Saturday 19 March 2016

UCSF

The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), is a center of health sciences research, patient care, and education; located in San Francisco, California, and is widely regarded as one of the world's leading universities in health sciences.

Though one of the 10 campuses of the University of California, it is the only UC school dedicated solely to graduate education, and in health and biomedical sciences. Some of UCSF's treatment centers include kidney transplants and liver transplantation, radiology, neurosurgery, neurology, oncology, ophthalmology, gene therapy, women's health, fetal surgery, pediatrics, and internal medicine. With a work force of 22,800 people and annual economic impact of $2 billion, UCSF is San Francisco's second largest employer.

Founded in 1873, the mission of UCSF is to serve as a "public university dedicated to saving lives and improving health." The UCSF Medical Center is consistently ranked among the top 10 hospitals in the United States by U.S. News & World Report, who also ranked UCSF's medical school as one of the top 10 in a number of specialties, including a specialty program in AIDS medical care ranked first in the country.

UCSF School of Medicine, founded in 1864, offers professional medical education for a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree. Additionally, the medical school offers MD/PhD and MD/MPH dual degree programs.

Medical School Size
There are 632 students currently enrolled at UCSF School of Medicine, which is roughly 14% more than the average for all Medical Schools. 165 new students matriculated in the most recent first-year medical school class.
Admissions
Students admitted to UCSF School of Medicine typically have an undergraduate GPA between 3.57 and 3.99 and have a median MCAT score of 36 out of 45 possible points.

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