In 2004, the Greenville Health System achieved university medical center status, allowing it to expand its research efforts and teaching programs. This included the creation of a $20 million, 100,000-square foot Health Sciences Research, Education and Innovation Institute. The institute would house the Upstate Center for Advanced Patient Simulation and eventually, the University of South Carolina (USC) School of Medicine Greenville. Plans also included additional USC programs such as the USC College of Nursing, the USC Arnold School of Public Health, the USC College of Social Work, and the South Carolina College of Pharmacy.