Renowned for excellence in education and training in the health professions, the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is a graduate health sciences university. The University of California, San Francisco's schools all rank among the most prestigious health sciences programs in the country. UCSF is comprised of four schools: School of Dentistry, School of Medicine, School of Nursing, and School of Pharmacy. Also, there is the Graduate Division where students enrolled in the four schools can pursue their graduate academic degrees.

Students learn from the best in on-campus patient care facilities such as the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center and the UCSF Children's Hospital, which are ranked among the top in the nation. Furthermore, the University of California, San Francisco School of Dentistry serves 144,000 patients a year at its 14 dental clinics in the San Francisco area.

Aside from top-notch academics and hands-on experience, the University of California, San Francisco provides its students with several research programs and opportunities. The Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program conducts research in cancer biology and cell signaling, stem cell biology, human genetics, and neurobiology, to name a few. The University of California, San Francisco's 43-acre Mission Bay campus is the nation's largest biomedical university expansion, with the majority of its space devoted to research.