Divisions AdventHealth University (AHU) is a Seventh-day Adventist institution specializing in healthcare education with campuses in Orlando, Florida, and Denver, Colorado.

The university offers over 20 undergraduate and graduate degrees from associate to doctorate level, including online and post-baccalaureate certificates.

Southern Missionary College in Collegedale, Tennessee, would send its "pre-nursing" students to Orlando for clinical experience.

[9] In 1983, a two-year Associate Degree in Nursing education program was begun at Florida Sanitarium under the sponsorship of Southern College.

[10] In 1988, Tom Werner, then president of Florida Hospital, called and asked Robert Williams, then-president of Kettering College of Medical Arts, and Don Sahly, president of Southern Adventist University, to conduct a study to see whether Florida Hospital should start its own college.

In 1990, Werner approached David Greenlaw, a chaplain at Florida Hospital Orlando, and asked him to complete a feasibility study regarding opening a college.

[11] The school opened on August 24, 1992, under the name Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences (FHCHS) with 26 faculty members, full- and part-time, and 243 students on the first day of registration.

[13] During that same year the college added an Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) A.S. degree followed by the school's first bachelor's program, a B.S.

after AHU had been selected by the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) to serve as a pilot program in 2010.

Adventist Health System had four hospitals in the Denver area where they had been struggling to find qualified, mission-oriented healthcare providers.

When the leaders of these institutions became aware of FHCHS and its ability to deliver distance education, they invited college administrators to offer classes in Denver.

By 2009, equipment was purchased and installed on campus in Orlando and at a site offered by Porter Adventist Hospital in Denver.

[12] With the approval of the Colorado Board of Education to offer degrees, the first students began nursing classes at the Denver site by the end of that year.

The General Education building, which served the Florida Hospital community for many years as a church and religions education center, has been completely renovated to serve as the location for the R.A. Williams Library, the Writing Center, administrative offices, science labs, a classroom, and Pre-Professional/Education offices.

The selected miracles represent paths to wholeness, usefulness, hope, peace, faith, restoration, and life.

UpToDate, the nation's premier clinical decision online support tool, was added to the library collection with the launch of AHU's physician assistant program in May 2015.

The CPHR engages students and faculty in applying geographic information systems technologies to medical geography research, incorporating current projects already in progress at ADU.

Students gain hands-on research experience while developing skills in spatial thinking, quantitative analysis, and problem solving.

The CAUE expands on-going initiatives to provide opportunities for education beyond what is captured in current sonography programs at ADU.

[30] In 2016, faculty provided: Since 1999, members of AHU have participated in yearly mission trips, and all students receiving an undergraduate degree must complete a service-learning graduation requirement.

The first annual Service Day took place on August 26, 2009, at the Primrose Center, a large facility in South Orlando serving the needs of the mentally and physically disabled people of Orange County.

The Community Engagement department organizes and hosts annual Summer Science Camps with a local branch of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.

In 2017, ADU brought kids participating in the camp to the Orlando Science Center for the day to enjoy interactive exhibits, live programming, and other educational activities.