Seton Hall and Hospital Plan to Build Medical School in Nutley

The Hackensack University Health Network and Seton Hall University announced on Tuesday that the two organizations have finalized an agreement to create a new, four-year school of medicine at the former Hoffman-La Roche site in Nutley and Clifton, which has been vacant since the company relocated in 2013.

The partnership will establish the only private Catholic school of medicine currently in the state, according to a release.

The New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners granted conditional approval to the project earlier this year, subject to the approval from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education.

Seton Hall plans to partly move its College of Nursing and School of Health and Medical Sciences - currently located in South Orange - within the new school of medicine, a release stated.