Mission

UCSF has long been committed to world-class medical education. The current medical school curriculum, which debuted in 2001, is both multidisciplinary and multidimensional, offering an array of opportunities to develop a depth of knowledge and skills. These opportunities enhance students' deep sense of purpose and responsibility. Read our Outcome and Learning Objectives.

Innovation

The curriculum challenges old assumptions about the way students learn and encourages their active participation in the process of study and investigation. Medical education must inspire. Accordingly, the list of UCSF innovations garners continual commendation not just from our own students and faculty, but from schools and education leaders across the country. These innovations include: Case-based and integrated block courses in the first two years; the third year Intersessions and the fourth year Areas of Concentration; a highly flexible digital curriculum called, iROCKET; and the Academy of Medical Educators, which offers unique institutional support for teaching excellence.

Explore

More information about our curriculum is available in our Overview. You may search the curriculum in more detail or obtain weekly calendars by going to Ilios, our curriculum management tool.

The Office of Student and Curricular Affairs oversees the undergraduate medical curriculum.

We invite you to take an interactive tour of the curriculum via our Timeline.