The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), is primarily a graduate education university, that educates the largest number of health care professionals in Texas. It was created in 1972 by the UT System Board of Regents. UTHealth includes the schools of dentistry, biomedical informatics, medicine, nursing and public health, and the graduate school of biomedical sciences. The university is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award certificate, bachelor's, master's, doctoral and professional degrees. ​