University of California San Francisco

Professional Academic Education at UC San Francisco

The University of California, San Francisco prides itself on being the only campus dedicated solely to graduate and professional schools of study. The UCSF is dedicated to saving lives and improving the health of countless individuals, not only in Americans but also people around world. The UCSF time and again defines the boundaries of healthcare worldwide through the conduction of advanced biomedical research, as well as through the education of graduate students in the various life sciences, thus providing more than adequate complex patient care.

This public health sciences university began with the establishment of the Toland Medical College way back in 1864, which eventually led to the formation of the then fledgling University of California across the bay. This led to the combination of several scattered colleges, such as that of pharmacy and dentistry, and eventually, a school of nursing, and a graduate division. The campus continued on to build its own hospital and a clinic building in order to serve the people of the community better, and now is a bastion of medical expertise, respected by medical institutions around the world.

The University of California, San Francisco, hopes to serve even more people with its expansion of the Mission Bay campus, south of downtown San Francisco. It is now the largest biomedical university expansion in the country, doubling UCSF’s research space, and speeding up the pace of biomedical discovery.

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University of California San Francisco Information

The University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143

Phone : 415-476-9000

From the East Bay - Napa, Solano, Contra Costa, and Alameda Counties and Oakland Airport (80)

From I-80 after crossing the Bay Bridge, stay in the second lane from the right. Exit to the right on "101 North/Golden Gate Bridge." Get in the left lane and exit on "Octavia Blvd./Fell Street." After 4 blocks, turn left on Fell Street. After 2 miles, get in the far right lane and turn left on Stanyan Street. After 1 mile, turn right on Parnassus Avenue.

From Marin and Sonoma Counties (101 and 1)

From the Golden Gate Bridge, take the 19th Avenue exit (on right 1/4-mile after toll plaza) onto Park Presidio Drive. Stay in the right lanes as you pass through Golden Gate Park onto 19th Avenue, where no left turns are allowed. Go three blocks, turn right on Kirkham, right on 20th Avenue, and right (east) on Judah. Follow Judah up the hill to UCSF. Judah becomes Parnassus at 5th Avenue. Continue on Parnassus until you see UCSF at the top of the hill. Before the second light, the entrance to the public parking garage is on the left.

From the South Bay (101)

Take Highway 101 North (Bayshore Freeway). Follow the signs for "101 North/Golden Gate Bridge." Stay in the left lane and exit on "Octavia Blvd./Fell Street." After 4 blocks, turn left on Fell Street. After 2 miles, get in the far right lane and turn left on Stanyan Street. After 1 mile, turn right on Parnassus Avenue.

From the Peninsula (280)

Take Highway 280 north; stay in the left lanes and take the Golden Gate Bridge exit onto 19th Avenue (north). Proceed in the right lanes and turn right (east) on Judah Street. Follow Judah up the hill to UCSF. Judah becomes Parnassus at 5th Avenue. Continue on Parnassus until you see UCSF at the top of the hill. Before the second light, the entrance to the public parking garage is on the left.

Patient/Visitor Drop-Off

Patients can be dropped off at the circle in front of Moffitt Hospital. Although there is no parking in the circle, this is the most convenient entrance to the Medical Center. Enter through the center doors and turn left. The Admitting Office (Room M140) is the second door on the left. Public parking is available across the street on Parnassus Avenue and on Kirkham Avenue.

Public Transportation

From the East Bay

Take AC Transit to the Transbay Terminal at First and Mission Streets in San Francisco. From there, take the No. 6-Parnassus bus to the campus; or walk one block to Market Street, enter the Muni Metro/BART Montgomery Street station, and take the N-Judah Muni Metro to the campus.

Take BART to the Civic Center station and take the N-Judah Muni Metro, or exit to Market Street and take the No. 6-Parnassus bus to the campus. The Muni bus line operates along Market Street with a stop in front of the campus on Parnassus Avenue.

From Marin and Sonoma Counties

Take Golden Gate Transit to the Transbay Terminal. Walk one block to Market Street. Enter the Muni Metro/BART Montgomery Street station and take the N-Judah Muni Metro to the campus.

From the Peninsula
Take CalTrain to the San Francisco station. From there, take the N-Judah Muni Metro.

Take SamTrans to 8th and Mission Streets. Walk one block to Market Street and take the No. 6-Parnassus bus, or enter the Muni Metro/BART Civic Center station and take the N-Judah Muni Metro.