University of Florida College of Medicine

What University of Florida College of Medicine does

The University of Florida College of Medicine, established in 1956 and headquartered in Gainesville, Florida, is a public medical school within the University of Florida state university system. It delivers a comprehensive medical education portfolio spanning a four-year MD program, PhD and MS graduate programs, a 24-month Physician Assistant (MPAS) program, postdoctoral training, and 75 ACGME-accredited residency and fellowship programs executed through partnerships with UF Health Physicians and UF Health hospitals. The college operates 27 foundational science and clinical academic departments and 9 research centers and institutes, supported by approximately $456M in annual research and sponsored program funding. A second campus in Jacksonville extends clinical and educational activities, and a newly integrated UF Health St. Johns (formerly Flagler Health+) broadens the regional academic health center footprint.

Revenue mechanics for the college are characteristic of a public academic medical unit: state appropriations, tuition, federal and private research grants (including NIH), philanthropic gifts, and clinical revenue routed through the affiliated UF Health hospital and practice plan. The 2026 U.S. News & World Report ranks it Tier 1 among the top 16 research medical schools nationally, and AI is positioned as the centerpiece of a university-wide initiative. Commercial products and services are not offered; outputs are accredited graduates, peer-reviewed research, clinical care through UF Health, and continuing medical education including the Quality and Patient Safety Initiative (QPSI) Academy.

Customer segments are hybrid and broadly diversified across personas, use cases, and geographies: medical students, graduate students, residents and fellows (medical students and trainees); cancer patients, patients with opioid use disorder, and rural/underserved North Central Florida populations (clinical and research participants); practicing physicians (continuing medical education consumers); and federal/industry research sponsors (NIH, MD Anderson, Tolerance Bio). The college's primary problems addressed are training the next generation of physicians, advancing translational medical research, providing specialized clinical care, addressing the opioid crisis, improving cancer outcomes, and operationalizing AI in medicine.

Name

University of Florida College of Medicine

Legal name

University of Florida College of Medicine

Website

https://med.ufl.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1956

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

The University of Florida College of Medicine is a public, Tier 1 research medical school that trains MD, PhD, MS, and PA students through 75 ACGME-accredited residency and fellowship programs, conducts $456M in annual research across 9 centers, and delivers specialty clinical care through the UF Health system in Gainesville, Jacksonville, and St. Johns.

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Product category

Medical Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (61131), Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (54171), Offices of Physicians (62111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro industry

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Medical Schools (MD/DO Granting)

Education/Higher Education (Colleges & Universities)/Medical & Health Sciences Universities

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Academic Medical Centers & Teaching Hospitals (University-Affiliated)

Education/Higher Education (Colleges & Universities)/Medical & Health Sciences Universities

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Public Research Universities with Academic Medical Centers (AMCs)

Education/Higher Education (Colleges & Universities)/Public Research Universities

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Biomedical Sciences & Medical Research Institutes (University-Based)

Education/Higher Education (Colleges & Universities)/Medical & Health Sciences Universities

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Healthcare Clinical Professions (CME/CE for Nurses, Allied Health, Pharmacy)

Education/Adult & Continuing Education/Professional Licensure & Continuing Professional Education (CE/CPE)

Keywords

• Medical education
• Graduate medical training
• Clinical research
• Academic medicine
• Physician assistant training

Headquarters

HQ city

Gainesville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

The University of Florida College of Medicine is a public medical school offering medical doctor (M.D.) education, graduate (Ph.D., M.S.) research programs, a 24-month Physician Assistant (MPAS) program, and 75 ACGME-accredited residency and fellowship training programs. The college also delivers patient care through the affiliated UF Health system and conducts $456M in annual research across 27 academic departments and 9 research centers and institutes, with AI as a centerpiece initiative.

