Affiliation Agreements

University Health is proud of our established affiliation agreements with many South Texas colleges, universities and high schools. However, you should first check if your school is on the list before applying for an internship.

We require an affiliation agreement before a student can be accepted into the program. Students are advised to contact their school coordinator to find out the steps involved in the internship application process.

How Schools Establish an Affiliation Agreement

From beginning to end, it takes a school an average of eight weeks to establish an affiliation agreement. This varies greatly and depends on factors such as whether a school requests changes to the standard University Health agreement and whether a school is comfortable exchanging documents by email. The process is rigorous and not all schools successfully meet the criteria.

Criteria for Schools Requesting an Affiliation Agreement

Before requesting to establish an agreement, please review our criteria.

To be considered for approval, the request must meet all of the following:

School is not-for-profit (public and private)
School is physically based in Texas
Request is for more than one student at this time

To clarify, requests with any of the following attributes do not meet our criteria:

School is proprietary (for-profit)
School is not physically based in Texas
Seeking to establish an agreement for one student

To request an affiliation agreement, please email educationconnection@uhs-sa.com.

Adding an Academic Program (Amending an Agreement)

If your school's agreement is limited to specific programs, you may request that we amend it to include a specific program. Your amendment request must meet the same criteria as requests to establish agreements.

Exception to Requesting & Amending – Shortage of Student Type

Sometimes there are cases when local, nonprofit schools do not provide the types or quantities of students needed to maintain a healthy recruiting pool. University Health will approve a request if the appropriate director emails us to ask that we make an exception to our criteria.

The director must be the University Health employee overseeing the area in which the students would be completing their activities. The director should email educationconnection@uhs-sa.com. To find the director of the unit/department you seek, please call our operators at 210-358-4000.

Current List of Schools with Affiliation Agreement

Institution Name	For These Programs/ Students Only
Abilene Christian University
Alamo Colleges (San Antonio College, St. Philip's College, Palo Alto College, Northwest Vista College)
Angelo State University
Assumption Seminary	Clinical Pastoral Care
Baptist Health System Clinical Pastoral Education	Theological Field Education
Baptist Health System School of Health Professions	UHS employees only
Blinn College	Physical Therapist Assistant
Capella University	UHS employees only
Clarke University
Chamberlain College of Nursing	UHS employees only
College of Health Professions	Ultrasound Radiologic Surgical Tech
Concorde College	Medical Assistant Physical Therapist Assistant Surgical Tech
Congregation of Divine Providence	Hospital Ministry
Duke University School of Nursing
Duquesne University	Nursing Students
East Central Independent School District
Edgewood ISD
Everest Institute	UHS employees only
Fordham Graduate School of Social Service	Social Work
Galen College of Nursing
Galveston College	Radiology
George Washington University
Goodwill Industries
Graceland University	UHS employees only
Grand Canyon University	UHS employees only
Hallmark University	Medical Assistant
Hardin-Simmons University
Harlandale ISD
Institute for Athlete Regeneration	Ambulatory Rehabilitation
Johns Hopkins University	UHS employees only
Lackland Air Force Base 59th Medical Wing
Lamar University
Medical Education & Training Campus, Fort Sam Houston, TX
Midwestern University	Pharmacy
Navy Medical Training Center	Surgical Tech Medical Assistants
Northside Independent School District
Our Lady of the Lake University
Pamlico Community College (Grantsboro, NC)	Electroneurodiagnostic Technology
Project Quest
Purdue University - College of Pharmacy
Purdue University Global
Quest College	Patient Care Technician
RC Freedom Ministries	Clinical Pastoral Care
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science	Pathologist Assistant
Schreiner University
Sleep Therapy and Research Center
South University	UHS employees only
Southern Careers Institute (placing students only at UHS Southwest Clinic)	Medical Assistant Medical Front Office
St. Mary's University
St. Mary's University of Notre Dame, Indiana
Texas A&M International University	Master of Nursing Administration
Texas A&M University Health Science Center, School of Public Health
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, College of Nursing	College of Nursing
Texas A&M University Kingsville
Texas Lutheran University	Nursing
Texas State University, College of Applied Arts
Texas State University, College of Health Professions
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, School of Health Professions	Audiology Occupational Therapy
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, School of Nursing	School of Nursing
Texas Woman's University
Trinity University
Troy University, School of Nursing
University of Akron	Audiology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
University of Incarnate Word
University of Portland, School of Nursing	Doctor of Nursing Practice
University of South Alabama	Master of Science in Nursing Doctor of Nursing Practice
University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences	Occupational Therapy Physical Therapy
University of Texas at Arlington
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at El Paso
University of Texas at San Antonio
University of Texas at Tyler
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston - School of Nursing
UT Health San Antonio
University of Texas Medical Branch - School of Health Professions	Occupational Therapy Respiratory Care Clinical Laboratory Sciences Physical Therapy Physician Assistant Studies
University of Texas Medical Branch - School of Nursing	School of Nursing
Walden University	UHS Employees only
Wayland Baptist University
Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, TX	Nursing
Wilkes University
Western Governors University	UHS Employees Only