In the 80 years since the Medical University became a state institution, its growth was gradual up to the 1940s and phenomenal
since then, particularly in the past 30 years. Student enrollments have jumped from 571 in 1965 to almost 2,300 students in the fall of 1994 (not including post doctoral
residents in medicine, dental medicine and pharmacy); the full time faculty has grown from approximately 200 to over 1,000
(including approximately 500 FTE teaching faculty). The library has more than 230,000 bound volumes, approximately 2,500 journal
subscriptions, 7,000 Audio/Visual volumes, 3,900 microfilm titles, and a vast array of online resources. More than $113,000,000
was awarded to MUSC in the 1999-2000 fiscal year for sponsored research.Expansion in enrollments and programs has been made possible by ambitious programs of physical plant development that have
seen the institution grow from one building in 1913 to a 40 acre (162,000 m²) medical complex, with more than 80 buildings. Since
1985, five new buildings have been constructed: East Wing and Children's Hospital (1986), Institute of Psychiatry (1988), North
Tower (1993), Harper Student Center (1993), Hollings Cancer Center (1993). The Strom Thurmond Biomedical Research Center and the
Gazes Cardiac Institute, are a joint facility of MUSC and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
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