NYU School of Medicine: one of the nation's leading centers of advanced biomedical learning, spans a history of excellence of nearly 160 years in the education and training of physicians, in patient care, and in scientific research. The School of Medicine's mission remains the same as was at its founding in 1841: "The pursuit and delivery of the highest quality patient care, medical training, and scientific research must be accomplished in a setting of excellence at the highest level of human achievement."