University of California, San Francisco

University of California, San Francisco, public, coeducational institution in San Francisco, California, and part of the University of California System. The school was established in 1873, when Toland Medical College and the California College of Pharmacy agreed to become part of the University of California.

The University of California, San Francisco, confers professional and doctoral degrees through its professional schools in dentistry, medicine, nursing, and pharmacy, and through a separate graduate division. The university is also a leading research center, with 11 research institutes in the biomedical and behavioral sciences.