Rising along the crest of the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City, the $185-million Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine is set to help create “a new culture of learning” when it opens in 2026, supporting three key areas: education, research and clinical care. The 211,000-sq-ft project will be home for the medical school and the hub of the university health sciences campus, one of about a dozen projects underway at the Salt Lake City campus.
Originally conceived pre-pandemic, the project was approved by the Utah Legislature in 2017 with an initial $50-million state commitment. It received a significant boost from a landmark gift of $110 million by the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation and the Nora Eccles Treadwell Foundation in 2021.