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Facts & Figures

Highlights

  • Founded as Toland Medical College in 1864
  • Affiliated with University of California in 1873
  • Occupying seven major sites in San Francisco and Fresno with:
    • 28 academic departments
    • 9 organized research units
    • 7 interdisciplinary research centers
  • Ranked by US News & World Report* fifth in quality of research training and fifth in quality of primary care training. UCSF is the only medical school listed in the top 5 in both categories
  • Consistently ranked among top three US medical schools by NIH dollars awarded
    Ranked first for active patents in UC system
  • Ranks among the top 10 in seven of eight medical school specialty programs, including first in AIDS medicine, second in women’s health, and third in internal medicine*.

Recent Accomplishments & Innovations

2009: The Helen Diller Family Cancer Research Building opens at UCSF's Mission Bay campus.

2008: New Pathways to Discovery program streamlines training towards careers of inquiry, discovery and innovation.

2007: The Program in Medical Education for the Urban Underserved (PRIME-US) expands medical school enrollment to educate and inspire new physicians to address health disparities.

2006: UCSF Institute for Regeneration Medicine** launched, comprising the existing Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology and the Program in Craniofacial and Mesenchymal Biology.

2004: The Institute for Human Genetics established.

2003: Genentech Hall opens the 43-acre Mission Bay campus, one of the most advanced health sciences centers in the world, now with three research buildings and a 160,000 sq. ft. community center.

2002: National Center of Excellence in Women's Health opens a dedicated 8-story Women's Health Center.

2001: New medical school curriculum and the Academy of Medical Educators are instituted. Both are now national models for medical education and for faculty development.

1999: Cancer Center designated by the National Cancer Institute as Comprehensive Cancer Center, the first in Northern California.

1997: Nobel Prize awarded to UCSF's Stanley Prusiner for the discovery of prions.

Faculty & Staff

Faculty
Full-time 1921
Part-time 75
Volunteer 3099
Staff
Non-Faculty Academics 769
Staff employees 5164
Scientific Society Memberships
American Academy of Arts & Sciences 53
Howard Hughes Medical Investigators 17
Institute of Medicine 69
National Academy of Sciences 36

Research Indicators

NIH Dollars (in millions) 410
NIH Grants 821
Active patents, US 770
Active patents, foreign 881

Total Operating Budget: $1.39 billion

Tuition & Fees 1%
State Appropriations 7%
Extramural Grants & Contracts 39%
Practice Plan 27%
Gifts & Endowments 7%
Hospital Agreements 6%
SFGH Affiliation Contract 6%
Sales & Services 4%
Other 3%

Student Composition

School of Medicine Admissions
Applications Received 6030
Interviews Granted 503
Students Accepted 257
2008 Entering MD Students152
   
Total MD Students 595
PhD/MS Students 649
   
Mean Undergraduate GPA 3.71
MCAT Score (Average Composite) 11.5
Underrepresented Minorities 28%
Women 56%
California Residents 80%
Tuition & Fees
California Residents $25562
Out-of-State Residents $37807
GME & Postdocs
Residents 785
Clinical Fellows 433
Postdoctoral Scholars 1100
CME Students
Live Course Students 15178
Grand Rounds Students 3572
Home Study Students 9008

Facilities (at 9 sites)

Educational Space (Shared) 57200 ASF
Research Space 991003 ASF

Affiliated Hospitals & Training Sites

  Licensed Beds/Annual Ambulatory Care Visits
UCSF Medical Center (Parnassus, Children's & Mount Zion Hospitals) 722/722,728
San Francisco General Hospital 686/529,098
San Francisco VA Medical Center 124/425,144
Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute 67/30,000
Fresno Medical Education Program Multiple sites

Alumni & Development

Total Alumni 7344
Alumni Association Membership 3186
Alumni Gifts (cash) $2,571,366
Total Gifts (cash) $290,428,098
Endowment (Market Value) $993,300,000

 *Source: US News & World Report Best Graduate Schools 2010

**Renamed in 2009 as the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCSF