UCSF School of Medicine

What UCSF School of Medicine does

UCSF School of Medicine, founded in 1873 and headquartered at 513 Parnassus Avenue in San Francisco, is the medical school of the University of California, San Francisco, operating under a fourfold mission of education, research, patient care, and public service. It enrolls approximately 177 students per incoming MD class, with 53% of recent classes drawn from underrepresented-in-medicine backgrounds, and produces 10-12 physician-scientists annually through its MD/PhD Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP). The school delivers its curriculum via the Bridges Curriculum framework and operates across multiple campuses including Parnassus Heights, Mission Bay, and UCSF Fresno in the Central Valley. Its core research and clinical technology assets include NIH-funded biomedical research infrastructure (with the Department of Neurology receiving nearly $120 million in NIH funding in 2025), the world's first dedicated HIV/AIDS clinic at Ward 86, pioneering in-utero stem cell transplant clinical trials, and proprietary research tools like Nancy Adler's MacArthur subjective social status scale and structural biology platforms such as the PGAM5 protein structure work.

Name

UCSF School of Medicine

Legal name

UCSF School of Medicine

Website

https://medschool.ucsf.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1873

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

UCSF School of Medicine is a public medical school within the University of California system, training approximately 177 MD students per cohort, conducting top-5 nationally ranked biomedical research, and delivering patient care across UCSF Health and affiliated teaching hospitals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Education and Academic Healthcare Services

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (611310), General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (62211)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Medical Schools (MD/DO Granting) (EDAHAGAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Academic Medical Centers & Teaching Hospitals (University-Affiliated) (EDAHAGAA), Biomedical Sciences & Medical Research Institutes (University-Based) (EDAHAGAI)

Keywords

• Medical education
• Biomedical research
• Clinical training
• Physician scientist training
• Academic medicine

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Medical Education/Tuition: Revenue from medical school tuition for MD program, MD/PhD programs (MSTP), and various masters programs including Clinical Research, Data Science, and Translational Medicine.
2. Research Grants and Funding: Major NIH-funded research programs including R25/UE5 awards, with Department of Neurology receiving nearly $120 million in NIH funding in 2025. Also includes foundation grants, industry partnerships, and philanthropy.
3. Healthcare Services: Patient care services through UCSF Health, UCSF Fresno, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, and San Francisco VA Health Care System generate clinical revenue.
4. Philanthropy and Endowments: Donations, endowed chairs, and capital campaigns support the institution. Includes Chancellor's Mid-Career Recruitment Funds and various endowed positions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

UCSF School of Medicine is an academic medical institution that trains physicians and physician-scientists through MD, MD/PhD, masters, residency, fellowship, and continuing medical education programs; conducts NIH-funded biomedical and clinical research; and delivers tertiary patient care through UCSF Health, UCSF Fresno, Zuckerberg San Francisco General, and the SF VA Health Care System. Its offerings are grounded in the Bridges Curriculum and a fourfold mission of education, research, patient care, and public service.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• MD Program (Undergraduate Medical Education)
• MD/PhD Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)
• UCSF-UC Berkeley Joint Medical Program (JMP)
• Master's Programs (Clinical Research, Data Science, Translational Medicine)
• Graduate Medical Education (Residency and Fellowship Training)
• Continuing Medical Education (CME)
• Physical Therapy DPT and PhD Programs
• Post Baccalaureate and Outreach Programs
• Patient Care Services (UCSF Health, UCSF Fresno, ZSFG, SF VA)
• NIH-Funded Biomedical and Clinical Research Programs
• Physician Scientist Scholar Program (PSSP)

