan with LCME accreditation. Comparable as a same-generation Michigan MD program targeting regional physician supply, with similar scale and accreditation profile.

Others

• Corewell Health: The core clinical partner of OUWB (formerly Beaumont Health). Listed as an ecosystem participant rather than competitor: provides residency, fellowship, and clinical rotation sites that OUWB's LCME program depends on.

Broad incumbents

• Oakland University: The parent public research university that houses OUWB. Comparable as the broader institution in scale (~16,000 students, 250+ programs, 1,443-acre campus), governance, and state funding model.
• Wayne State University: A large public research university in Detroit that houses the Wayne State School of Medicine. Comparable as a Michigan public research university with a medical school competing in the same Detroit/southeast Michigan labor and applicant markets.
• Michigan State University: A flagship Michigan public research university housing both the College of Human Medicine and the College of Osteopathic Medicine. Comparable as a parent-level public research university with multiple health-professional schools.
• University of Michigan Medical School: The dominant Michigan LCME-accredited MD program, with far larger NIH funding, brand recognition, and alumni network. Comparable as an MD-granting medical school but operates at much greater scale and serves as the aspirational incumbent peer.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/oaklandu
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/oaklanduniv
• Facebookfacebook.com/OUWB.SchoolOfMedicine
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/about
• Instagraminstagram.com/oaklandu

Compliance4 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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