New Building for UT Health Northeast

TYLER – The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System Thursday approved funds for construction of a three-story building on the campus of UT Health Northeast. The $30 million in Permanent University Funds will be used to construct the School of Community and Rural Health. It will be located south of the Academic Center and will take approximately 18 months to complete. Groundbreaking is expected to take place in spring 2017.

The building is in the design phase, but current estimates place the square footage between 81,000 and 90,000 square feet. This will include space for classrooms, offices, and administration. Smith Group of Dallas is the architectural firm. They also designed UT Tyler’s School of Pharmacy building.

Beginning in January, the UT Health Northeast School of Community and Rural Health will offer a Master of Public Health degree. The school is accepting applications through December 9. Classes will be held in existing buildings on the campus until the new facility is complete. When finished, the building will also accommodate educational space for occupational and environmental health, community health, policy and management, biostatistics and epidemiology, academic affairs, and open space for future growth.