The AtlantiCare Campus welcomes students in August 2029. | FILE / THE TEMPLE NEWS
The Lewis Katz School of Medicine plans to open a new campus in Atlantic City, New Jersey in August 2029, the university announced Thursday.
Temple agreed to establish the AtlantiCare Campus in partnership with healthcare provider AtlantiCare, which serves more than a million residents in southern New Jersey.
“Both Temple and the Katz School of Medicine are guided by the belief that education and healthcare open doors and transform communities, and that is exactly what we have accomplished in Pennsylvania,” wrote President John Fry in an announcement. “With AtlantiCare, we now have the ideal new partner to help us further our impact.”
The campus will accommodate 40 students per class cohort and serve third- and fourth-year rotation students.
The Lewis Katz School of Medicine currently serves more than 800 medical students between its Health Sciences Center campus in North Philadelphia and its St. Luke’s University Health Network campus in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Last February, Temple announced its plan to establish a medical school in York, Pennsylvania, in partnership with WellSpan Health. The WellSpan Health campus is expected to welcome students in Fall 2027.