UCSF Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs

UCSF Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs The UC San Francisco Graduate Division offers top-ranked PhD and Master's programs in basic, translational, and social sciences.

The UCSF Division of Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs serves as the home for graduate education and postdoctoral scholarship at UCSF and promotes excellence in all graduate and postdoctoral training programs. The Graduate Division also comprises the UCSF Postdoc Office

09/01/2026

We đź’ś our postdocs! returns Sept. 21-25 đź‘€ Get ready to celebrate!

Summer Research Training Program Symposium highlights 📸39 undergraduate students concluded their 10-week research experi...
08/10/2026

Summer Research Training Program Symposium highlights 📸

39 undergraduate students concluded their 10-week research experience with three days of presentations, sharing their learning and scholarly contributions with the UCSF community.

Congratulations to this year’s participants on a summer of community building, research, and discovery!

A BIG congratulations to the students and postdoctoral scholars of the Science Policy Group for receiving the President...
07/17/2026

A BIG congratulations to the students and postdoctoral scholars of the Science Policy Group for receiving the President’s Award for Outstanding Student Leadership! 👏

President Milliken presented the award during this week’s Regents meeting, praising the group’s advocacy efforts.

SPG serves as a platform for discussing science policy issues, providing resources and training for science policy education.

Great work!

A warm welcome to our new ACE cohort! 🫶This new group joined fellow graduate students, alumni, and program leaders for o...
07/14/2026

A warm welcome to our new ACE cohort! 🫶

This new group joined fellow graduate students, alumni, and program leaders for our annual Community Welcome last week to establish new connections as they celebrate the start of their graduate journey.

The Advocacy and Community through Empowerment (ACE) Program supports PhD students in basic science graduate programs. To date, over 100 students have benefited from this program.

Here’s to all that’s ahead!

06/01/2026

D’Anne believes that helping students succeed starts with making them feel seen, valued, and supported.

Through her leadership in graduate education and
student advocacy, she has helped shape a UCSF experience where students can thrive both personally and professionally.

Cap-turing the moments 🎓The Class of 2026 graced the stage at Herbst Theatre as 237 graduates marked a milestone years i...
05/22/2026

Cap-turing the moments 🎓

The Class of 2026 graced the stage at Herbst Theatre as 237 graduates marked a milestone years in the making.

This year’s commencement ceremony was GEPA’s largest yet, bringing together more than 700 family members, friends, mentors, and supporters to celebrate this incredible achievement. The Class of 2026 represented eight master’s and 15 PhD degree programs, and included SRTP alumni, first-generation graduates, and so many inspiring stories of perseverance, leadership, and community.

Congratulations, Class of 2026! ✨

05/18/2026

What does graduation feel like in one word? 🎓

05/13/2026

Graduate Spotlight 🎓

Rishi Mukundan is a MS student in the Health Data Science Program and a member of this year’s graduating class. Hear his advice for future students, the mentors he values most, and his plans after commencement.

05/12/2026

Graduate Spotlight 🎓

It’s commencement week! Today, we’re highlighting Tracy Knight, a PhD student in the Tetrad Program, and a proud member of the Class of 2026.

Listen to her advice for future students, reflect on core memories, and what she’d tell her younger self.

Congratulations to Elizabeth Chung on being named a 2026 Hertz Fellow! “Being a Hertz Fellow is an immense honor to me”,...
05/11/2026

Congratulations to Elizabeth Chung on being named a 2026 Hertz Fellow!

“Being a Hertz Fellow is an immense honor to me”, said Chung about receiving this honor. “I’m particularly excited for the opportunities to engage with the other Hertz Fellows through multidisciplinary research, which I hope can synergize to lead to even greater technologies and therapies than would be possible otherwise. I’m also enthusiastic to learn from the experiences and expertise of all the other Hertz fellows in the community.”

The Hertz Fellowship, awarded annually by the Fannie and John Hertz Foundation, is one of the nation’s most prestigious graduate fellowships, supporting exceptional students who demonstrate the potential to drive transformative innovation.

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