Bastyr University
Bastyr University is a private alternative medicine university with campuses in Kenmore, Washington, and San Diego, California. Programs include naturopathy, acupuncture, Traditional Asian medicine, nutrition, herbal medicine, ayurvedic medicine, psychology, and midwifery.
Former names | John Bastyr College of Naturopathic Medicine Bastyr College |
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| Motto | Vis medicatrix naturae |
Motto in English | The healing power of nature |
| Type | Private university |
| Established | 1978 |
| Endowment | $4.32M (2021) |
| President | Devin Byrd |
| Provost | Dave Rule |
| Students | 728 |
| Undergraduates | 74 |
| Location | , Washington , United States 47.7304°N 122.2528°W |
| Campus | 51 acres (21 ha) |
| Colors | Cranberry and ginger |
| Website | www.bastyr.edu |
Some of Bastyr's programs teach and research topics that are considered pseudoscience, quackery, and fake by the scientific and medical communities. Quackwatch, a group against health fraud, put Bastyr University on its list of "questionable organizations" as a school which is "accredited but not recommended".
Bastyr University and similar naturopathic programs are not accredited as medical schools but as special programs that are overseen by a naturopathic council which is not required to be scientific. Bastyr's naturopathic program has been accused by critics of misrepresenting its medical rigor and its ability to train primary care clinicians.