Quantifiable outcome

• Department of Neurology received nearly $120 million in NIH funding in 2025
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• UCSF HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUCSF Health is the clinical care component of UCSF, operating UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay and Parnassus Heights. The School of Medicine and UCSF Health partnership includes clinical funds flow arrangements, integrated funding models, and shared governance structures for academic medical center operations.
• UCSF FresnocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUCSF Fresno is a regional campus providing medical education, patient care, and community health programs in the Central Valley. The campus hosts medical student rotations, residency programs, and Match Day celebrations alongside the main San Francisco campus.
• Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerZuckerberg SF General is a major teaching affiliate and Level 1 trauma center. Home to the world's first dedicated HIV/AIDS clinic (Ward 86). The hospital serves diverse patient populations and provides training opportunities for medical students and residents.
• San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care SystemcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSF VA Health Care System is a teaching affiliate providing veteran healthcare services. Offers residency training positions and clinical education opportunities for medical students in various specialties.
• UC BerkeleycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for the UCSF-UC Berkeley Joint Medical Program (JMP). Students spend first 2.5 years at UC Berkeley completing MPH requirements, then complete medical training at UCSF. Includes 16 students per incoming class.
• Chan Zuckerberg BiohubflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative research partnership focused on understanding fundamental biological processes and developing new technologies for detecting, preventing, and treating disease. Part of UCSF's research ecosystem.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (TB Trials Consortium)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUCSF researchers co-led the landmark Study 31/A5349 with CDC's TB Trials Consortium and AIDS Clinical Trials Group, demonstrating safety and efficacy of 4-month TB treatment regimen.
• World Health Organization (WHO)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerWHO endorsed UCSF-developed 4-month tuberculosis treatment regimen as new global standard of care, replacing the 40-year-old 6-month standard therapy.
• CaltechcoreTechnology or IntegrationCollaboration with Caltech on glaucoma monitoring sensor technology using butterfly wing nanostructures. UCSF tested the sensor clinically while Caltech developed the underlying technology.
• Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology (Kathmandu, Nepal)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUCSF ophthalmologists trained in small incision cataract surgery (SICS) technique at Tilganga, the institution where SICS was pioneered, and are bringing the technique back to San Francisco.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine is a top-ranked research medical school with a fourfold mission integrating research, education, and patient care, and is the #1 NIH-funded research institution. Directly comparable in structure, NIH funding leadership, and academic medical center model.
• Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis: WashU Medicine is consistently a top-5 NIH-funded medical school, with elite biomedical research and physician-scientist training. Directly comparable in research intensity, NIH funding scale, and small-class MD program structure.
• Harvard Medical School: Harvard Medical School is the closest peer as a top-3 nationally ranked research medical school granting MD degrees, affiliated with multiple teaching hospitals (Mass General Brigham), and conducting leading biomedical research. Directly comparable in mission, scale, and prestige.
• Weill Cornell Medicine: Weill Cornell is a top-tier private research medical school in New York with substantial NIH funding and affiliation with NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Directly comparable in research profile and academic medical center integration.
• Duke University School of Medicine: Duke School of Medicine is a top-10 research medical school with substantial NIH funding, integrated Duke University Health System, and leading biomedical research. Comparable in research profile, academic medical center structure, and elite training programs.
• Yale School of Medicine: Yale School of Medicine is an elite private research medical school with strong NIH funding, integrated Yale New Haven Health, and pioneering biomedical research. Comparable in mission, prestige, and integrated academic medical center model.
• UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine: UCLA Geffen is a top public medical school within the same University of California system as UCSF, with a large NIH-funded research portfolio and integrated UCLA Health system. The closest peer in structure as a UC-system public medical school with comparable governance and funding model.
• Stanford University School of Medicine: Stanford School of Medicine is a top-5 research medical school in the San Francisco Bay Area with strong biomedical research funding, an integrated academic medical center (Stanford Health Care), and elite physician-scientist training programs. A direct regional and competitive peer.
• Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons: Columbia Vagelos is an elite private research medical school in New York with strong NIH funding, integrated hospital system (NewYork-Presbyterian), and physician-scientist training. Comparable in prestige, research portfolio, and academic medical center structure.
• Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania: Penn Medicine is a top-5 research medical school with a fully integrated academic medical center, large NIH-funded research portfolio, and prestigious MD/PhD training program. Directly comparable in mission, scale, and research intensity.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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