Company Profile
Palo Alto University
Company Overview
Founded in 1975, the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology reincorporated to Palo Alto University (PAU) in 2009. A private, non-profit, higher education institution that combines the advantages of a professional school with a traditional university.
Palo Alto University (PAU) has two APA-accredited doctoral programs (a PhD program and a joint PsyD program with the Department of Psychiatry at Stanford University), and Masters and Bachelors programs in psychology.
As an institution, PAU highly values and supports education and programming related to diversity.
Company History
Palo Alto University (PAU) is a private, nonprofit educational institution, founded in 1975 as the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology (PGSP), an independent, professional school. PGSP was first accredited in 1986 by the regional accrediting body, the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. It has been continuously accredited since then. PGSP re-incorporated as Palo Alto University in August 2009. PAU is dedicated to education with an emphasis in the behavioral and social sciences; to promoting future innovators and leaders for the benefit of society; to generating knowledge through research and scholarship of the highest level; and to providing services to the community informed by science and scholarship.
PAU also maintains several international collaborations, supporting local, clinical practicum training in China and Latin America for students who participate in PAU’s online M.A. in Counseling or Counseling Psychology programs. The University is also in collaborative partnerships with many community organizations, including Stanford School of Medicine, the Department of Veterans Affairs, Palo Alto Medical Center, and other mental health care organizations. The Gronowski Center, a University affiliated organization, delivers low-cost mental health services while also providing valuable, supervised training to PAU graduate students. In addition, PAU sponsors several academic centers devoted to child mental health, evidence-based care for LGBTQ clients, excellence in diversity and community care, and internet-based global healthcare. Looking to the future, PAU is also developing programs to assist genocide survivors in Rwanda.