Medical University of South Carolina

The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) is South Carolina's only comprehensive integrated academic health sciences center, combining education, research and patient care. Founded in 1824 and headquartered in Charleston, it employs more than 34,000 people across the state. Its stated mission is to preserve and optimize human life in South Carolina, under the vision "Leading Health Innovation for the Lives We Touch", with core values of compassion, collaboration, respect, integrity and innovation.

Work is spread across three connected areas. MUSC Health operates a network of 18 hospitals serving 46 counties and recording 3.21 million patient encounters a year; U.S. News & World Report has ranked it the number-one hospital in South Carolina for 11 consecutive years. Academic programmes run through six colleges - Dental Medicine, Graduate Studies, Health Professions, Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy - educating more than 3,200 students annually. The research enterprise, focused on biomedical research and clinical trials, holds $349 million in research funding and supports 1,497 active clinical trials, placing MUSC in the top 20% of health science institutions nationally for NIH funding.

Technical domains span biomedical research, clinical trials, health professions education, academic medicine and patient care delivery, with roles available in fields including dental medicine, nursing, pharmacy and the health professions.