In 1950 the title of the chief executive officer was changed from dean to president,
with separate deans for each of the schools. By the late 1960s, with six fully operational schools of professional education in
the health sciences, the Medical College of South Carolina had become an institution of university size and scope. In 1969, the state legislature changed the name to the Medical University of South Carolina. By this
act it established MUSC as the state's only free standing academic health sciences center, exclusively providing a full range of
professional education, clinical services and biomedical research.In 1970 the six schools of the university were designated as colleges, each with its
separate administration and faculty organization. Each college awards appropriate degrees along standard academic lines connected
with its educational activities. All professional education programs, and the MUSC Medical Center, are accredited by the
appropriate professional accrediting agency.