General Info

Founded in 1873, the University of California, San Francisco is a university that advances health worldwide by conducting advanced biomedical research, educating graduate students in the life sciences and health professions and providing complex patient care. The university runs a wide range of schools, including medical, pharmacy, dental, nursing, and graduate schools. The University of California, San Francisco also owns various treatment centers, including kidney and liver transplant, neurosurgery, neurology, oncology, gene therapy, women's health, fetal surgery, pediatrics, and internal medicine centers. The university also has the nation's leading HIV and AIDS treatment and research centers. The university conducts biomedical and patient-centered research in its schools of medicine, pharmacy, nursing and dentistry and their associated laboratories. The university is located in San Francisco.