
	University of California, San Francisco is a leading university dedicated to defining health worldwide through advanced biomedical research, graduate-level education in the life sciences and health professions, and excellence in patient care.
	
	Some highlights of UCSF include:
	
	Researchers at UCSF developed gene-splicing techniques that have revolutionized biology, spawned the biotechnology industry and led to life-saving treatments.
	
	Some 25,000 doctors, nurses, dentists, pharmacists and scientists have graduated from UCSF, whose schools are ranked among the top in the nation.
	
	*UCSF &mdash; including its medical centers at Parnassus and Mount Zion &mdash; and its affiliated hospitals &mdash; San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center and the VA Medical Center &mdash; handle more than one million patient visits a year.
	
	With a workforce of 18,600 people, UCSF is San Francisco&#39;s second largest employer.
	
	In 2003, UCSF opened its 43-acre Mission Bay campus south of downtown San Francisco. UCSF Mission Bay, the largest biomedical university expansion in the country, will double UCSF&#39;s research space and speed the pace of biomedical discovery.
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