Moving UNE COM to Portland
Work is wrapping up to relocate the University of New England’s College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNE COM), Maine’s only medical school, from its original home on our Biddeford Campus to a brand-new building on our Portland Campus for the Health Sciences. The move will give the UNE COM community a custom-built, state-of-the-art facility, allow the school to train more doctors, and bring together all of UNE’s health professions programs on a single, interprofessional campus — something unique in New England higher education.
A Transformative Moment For Maine
This is a transformative moment — not just for UNE, but for the state of Maine — allowing us to address critical health care disparities across the region and to graduate health professionals with best-in-class skills: improving patient outcomes through team-based care; fostering expertise with new and emerging technologies; and expanding our focus on cross-cultural competencies.
What
The new building will be called the Harold and Bibby Alfond Center for Health Sciences to honor the generosity of the Alfond family and their longtime support of UNE.
Size
The facility is 110,000 square feet.
When
UNE COM will welcome its first class of medical students to the facility on the Portland campus in Summer 2025.
Where
The new facility is located behind Innovation Hall on Gulliver’s Way, in an area that was once used by the National Guard.
News about the move
UNE Magazine Special Report
For more details, go backstage with UNE leadership for an exclusive oral history of the project.
Media Coverage
Watch: UNE getting $5M grant to help move medical school to Portland | WMTW | April 7, 2022
UNE’s plan to move med school to Portland gets $5M boost | MaineBiz | April 5, 2022
