Cooper Medical School of Rowan University

Executive Reorganization Act

The Governor has submitted a plan under the above act to the Legislature.  The plan will transfer functions and resources from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) to Rowan to allow Rowan to move forward with the creation of a new four year medical school.  The existing resources and annual level of funding to RWJMS – Camden are sufficient to fully fund the new four year medical school when the tuition from the additional students is taken into consideration, along with research grants and contracts.  The Governor’s plan provides for the teaching of the RWJMS – Camden medical students in Camden until the end of the transition period in 2013.

As part of the plan, a new medical school building will be built in the City of Camden.  The Legislature first appropriated funds toward this project in 2002 in the Camden Revitalization Legislation. 

The Legislature has sixty (60) days to review and reject the Plan submitted by the Governor.  If sixty days passes without rejection, the Plan has the full force of law.