The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston) educates the largest number of health care professionals in Texas. Created in 1972 by The University of Texas System Board of Regents, UTHealth Houston is located in the Texas Medical Center. It includes the schools of dentistry, biomedical informatics, medicine, nursing, public health, and the graduate school of biomedical sciences. UTHealth Houston is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award certificate, bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and professional degrees. Three faculty practices treat patients in a variety of Houston-area clinics: UT Physicians, UT Dentists, and UT Health Services.