Product overview

The University of Florida College of Medicine is a Tier 1 research medical school offering a comprehensive portfolio of educational programs and healthcare services. The institution provides a multi-tier educational platform centered on its Medical Education (M.D.) program, supplemented by Graduate (Ph.D., M.S.) programs, a 24-month Physician Assistant (MPAS) program, and extensive Residency and Fellowship training through 75 ACGME-accredited programs. Additional offerings include Postdoctoral Training, Continuing Medical Education with CME credits, and Preceptorships for clinical experience. The college operates nine research centers and institutes conducting $456M in research annually, and delivers patient care through the UF Health system partnership. The institution is integrating AI across education, research, and patient care as part of the UF AI initiative.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• UF Health: The academic health center affiliated with the University of Florida College of Medicine, encompassing UF Health Shands Hospital and UF Health Physicians clinical practices.
• Florida Physician

Products and services

• Medical Education (M.D.) Program A four-year medical degree program training future physicians with clinical excellence, humanism, and patient-centered care at the center of students' education; targets prospective medical students.
• Graduate Programs (Ph.D., M.S.)

Quantifiable outcome

• Medical students who received COVID-19 mRNA vaccine within 100 days of starting immunotherapy for advanced lung cancer or melanoma lived significantly longer
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability7 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• National Institutes of Health (NIH)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2026NIH partnership with UF College of Medicine for mitragynine research to treat opioid use disorder. NIH developed purified formulation for phase I clinical trial, part of NIH HEAL Initiative. This will be the first randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled human study of mitragynine's safety and tolerability.
• MD Anderson Cancer CentercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Research partnership discovering that cancer patients who received COVID-19 mRNA vaccine within 100 days of starting immunotherapy for advanced lung cancer or melanoma lived significantly longer than those who didn't receive the vaccine.
• Flagler Health+minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Flagler Health+ became part of UF's academic health center and was renamed UF Health St. Johns, expanding UF's healthcare delivery network.
• Tolerance BiocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerScientific publication on research using patient-specific iPSC-derived thymic organoids to support T-cell education and reduce tumor burden in melanoma in humanized mice. Research aims to develop personalized immune therapies.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Emory University School of Medicine: Major private research medical school with strong NIH funding, large graduate medical education portfolio, and an integrated AMC (Emory Healthcare); peer on Southeast regional medical-school competition and on clinical research scale.
• Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis: Highly ranked research medical school with comparable scale of NIH research funding and a top-decile AMC (Barnes-Jewish Hospital) — direct comparator in U.S. News research rankings where UF is now tier 1.
• Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine: Top-tier U.S. research medical school offering MD, PhD, residency and fellowship programs at comparable scale to UF COM, with one of the largest academic research portfolios nationally — the most direct comparator on academic rigor, NIH funding, and AMC integration.
• Stanford University School of Medicine: Research-intensive MD-granting medical school with strong AI/biomedical innovation programs and a high-touch faculty model; direct competitor for AI-in-medicine talent, NIH funding, and clinical research prestige where UF's AI initiative is positioned.
• Harvard Medical School: Elite MD-granting research medical school affiliated with a multi-hospital AMC (Harvard Affiliated Hospitals) that produces comparable specialty residency training and clinical research output; same peer set as UF in U.S. News rankings and on NIH funding.
• University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine: Top-ranked research medical school operating an integrated AMC (Penn Medicine) with a comparable mix of MD, PhD, and residency programs; standard peer for tier-1 NIH funding benchmarks.
• University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine: Public research medical school operating a top-rated AMC (UCSF Health) with comparable scale of research funding, MD/PhD programs, and graduate medical education; competes with UF in the same U.S. News tier and shares the public-university funding model.
• Duke University School of Medicine: Private research medical school with parallel AI/health-data initiatives, robust graduate medical education, and significant NIH research funding; competes with UF for top-tier residency applicants and AI-medicine faculty.
• Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons: Ivy-league MD-granting research medical school with extensive ACGME-accredited housestaff programs and a comparable integrated academic medical center (NewYork-Presbyterian), making it a direct peer for medical education scale and AMC affiliation.
• Vanderbilt University School of Medicine: Private research medical school that has invested heavily in AI in medicine (e.g., biomedical informatics) and operates a major AMC (VUMC); competes with UF on AI initiative positioning and translational research funding.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/UFMedicine
• YouTubeyoutube.com/UFHealthScience
• Facebookfacebook.com/ufdrgator
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/university-of-florida-college-of-medicine
• Instagraminstagram.com/ufmedicine

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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